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Des de Moor
Best beer and travel writing award 2015, 2011 -- British Guild of Beer Writers Awards
Accredited Beer Sommelier
Writer of "Probably the best book about beer in London" - Londonist
"A necessity if you're a beer geek travelling to London town" - Beer Advocate
"A joy to read" - Roger Protz
"Very authoritative" - Tim Webb.
"One of the top beer writers in the UK" - Mark Dredge.
"A beer guru" - Popbitch.
Des de Moor

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Robinson’s Old Tom Strong Ale

First published in BEER December 2006 as part of a page about strong beers. See previous post for more strong beers.

ABV: 8.5 per cent Origin: Stockport, Manchester, England Website: www.frederic-robinson.co.uk

Robinson's head brewer Chris Hellin with Old Tom Strong Ale. Photo: Tony Carter.

The Unicorn brewery, in the former hat-making town of […]

Chiltern Bodgers Barley Wine

First published in BEER December 2006 as part of a page about strong beers. See previous post for more strong beers.

ABV: 8.5 per cent Origin: Terrick, Buckinghamshire, England Website: www.chilternbrewery.co.uk

Chiltern Bodgers Barley Wine

Launched in 1980 and still run by the Jenkinson family, the Chiltern Brewery near Aylesbury is a rare […]

Old Chimneys Redshank Strong Old Ale and Good King Henry Special Reserve

First published in BEER December 2006 as part of a page about strong beers.

ABV: 8.7 and 11 per cent Origin: Market Weston, Suffolk, England Website: http://www.oldchimneysbrewery.com/

Old Chimneys Redshank Strong Old Ale

With the nights drawing in, the weather – at least in theory – getting colder and the festive season […]

Westerham British Bulldog (BB)

First published in BEER November 2006 as part of a piece about beers stocked by Tesco supermarkets. See previous post for more Tesco beers.

ABV: 4.3 per cent Origin: Crockham Hill, Kent, England Website: www.westerhambrewery.co.uk

As well as the Drinks Awards winners, Tesco has beers of interest on offer in its “local programme”, which covers […]

Young’s Ruby Star

First published in BEER November 2006 as part of a piece about beers stocked by Tesco supermarkets.

NOTE: Production of Young’s beers has since been moved to Wells & Young’s in Bedford, though it appears Ruby Star is no longer brewed.

ABV: 5.5 per cent Origin: Wandsworth, London, England Website: www.youngs.co.uk

Young's Ruby […]

Why Not Cavalier Red and Chocolate Nutter

First published in BEER October 2006 as part of a page marking the publication of the latest Good Bottled Beer Guide. For more beers featured on this page, see previous post.

ABV: 4.7 and 5.5 per cent Origin: Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk, England Website: www.thewhynotbrewery.co.uk

Why Not Cavalier Red

Eastern England is becoming […]

Thornbridge Jaipur and Saint Petersburg

First published in BEER October 2006 as part of a page marking the publication of the latest Good Bottled Beer Guide. For more beers featured on this page, see previous post.

Jaipur was also featured in BEER August 2008 as part of a piece about beers for summer outdoor drinking and in the Beer Sellers […]

Hepworth Suthwyk Liberation

First published in BEER September 2006 as part of a page marking the publication of the latest Good Bottled Beer Guide. For more beers featured on this page, see previous post.

ABV: 4.2 per cent Origin: Horsham, Sussex, England Website www.suthwykales.com

Hepworth Suthwyk Liberation

Contract brewing is sometimes viewed with suspicion, but if […]

Durham Evensong

First published in BEER September 2006 as part of a page marking the publication of the latest Good Bottled Beer Guide. For more beers featured on this page, see previous post.

ABV: 5 per cent Origin: Bowburn, Durham, England Website: www.durham-brewery.co.uk

Durham Evensong

A particularly welcome (and, in my view, long overdue) innovation […]

RCH Old Slug Porter Dark Ale

Great British Beer Festival Real Ale in a Bottle Bar 2006

ABV: 4.5% Origin: Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England Website: www.rchbrewery.com

RCH Old Slug Porter Dark Ale

RCH, a veteran among British micros of bottle conditioned ales, originated behind the Royal Clarence Hotel at Burnham-on-Sea in 1983, thus its acronymic title, but moved to a […]