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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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Fuller's Vintage Ale 1999, 2005 and 2009

Note this post has been superceded. It has been left here for archival reasons. Read a more complete and up-to-date post about this beer.

Top Tastings 2009 CAMRA North London tasting 2010

ABV: 8% Origin: Chiswick, London, England Website: www.fullers.co.uk

Note: tasting notes on further vintages can be found after the main article.

Concertina Bengal Tiger

Top Tastings 2009.

ABV: 4.5% Origin: Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England

This tiny brewery was set up in 1992 in the Concertina Band Club at Mexborough, near Doncaster, essentially to brew beer for the club, though occasionally its beers seep out to beer festivals, especially since Roger Protz featured this particular beer in his 300 Beers […]

Bryncelyn Buddy Marvellous

Top Tastings 2009

ABV: 4% Origin: Ystradgynlais, Powys, Cymru Website: Currently unavailable

Bryncelyn began as a tiny brewery in the cellar of the Wern Fawr Inn at Ystalyfera in 1999 and steadily built up a reputation as one of Wales’ best small cask ale breweries — it’s since expanded to new premises in industrial workshops […]

St Austell Smuggler’s Ale

Originally published in BEER June 2006 as part of a piece about beers in Asda supermarkets

ABV: 5 per cent Origin: St Austell, Cornwall, England Buy from: ASDA supermarkets

St Austell Smuggler's Ale

I’ve been drinking a lot of St Austell beers recently: a trip deep into the brewery’s territory to research a […]

Bartrams Marld

Originally published in BEER May 2006. Also featured in BEER August 2008 as part of a piece about beers for summer outdoor drinking.

For more milds see previous post.

ABV: 3.4 per cent Origin: Rougham, Suffolk, England Buy from: Specialists, local farmers’ markets Website www.bartramsbrewery.co.uk

Bartrams Marld

I first encountered Marc Bartram’s beers […]

Fenland/Isle of Ely Smokestack Lightning

Originally published in BEER May 2006

Note this brewery has since closed. For more milds see previous post.

ABV: 4.2 per cent Origin: Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, England Buy from: Brewery, specialists Mail order: tel 01353 699966, www.elybeer.co.uk

Fenland / Isle of Ely Smokestack Lightning

Fenland opened in Chatteris in 1998 and moved to […]

Iceni Thetford Forest Mild and Honey Mild

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 […]

Hogs Back BSA and Wobble in a 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 […]

Bragdy Conwy Cwrw Castell and Telford Porter

Originally published in BEER March 2006 Beer sellers: Meadow Farm Shop

See previous post for more Welsh beers. Note Cwrw Castell has since been discontinued.

ABV 3.8 and 5.6 per cent Origin Conwy Town, Conwy, Wales Buy from local outlets, brewery (tel 01492 585287) Website www.conwybrewery.co.uk

Conwy Cwrw Castell

At the opposite, northern […]

Breconshire Brecknock Best and Red Dragon

Originally published in BEER March 2006. Beer sellers: Meadow Farm Shop

ABV 4.5 and 4.7 per cent Origin Brecon, Powys, Wales Buy from specialist shops, brewery (tel 01874 623731) Website www.breconshirebrewery.com

Breconshire Red Dragon

With St David’s Day imminent as this issue hits the shelves, this month’s column finds a welcome in the […]