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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
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"Very authoritative" - Tim Webb.
"One of the top beer writers in the UK" - Mark Dredge.
"A beer guru" - Popbitch.
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Castle Eden brewery
ABV: 5.5% Origin: Castle Eden, Durham, England Website: www.cameronsbrewery.com First published: 8 January 2001
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. For more about Castle Eden and what happened to […]
Whim Ales, Derbyshire
ABV: 5% Origin: Hartington, Derbyshire, England Website: www.whimales.co.uk Date: 6 November 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. Whim is still very much in business, though now just producing […]
Trophy Special, as brewed in Castle Eden.
ABV: 5.5% Origin: Castle Eden, Durham, England Website: www.cameronsbrewery.com Date: 7 September 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.
The history of Castle Eden, before […]
Top Tastings 2011
ABV: 7.3% Origin: Manchester, England Website: www.marblebeers.co.uk, www.fullers.co.uk
Fuller's head brewer John Keeling with Marble Old Manchester. "Old and from Manchester." Pic: Fuller's
Collaboration beers are especially popular among the new generation of craft brewers, often across national boundaries, and have produced some fascinating results. But here’s one that crosses […]
Great British Beer Festival 2011 London beer tastings 2011
ABV: 9% Origin: London W4, England Website: www.fullers.co.uk
Brewer's Reserve No 3 maturing in whisky barrels in a spare corner of the Fuller's brewery, London W4, January 2011
I make no apologies for choosing a release of Fuller’s Brewer’s Reserve as one of […]
Beer sellers: Cerveteca
ABV: 7.5% Origin: Regency Park, South Australia Website: www.coopers.com.au
Coopers Extra Strong Vintage Ale
The historic Coopers brewery near Adelaide is known as the hypertraditional custodian of the unique style of Sparkling Ale, as well as several other old established beers. But in 1998 head brewer Tim Cooper decided to […]
European Beer Bloggers Conference 2011
ABV: 8.2% Origin: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Website: http://www.innisandgunn.com/
Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer
Scotland’s Innis & Gunn specialises in oak ageing beer — “like no other beer”, they’ve been known to claim rather inaccurately, although their take on the process is unusual. It came about when […]
Top Tastings 2010
ABV: 9% Origin: Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England Website: www.samuelsmithsbrewery.co.uk
Samuel Smith Yorkshire Stingo
An extended review of a beer featured as a strong and special beer on the bottled beer review page in the November 2010 issue of BEER magazine, sent free every quarter to CAMRA members, who can also view […]
Great British Beer Festival 2010
ABV: 7.7% Origin: London W4, England Website: www.fullers.co.uk
Fuller's Brewer's Reserve No 2 Limited Edition Oak Aged Ale
The Brewer’s Reserve series is Fuller’s head brewer John Keeling’s limited edition of wood aged beers, starting with a Glenmorangie whisky cask version in 2008. The second edition uses the […]
First published in BEER March 2008 as part of a piece about Welsh beers. For more Welsh beers see previous post.
ABV: 3.9 and 5.5 per cent Origin: Capel Dewi, Sir Gaerfyrddin Website www.ffosyffinbrewery.co.uk
Bragdy Ffos y Ffin
Dairy farmer Glyn Lenton took over Ffos y Ffin farm outside Capel Dewi in rural […]
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