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Schneider Aventinus

Originally published in What’s Brewing November 2002

Origin: Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany ABV: 8 per cent Buy from specialist beer shops and mail order, occasionally supermarkets

Schneider Aventinus

The Schneider brewery, founded in 1872, is a relative newcomer by German standards. In 1927 the company acquired its present site, the former ducal brewery at […]

Bridge of Allan Brig o’Allan 80/- Ale (Stirling Brig)

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 […]

Hoegaarden Witbier

Originally published in What’s Brewing September 2002

Origin: Hoegaarden, Brabant, Belgium ABV: 5% Buy from: most supermarkets, beer shops

Hoegaarden Wit

Unfiltered ‘white’ beers were once the local speciality of the northeast corner of Brabant. Brewers here used unmalted wheat, giving a very fruity, phenolic and distinctively wheaty flavour, and spiced their beers […]

Hop Back Summer Lightning

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 […]

Fuller’s 1845 Celebration Strong Ale

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 […]