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Originally published in What’s Brewing February 2003 Origin: Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England ABV: 6.6 per cent Buy from Tesco Exmoor Beast Wiveliscombe was once one of southwest England’s most important brewing towns, home to the Hancock brewery between 1807 and 1959. In 1979 a new independent company revived brewing at the Hancock site, and […] Originally published in What’s Brewing January 2003 Origin: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England ABV: 6.5 per cent Buy from most supermarkets Greene King Morland Hen's Tooth Back in 2000 Greene King, now one of Britain’s biggest independent brewers, acquired and closed the old-established family brewery, Morland of Abingdon. Among the brands it acquired […] Originally publsihed in What’s Brewing December 2002 Origin: West Hewish, Somerset, England ABV: 6 per cent Buy from some supermarkets, specialist beer shops, Wessex Craft Brewers (www.wessexcraftbeers.co.uk) RCH Ale Mary The revival of spiced beer brewing in Britain is one of the most interesting developments of recent years. Opening the spice cupboard for […] Originally published in What’s Brewing October 2002 Origin: Bridge of Allan, Stirling, Scotland ABV: 4 per cent Buy from the brewery, tel 01786 834555, www.bridgeofallan.co.uk Traditional Scottish Ales Brig o'Allan 80/- / Stirling Brig Sadly, bottled beer drinkers haven’t done as well as their draught-quaffing counterparts in the current Scottish beer renaissance. The […] Originally published in What’s Brewing August 2002 Also reviewed in a piece on beers to convert lager drinkers to ales with, BEER Feburary 2009 Hop Back Summer Lightning Origin: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ABV: 5% Buy from: most supermarkets, beer shops, mail order from the brewery (tel 01725 510986, www.hopback.co.uk) Summer Lightning […] Originally published in What’s Brewing July 2002 Origin: Chiswick, London, England, UK ABV: 6.3% Buy from: most supermarkets, Fuller’s pubs and off licenses Fuller's 1845 Alongside its renowned cask conditioned ales, the Griffin brewery for years offered only pasteurised beers in bottle. Then to celebrate the 150th birthday in 1995 Fuller’s brewers looked […] |
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