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Pré-ZBF Festival 2010 ABV: 8% Origin: Woesten-Vleteren, West-Vlaanderen Website: http://struise.noordhoek.com De Struise Aardmonnik De Struise Brouwers, a beer firm that work mainly on the plant of the Deca brewery, are the enfants terribles of Belgian brewing, more appreciated by the international “extreme beer” crowd than within Belgium itself for their eccentric, often strong […] Pré-ZBF Festival 2010 ABV: 5.3% Origin: Heule, West-Vlaanderen Website: www.alvinne.be Picobrouwerij Alvinne The latest collaboration between the Alvinne “picobrewery” and beer writer, tour organiser and all-round personality Chris “Podge” Pollard is this beer intended primarily for the Chelmsford Beer Festival, a combination of Belgian flair and some decidedly local links to Podge’s Essex […] Rake Welsh Beer Festival February 2010 ABV: 4.4% Origin: Y Fenni, Sir Fynwy, Cymru Website: http://www.tudorbrewery.co.uk/ The Blorenge. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jemwilliams/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 I must confess I’d not heard of this brewery, one of a number of new Welsh micros, and chose the beer from the cask selection at the Rake festival […] Rake Welsh Beer Festival February 2010 Top Tastings 2010 ABV: 6.5% Origin: Aberhonddu, Powys, Cymru Website: www.breconshirebrewery.com Breconshire Ysprid y Ddraig Breconshire Brewery under the leadership of brewer Justin “Buster” Grant has become one of the best breweries in Wales, mixing innovation with consistency and a sense of tradition and place. Buster is […] Des de Moor and CAMRA North London tasters, Wenlock Arms, London N1, February 2010. Photo: John Cryne Visiting a great beer pub like the Wenlock Arms, in London N1 on the uncertain border between Hoxton and Islington, reminds me I don’t go to the pub enough. And I wasn’t even here to enjoy […] ABV: 4.6% and 4.7% Origin: Ansley, Warwickshire, England Website: www.tunnelbrewery.co.uk Originally published in BEER, February 2007, as part of a review featuring reader recommended beers. For more, see previous post. Tunnel Trade Winds and Sweet Parish Ale The Tunnel Brewery at the Lord Nelson Inn at Ansley, near Nuneaton in one of the […] ABV: 6% and 7% Origin: Downton, Wiltshire, England Website: http://www.hampshirebrewery.com/ Originally published in BEER, February 2007 CAMRA North London tasting February 2010 (IPA only) Downton Chimera Dark Delight and India Pale Ale As sharp-eyed readers will have noticed, this page has for some time carried an open invitation for beer suggestions by email, […] ABV: 3.9% Origin: Liverpool, Merseyside, England Website: http://www.wappingbeers.co.uk Originally published in BEER October 2007 as part of a review of that year’s Champion Bottle Conditioned Beer of Britain winners. For more see previous posts. Wapping Baltic Gold One beer bucked the dark trend among this year’s medallists, and from an unfamiliar name that […] ABV: 4.6% Origin: Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, England Website www.wyevalleybrewery.co.uk Originally published in BEER October 2007 as part of a review of that year’s Champion Bottle Conditioned Beer of Britain winners. For more see previous posts. Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout Wye Valley is another name well-known to fans of British RAIB, especially […] ABV: 4.5% Origin: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England Website www.titanicbrewery.co.uk Originally published in BEER October 2007 as part of a review of that year’s Champion Bottle Conditioned Beer of Britain winners. For more see previous post. CAMRA North London tasting February 2010 Titanic Stout With its joint silver medal, Titanic Stout secured a place […] |
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