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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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Otley O-Garden and O8

First published in BEER March 2008 as part of a piece about Welsh beers. Beer sellers: Meadow Farm Shop

ABV: 4.8 and 8 per cent Origin: Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf Website www.otleybrewing.co.uk

Otley O-Garden

Last month’s BEER previewed CAMRA’s Members’ Weekend in Cardiff by featuring Welsh beer and breweries, with my colleague Brian […]

O’Hanlon’s Tesco Finest Bottle Conditioned Ale

O'Hanlon's Brewing Company Ltd

First published in BEER February 2008.

ABV: 5 per cent Origin: Whimple, Devon Website www.ohanlons.co.uk

[Note this beer may since have been discontinued.]

In the interests of variety and even-handedness I aim to avoid featuring the same brewer on this page more than once a year. […]

Little Valley Withens IPA

First published in BEER February 2008.

ABV: 3.9 per cent Origin: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire Website www.littlevalleybrewery.co.uk

Little Valley Withens IPA

As most readers will know, India Pale Ales were originally high gravity, generously hopped export products that later evolved into the more session-friendly draught interpretations still supplied by the likes of Caledonian […]

Allendale Best Bitter and Wolf

First published in BEER February 2008.

ABV: 3.8 and 5.5 per cent Origin: Allendale, Northumberland Website www.allendalebrewco.co.uk

Allendale Brewery beers

The small and remote riverside town of Allendale, just shy of Hadrian’s Wall, is home to one of England’s most youthful breweries. For brewer and co-founder Tom Hick it’s his first job since […]

Rogue XS Imperial Stout

First published in BEER January 2008 as part of a piece about imperial stouts. For more imperial stouts see previous post.

ABV: 11 per cent Origin: Newport, Oregon, USA Website www.rogueales.com

Rogue XS Imperial Stout

Founded in 1988, Rogue are now a mainstay of the craft brewing hotbed of the Pacific Northwest and […]

Dark Star Imperial Stout

First published in BEER January 2008 as part of a piece about imperial stouts. For more imperial stouts see previous post.

ABV: 10.5 per cent Origin: Ansty, Sussex, England Website www.darkstarbrewing.co.uk

Dark Star Imperial Stout

Dark Star originated at the Evening Star brewpub in Brighton in 1991. Ten years later the brewery, which […]

BrewDog Paradox

First published in BEER January 2008 as part of a piece about imperial stouts. For more imperial stouts see previous post.

ABV: 10 per cent Origin: Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Website www.brewdog.com

BrewDog Paradox

James Watt and Martin Dickie opened Grampian-based Brewdog only a year ago but they’ve already caused a stir with their […]

Dolle Brouwers Special Extra Export Stout

First published in BEER January 2008 as part of a piece about imperial stouts.

ABV: 9% Origin: Esen, West-Vlaanderen Website: www.dedollebrouwers.be

De Dolle Brouwers Special Extra Export Stout

Imperial Stout was a souped-up 19th century development of London porter that found favour in Tsarist. A century later the sole surviving original brand from […]

Abbaye des Rocs Spéciale Noël

First published in BEER December 2007 as part of a piece about strong beers for the festive season. For more strong festive beers see previous post.

ABV: 9 per cent Origin: Montignies-sur-Roc, Hainaut, Wallonie Website www.abbaye-des-rocs.com

Abbaye des Rocs Spéciale Noël

Belgium excels at producing strong bottle conditioned ales for laying down, including […]

JW Lees Harvest Ale

First published in BEER December 2007 as part of a piece about strong beers for the festive season. For more strong festive beers see previous post.

ABV: 11.5 per cent Origin: Middleton Junction, Manchester, England Website www.jwlees.co.uk

JW Lees Harvest Ale

The term “vintage”, which strictly speaking refers to the grape harvest, is […]