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Des de Moor
Best beer and travel writing award 2015, 2011 -- British Guild of Beer Writers Awards
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"A necessity if you're a beer geek travelling to London town" - Beer Advocate
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"Very authoritative" - Tim Webb.
"One of the top beer writers in the UK" - Mark Dredge.
"A beer guru" - Popbitch.
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John Smith Courage Imperial Russian Stout (Imperial Stouts Part 7)

Originally published in BEER December 2003.

NOTE This review concludes what was originally published as a single longer article. See previous posts for an introduction to Imperial stouts and some other reviews. Scroll down for a 2012 update.

See all parts of this article: http://desdemoor.co.uk/?tag=imperial-stouts-beer-2003

Origin: Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England ABV: 10%

Harveys Imperial Extra Double Stout (Imperial Stouts Part 6)

Originally published in BEER December 2003.

NOTE This review forms part of what was originally published as a single longer article. See previous posts for an introduction to Imperial stouts and some other reviews. See the next post to read the final review.

See all parts of this article: http://desdemoor.co.uk/?tag=imperial-stouts-beer-2003

Origin: Lewes, East Sussex, […]

Durham Temptation (Imperial Stouts Part 3)

Originally published in BEER December 2003.

NOTE This review forms part of what was originally published as a single longer article. See previous posts for an introduction to Imperial stouts and some other reviews. See the next post to continue reading about further Imperial stouts. See all parts of this article: http://desdemoor.co.uk/?tag=imperial-stouts-beer-2003

Origin: […]

Old Chimneys Good King Henry Imperial Stout (Imperial Stouts Part 2)

Originally published in BEER December 2003.

NOTE This review forms part of what was originally published as a single longer article. See the previous post for an introduction to Imperial stouts and the first review. See the next post to continue reading about further Imperial stouts. See all parts of this article: http://desdemoor.co.uk/?tag=imperial-stouts-beer-2003

Origin: Market […]

Pitfield's 1792 Imperial Stout (Imperial Stouts Part 1)'s

Originally published in BEER December 2003.

Imperial stouts

NOTE This review forms part of what was originally published as a single longer article. See the link at the end to continue reading about further Imperial stouts considered alongside this one. See all parts of this article: http://desdemoor.co.uk/?tag=imperial-stouts-beer-2003

Origin: London, England (since moved to […]

Wood's Hopping Mad

Originally published in What’s Brewing October 2003

Origin: Winstantow, Shropshire, England ABV: 4.7 per cent Buy from supermarkets, specialist shops

Wood's Hopping Mad

Awareness of the ingredients of beers is growing, and the hop, which gives beer its most obviously identifiable and distinctive aromas and flavours, has come in for particular attention. Where […]

Batemans Booths Pour With Care

Originally published in What’s Brewing September 2003

Origin: Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, England ABV: 4.5 per cent Buy from Booths supermarkets

Batemans Booths Pour With Care

Booths, a regional supermarket chain in northwest England, offers an imaginative range of bottled beers, including bottle conditioned ales, that puts its national competitors to shame. The range is driven by […]

Hepworth Coniston Bluebird

Originally published in What’s Brewing July 2003

Origin: Horsham, Sussex, England ABV: 4.2 per cent Buy from supermarkets

Coniston Bluebird Bitter

When the directors of Brakspear cashed in their prime piece of Thames-side, not only their own brands were affected. Among the homeless were a number of contract brews, including supermarket-listed Coniston Bluebird, […]

George Gale Festival Best Mild

Originally published in What’s Brewing May 2004. Note since publication the brewery has been taken over and closed by Fuller’s.

Origin: Horndean, Hampshire, England ABV: 4.8 per cent Buy from Specialist stockists, brewery’s pubs

George Gale Festival Mild

Bottle-conditioned mild must be one of Britain’s rarest styles, perhaps because the low strength […]

Woodforde's Headcracker

Originally published in What’s Brewing April 2003

Origin: Woodbastwick, Norfolk, England ABV: 7 per cent Buy from Specialist stockists, direct from the brewery (tel 01603 722218, www.woodfordes.co.uk)

Woodfordes Headcracker

East Anglia provides rich pickings for lovers of good speciality ales: the current Good Beer Guide lists 15 independent brewers in Suffolk and 11 […]