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Originally published in BEER May 2006 ABV: 3.6 per cent Origin: Ickburgh, Norfolk, England Buy from: Brewery, local farmers’ markets, specialists Mail order: tel 01842 878922, www.icenibrewery.co.uk Iceni Honey Mild and Thetford Forest Mild A few years back, each May arrived with a tough challenge for your humble reviewer: finding a new bottle […] Here’s a review of BSA and Wobble in a Bottle (also known as Santa’s Wobble) originally published in BEER April 2006, followed by an earlier review of Wobble from pioneering website the Oxford Bottled Beer Database, published on 23 March 2001. Hogs Back is now one of the most successful breweries in southeast England, but […] First published in BEER March 2007 ABV: 4.8 and 5 per cent Origin: Newquay, Cornwall Buy from: Local outlets, specialists Website: www.atlanticbrewery.com Atlantic Blue, Red and Gold Meanwhile, Britain’s other Celtic peninsula is providing ever richer pickings for the beer connoisseur [see previous post reviewing two Welsh beers], with one of our few […] Originally published in BEER April 2006 CAMRA North London tasting 2010 ABV: 4 and 4.2 per cent Origin: Cropton, North Yorkshire, England Buy from: Local Tesco, specialists Mail order: 01751 417330, www.croptonbrewery.com Cropton Two Pints From Jacobite Ale [see previous post] to a brewery offering a beer called King Billy might once have […] Originally published in What’s Brewing November 2005 Origin: Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England ABV: 5.6 per cent Buy from supermarkets White Shield Worthington White Shield Worthington White Shield was already a historic beer when CAMRA was founded in 1971. Then, it was one of only five bottle conditioned beers still in commercial production […] Originally published in What’s Brewing June 2005 Origin: Faversham, Kent, England ABV: 6.5 per cent Buy from supermarkets Website www.shepherd-neame.co.uk Shepherd Neame 1698 Shepherd Neame helped pioneer the new generation of real ale in a bottle back in the mid-1990s, when a gorgeous version of Spitfire, now the brewery’s biggest seller in cask, […] Originally published in What’s Brewing January 2005 Origin: Knightwick, Worcestershire, England ABV: 6 per cent Buy from Brewery (tel 01886 821235, www.temevalley.co.uk ), specialist suppliers Teme Valley Hearth Warmer A few hundred years ago it wouldn’t have been uncommon for local breweries to keep their own patch of humulus lupus, but times have […] Originally published in What’s Brewing November 2004 Note this beer may no longer be available in a bottle conditioned version. Origin: West Lydford, Somerset, England ABV: 7 per cent Buy from Specialist suppliers, regional Tesco Cottage Norman's Conquest Back in the mid-1990s this superb Somerset ale seemed poised to lead the bottled beer […] Originally published in What’s Brewing October 2004 Origin: Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England ABV: 4.5 per cent Buy from Specialist suppliers, brewery’s pubs, regional Tesco Burton Bridge Burton Porter There is a certain irony in a great porter coming from Burton upon Trent. Porter originated in 18th century London and became the first […] Originally published in What’s Brewing September 2004 Origin: St Austell, Cornwall, England ABV: 4.8 per cent Buy from Supermarkets, brewery’s pubs, mail order Website www.staustellbrewery.co.uk St Austell Clouded Yellow Clouded Yellow from St Austell, Cornwall’s only surviving traditional family brewery, must have one of Britain’s most evocative beer names. The clouded yellow is […] |
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