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Berliner Kindl Weissbier mit Schuss Waldmesiter ABV: 2.5% Origin: Berlin, Germany Website: www.berliner-kindl.de Date: 6 September 2000 Another review from the archive written for the pioneering Oxford Bottled Beer Database (OBBD), where it required webmasters Tom and Jasper to create a new ‘beer colour’ symbol in green! I’ve left it uncorrected — so […] Jenlain, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ABV: 6% Origin: Jenlain, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France Website: www.jenlain.fr Date: 14 August 2000 Another review from the archive written for the pioneering Oxford Bottled Beer Database (OBBD). I’ve left it uncorrected — so please read it in that historical spirit. Another beer and brewery that are still very much around, […] ABV: 8.5% Origin: Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France Website: http://www.brasserie-st-sylvestre.com/ Date: 14 August 2000 Another review from the archive written for the Oxford Bottled Beer Database (OBBD), a pioneering crowd-sourced beer review website founded in 1992, and predating the likes of Ratebeer and Beer Advocate. I’ve left it uncorrected — so please read it in that […] ABV: 7% Origin: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Website: www.brouwerijhetij.nl Date: 7 August 2000 Another review from the archive written for the Oxford Bottled Beer Database (OBBD), a pioneering crowd-sourced beer review website founded in 1992, and predating the likes of Ratebeer and Beer Advocate. I’ve left it uncorrected — so please read it in that historical […] ABV: 8% Origin: Ikeja, Nigeria Website: www.guinness.com Date: 7 August 2000 This was my first ever published bottled beer review, written for the Oxford Bottled Beer Database (OBBD), a pioneering crowd-sourced beer review website founded in 1992, and predating the likes of Ratebeer and Beer Advocate. I’ll gradually be archiving my reviews from the site […] The Birmingham conurbation is the latest British city to rejuvenate its beer scene under the ‘craft’ banner, albeit several steps behind the likes of Bristol, Leeds and Manchester. But this is a city that’s also particularly rich in living examples of beer and pub heritage, demonstrating that, though today’s beer may be novel in […] The beauty of barley. Pic: Valley Malt. It’s often said that hops are the varietals of the beer world, an idea that many brewers have seized on with numerous single hop brews constructed to show off the individual characteristics of a specific variety, so dedicated connoisseurs can get to know their Citra from […] Griesbräu, Murnau am Staffelsee, Bayern, Germany. ABV: 5.1%, 5% and 4.8% Origin: Murnau am Staffelsee, Bayern, Germany Website: www.griesbraeu.de Griesbräu zum Murnau is a sprawling historic inn in Murnau, on the edge of the Bavarian Alps, that was once patronised by Blaue Reiter artists Vassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter. Like many such establishments […] Brauerei Karg, Murnau am Staffelsee, Bayern, Germany ABV: 5% and 5.8% Origin: Murnau am Staffelsee, Bayern, Germany Website: www.karg-weissbier.de Karg, in picturesque Murnau am Staffelsee on the edge of the Alps, has long been one of the more interesting small Bavarian Weizenbier brewers. As I found out on a recent visit to Murnau, […] Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale Best Damn Beer Shop ABV: 7.2% Origin: Escondido, California, USA Website: www.stonebrew.com Stone is the original bad boy brewer, with brand values that deliberately risk alienating certain groups of potential customers in order to boost the affinity of others. Offset by an obvious sense of humour and backed up […] |
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