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First published in BEER March 2007 ABV: 3.7 and 4.6 Origin: Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales Buy from: Local outlets, specialists Website www.purplemoose.co.uk Mŵs Piws Cwrw Madog The daffodils are blooming, the days are getting longer and Gŵyl Ddewi is upon us – time to celebrate the coming of spring with a glass of cwrw […] Originally published in BEER April 2006 CAMRA North London tasting 2010 ABV: 4 and 4.2 per cent Origin: Cropton, North Yorkshire, England Buy from: Local Tesco, specialists Mail order: 01751 417330, www.croptonbrewery.com Cropton Two Pints From Jacobite Ale [see previous post] to a brewery offering a beer called King Billy might once have […] Originally published in BEER January 2007 ABV: 4.6 and 5 per cent Origin: Bridgend, Islay (Argyll and Bute) Buy from: Brewery (tel 01496 810014), local outlets, specialists Website: www.islayales.com Islay Ales Ardnave Ale and Single Malt Ale I never really “got” whisky until I tasted the pungent, peaty single malts of the Isle […] Originally published in What’s Brewing March 2005. Note this brewery has since closed. Origin: Llangefni, Isle of Anglesey, Wales ABV: 4 and 4.5 per cent Buy from local sources, brewery Ynys Môn Medra Only four Welsh breweries offering real ale in a bottle are listed in the current Good Bottled Beer Guide, and […] Originally published in What’s Brewing September 2003 Origin: Wainfleet, Lincolnshire, England ABV: 4.5 per cent Buy from Booths supermarkets Batemans Booths Pour With Care Booths, a regional supermarket chain in northwest England, offers an imaginative range of bottled beers, including bottle conditioned ales, that puts its national competitors to shame. The range is driven by […] Originally published in What’s Brewing July 2003 Origin: Horsham, Sussex, England ABV: 4.2 per cent Buy from supermarkets Coniston Bluebird Bitter When the directors of Brakspear cashed in their prime piece of Thames-side, not only their own brands were affected. Among the homeless were a number of contract brews, including supermarket-listed Coniston Bluebird, […] |
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