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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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St Austell Proper Job

Great British Beer Festival Real Ale in a Bottle Bar 2006

ABV: 5.5% Origin: St Austell, Cornwall, England Website: www.staustellbrewery.co.uk

St Austell Proper Job

This Cornish interpretation of an old-fashioned IPA is a little light in alcohol to be true to the style, but very approachable and tasty. Dedicated to the 32nd (Cornwall) […]

Burton Bridge Empire Pale Ale

Great British Beer Festival Real Ale in a Bottle Bar 2006

ABV: 7.5% Origin: Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England Website: www.burtonbridgebrewery.co.uk

Burton Bridge Empire Pale Ale

This is one of the better British revivalist interpretations of the India Pale Ale style, from its spiritual homeland of Burton, brewed with Pipkin pale malt, invert […]

O'Hanlon's Goldblade

Great British Beer Festival Real Ale in a Bottle Bar 2006; also featured as an ale to win lager drinkers in BEER February 2009.

NOTE: This beer was originally briefly reviewed under an earlier name, Double Champion.

ABV: 4% Origin: Clyst St Lawrence, Devon, England Website: www.ohanlonsbeer.com

O'Hanlon's Goldblade

This is one of […]

Anchor Porter

First published in BEER July 2006 as part of a page about beers from the USA available in the UK. See previous post for more beers from the USA.

ABV: 5.6 per cent Origin: San Francisco, California, USA Website www.anchorbrewing.com

Anchor Porter

The Anchor brewery of San Francisco has a special significance both […]

Goose Island Honker’s Ale

First published in BEER July 2006 as part of a page about beers from the USA available in the UK. See previous post for more beers from the USA.

ABV: 4.3 per cent Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA Website: www.gooseisland.com

Goose Island Honker's Ale

When marketing man John Hall opened his Goose Island brewpub […]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Originally published in BEER July 2006 as part of a page about beers from the USA available in the UK

ABV: 5.6 per cent Origin: Chico, California, USA Website: www.sierranevada.com

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

With 4 July imminent, I’m raising a toast to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness with a trio […]

Écaussines Ultrabrune d’Écaussines

Zythos Bierfestival 2010

ABV: 10% Origin: Écaussines d’Enghien, Hainaut, Wallonie Website: www.brasserieecaussines.be

Ultrabrune d'Écaussines

This new generation farmhouse brewery, founded in 2000 by Hugues and Isobel Van Poucke, tends to pop up more in the export market than in Belgium, so it was great to see them represented with a full range […]

Oud Beersel Oude Lambik

Zythos Bierfestival 2010 Top Tastings 2010

ABV: 5% Origin: Beersel, Vlaams Brabant, Vlaanderen Website: http://www.oudbeersel.com

Oud Beersel brouwerij en geuzestekerij

Oud Beersel in the heart of Pajottenland’s lambic country was the brewery that unexpectedly came back. Originally named Vandervelden after the owning family, it closed its doors in 2002 when the last Vandervelden […]

Dochter van de Korenaar Noblesse

Zythos Bierfestival 2010

ABV: 5.5% Origin: Baarle-Hertog, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen Website: www.dedochtervandekorenaar.be

De Dochter van de Korenaar Noblesse

De Dochter van de Korenaar — the Ear of Grain’s Daughter — is one of the remote outposts of Belgian brewing, in boundary boggling Baarle-Hertog, a tiny and irregularly shaped enclave of Belgium — less than […]

Thornbridge St Petersburg Whisky Reserve 2006

Pré-ZBF Festival 2010 Top Tastings 2010 (Highland)

ABV: 8.8% Origin: Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire, England Website: www.thornbridgebrewery.co.uk

Thornbridge Hall

Thornbridge are emerging as a world class new brewery, offering a solid range of excellent everyday beers but also knowing how to push at the boundaries of style while still retaining good taste and balance. Witness […]