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Tri Martolod Blonde Artisanale Beer sellers: Cave à bulles ABV: 4.6% Origin: Konk Kerne, Penn-ar-Bed (Breizh), France Website: www.trimartolod.fr One of a cluster of small breweries in Celtic Brittany, Tri Martolod — or ‘Three Sailors’, a reference to a Breton folk song — was founded in 1999 in the fashionable […] William Worthington Red Shield European Beer Bloggers Conference 2011 ABV: 4.2% Origin: Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England Website: www.molsoncoors.co.uk Legendary former Bass brewer Steve Wellington, who still presides over the microbrewery at what is now the Coors Visitor Centre in Burton though is set to retire this summer, developed this […] Beer sellers: Meadow Farm Shop ABV: 3.7% and 4.3% Origin: Wrecsam, Cymru Website: www.jollybrewer.co.uk Jolly Brewer Taid's Garden Beside the better known likes of BrewDog, Dark Star and Thornbridge in the first rank of innovative and top quality British microbreweries are a handful of names that, despite limited production and distribution, deserve to […] Top Tastings 2010 An extended review of a beer featured as a new real ale in a bottle on the bottled beer review page in the February 2011 issue of BEER magazine, sent free every quarter to CAMRA members, who can also view it online. The magazine is additionally available in selected newsagents. ABV: 4.3% […] The Hepworth version featured in a piece on ales with which to convert lager drinkers, first published in BEER February 2009. This version may no longer be in production. ABV: 4.5% Origin: Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA (original version); Horsham, West Sussex, England (licensed version) Website: www.highandmightybeer.com, www.papercity.com High & Mighty Beer Company While licensing […] A shorter version of this review was first published in BEER August 2008 as part of a piece about beers for summer outdoor drinking. ABV: 4% Origin: Tyndyrn, Sir Fynwy, Cymru Website: www.meadowfarm.org.uk, www.kingstonebrewery.co.uk Kingstone Gold Originally established in 2005 at Kinsons Farm, Gwenffrwd (Whitebrook) nearby, this small brewery moved two years later […] First published in BEER February 2008. ABV: 3.9 per cent Origin: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire Website www.littlevalleybrewery.co.uk Little Valley Withens IPA As most readers will know, India Pale Ales were originally high gravity, generously hopped export products that later evolved into the more session-friendly draught interpretations still supplied by the likes of Caledonian […] First published in BEER November 2007 as part of a piece about beers from Booths supermarkets. More Booths beers in previous post. ABV: 5 per cent Origin: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England Website www.youngs.co.uk Wells & Young's Young's Champion Live Golden Ale Like many people I was sad to see Young’s quit Wandsworth but I’ve […] Bières sans frontières, Great British Beer Festival 2007. For more selections see previous post. ABV: 5.8% Origin: Regency Park, South Australia Website: www.coopers.com.au Coopers Sparkling Ale The survival of the Coopers brewery with its unique style of Adelaide sparkling ale amidst a tide of amber nectar you wouldn’t give a XXXX for, as […] London Drinker Beer Festival March 2010 ABV: 5% Origin: South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England Website: http://www.crouchvale.co.uk/ Crouch Vale Amarillo Beer blogger Mark Dredge, of Pencil & Spoon fame, pointed me in the direction of this fine hoppy golden ale at the London Drinker beer festival. From one of Britain’s oldest and most respected […] |
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