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ABV: 9% Origin: Bowburn, Durham, England Website: www.durham-brewery.co.uk A shorter version was originally published in BEER November 2008. For more smoky beers see previous post. Durham Brewery Also amber (like St Austell Admiral’s Ale — see previous post) but considerably stronger is Durham Bede’s Chalice (9 per cent) one of several fine strong […] ABV: 5% Origin: St Austell, Cornwall, England Website: www.staustellbrewery.co.uk A shorter version was originally published in BEER November 2008. For more smoky beers see previous post. See also Top Tastings 2008. CAMRA North London tasting February 2010 St Austell Admiral's Ale For a more subtle whiff of the bonfire (than Heller Aecht Schlenkerla […] ABV: 5.3% Origin: Newton Abbot, Devon, England Website: www.tuckersonline.co.uk Originally published in BEER May 2007. For more bottled milds see previous post Teignworthy Martha's Mild Tucker’s Maltings of Newton Abbot is one of Britain’s few surviving specialist maltings. The building is now a major tourist attraction as well as a working maltings, and […] ABV: 4% Origin: Kislingbury, Northamptonshire, England Website www.hoggleys.co.uk Originally published in BEER May 2007. For more bottled milds see previous post. CAMRA North London tasting 2010 Hoggleys Mill Lane Mild Meanwhile if Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby (see previous post) remains impossible to obtain, there are an increasing number of other good bottle conditioned […] ABV: 6% Origin: Sedgley, West Midlands, England Website: www.sarahhughesbrewery.co.uk Originally published in BEER May 2007 Preface (March 2010): Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby The Beacon Hotel brewpub on the outskirts of Sedgley, deep in the Black Country near Wolverhampton and Dudley, may be an unlikely home to a world classic, but its Sarah […] ABV: 4.2% Origin: Downton, Wiltshire, England Website: www.hopback.co.uk CAMRA North London tasting February 2010 Hop Back Crop Circle Hop Back have grown into one of the major British craft brewers with an innovative but cannily targeted range of speciality ales led by the trendsetting Summer Lightning, and a strategy that pursues the takeout […] National Winter Ales Festival 2010 ABV: 6.5% Origin: Elland, West Yorkshire, England Website: www.eandsbrewery.co.uk E&S Elland 1872 Porter 2010’s overall Champion Beer of Britain is a previous runner-up, the highly deserving Elland 1872 porter, based on a recipe from the eponymous year. The brewery, in the small Calderdale town of Elland, originates from […] National Winter Ales Festival 2010 Top Tastings 2010 ABV: 5.5% Origin: Manchester, England Website: http://www.marblebeers.com/ Marble Arch, Manchester M4 The Grade II-listed Marble Arch in Ancoats, on the Rochdale Road just north of Manchester’s city centre ring road, would be an essential stop for anyone with an interest in historic pubs, with its […] National Winter Ales Festival 2010 ABV: 4.8% Origin: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Website: www.leedsbrewery.co.uk Leeds Midnight Bell Midnight Bell is a fine and rich dark mild named in honour of its brewery’s showcase pub in Leeds’ round foundry development. The brewery, opened in 2007, is currently the only independent in the city, with […] Top Tastings 2009 ABV: 2.8% Origin: Horsham, West Sussex, England Website: www.weltonsbeer.com Weltons Pridenjoy Overall this Top Tastings selection exhibits a bias towards very strong beers demanding contemplative sipping, but I also have an affection for low gravity beers, which in many ways are a more demanding test of the brewer’s art. Ray […] |
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