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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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St Austell Proper Job

Great British Beer Festival Real Ale in a Bottle Bar 2006

ABV: 5.5% Origin: St Austell, Cornwall, England Website: www.staustellbrewery.co.uk

St Austell Proper Job

This Cornish interpretation of an old-fashioned IPA is a little light in alcohol to be true to the style, but very approachable and tasty. Dedicated to the 32nd (Cornwall) […]

Burton Bridge Empire Pale Ale

Great British Beer Festival Real Ale in a Bottle Bar 2006

ABV: 7.5% Origin: Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England Website: www.burtonbridgebrewery.co.uk

Burton Bridge Empire Pale Ale

This is one of the better British revivalist interpretations of the India Pale Ale style, from its spiritual homeland of Burton, brewed with Pipkin pale malt, invert […]

O'Hanlon's Goldblade

Great British Beer Festival Real Ale in a Bottle Bar 2006; also featured as an ale to win lager drinkers in BEER February 2009.

NOTE: This beer was originally briefly reviewed under an earlier name, Double Champion.

ABV: 4% Origin: Clyst St Lawrence, Devon, England Website: www.ohanlonsbeer.com

O'Hanlon's Goldblade

This is one of […]

Thornbridge St Petersburg Whisky Reserve 2006

Pré-ZBF Festival 2010 Top Tastings 2010 (Highland)

ABV: 8.8% Origin: Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire, England Website: www.thornbridgebrewery.co.uk

Thornbridge Hall

Thornbridge are emerging as a world class new brewery, offering a solid range of excellent everyday beers but also knowing how to push at the boundaries of style while still retaining good taste and balance. Witness […]

Tunnel Trade Winds India Pale Ale and Sweet Parish Ale

ABV: 4.6% and 4.7% Origin: Ansley, Warwickshire, England Website: www.tunnelbrewery.co.uk

Originally published in BEER, February 2007, as part of a review featuring reader recommended beers. For more, see previous post.

Tunnel Trade Winds and Sweet Parish Ale

The Tunnel Brewery at the Lord Nelson Inn at Ansley, near Nuneaton in one of the […]

Downton Chimera Dark Delight and India Pale Ale

ABV: 6% and 7% Origin: Downton, Wiltshire, England Website: http://www.hampshirebrewery.com/

Originally published in BEER, February 2007

CAMRA North London tasting February 2010 (IPA only)

Downton Chimera Dark Delight and India Pale Ale

As sharp-eyed readers will have noticed, this page has for some time carried an open invitation for beer suggestions by email, […]

Wapping Baltic Gold

ABV: 3.9% Origin: Liverpool, Merseyside, England Website: http://www.wappingbeers.co.uk

Originally published in BEER October 2007 as part of a review of that year’s Champion Bottle Conditioned Beer of Britain winners. For more see previous posts.

Wapping Baltic Gold

One beer bucked the dark trend among this year’s medallists, and from an unfamiliar name that […]

Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody’s Wholesome Stout

ABV: 4.6% Origin: Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, England Website www.wyevalleybrewery.co.uk

Originally published in BEER October 2007 as part of a review of that year’s Champion Bottle Conditioned Beer of Britain winners. For more see previous posts.

Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout

Wye Valley is another name well-known to fans of British RAIB, especially […]

Titanic Stout

ABV: 4.5% Origin: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England Website www.titanicbrewery.co.uk

Originally published in BEER October 2007 as part of a review of that year’s Champion Bottle Conditioned Beer of Britain winners. For more see previous post.

CAMRA North London tasting February 2010

Titanic Stout

With its joint silver medal, Titanic Stout secured a place […]

O’Hanlon’s Original Port Stout

ABV: 4.8% Origin: Whimple, Devon, England Website www.ohanlons.co.uk

Originally published in BEER October 2007

O'Hanlon's Original Port Stout

Lovers of the darker side of brewing had cause to smile at the results of this year’s Champion Beer of Britain competition – not only did a dark mild emerge as supreme champion among the […]