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Malt Teasers

First published in BEER magazine, May 2011. BEER is sent free every quarter to CAMRA members, who can also view it online. The magazine is additionally available in selected newsagents. Click on the beer names for more detailed notes on each beer.

Pale barley malt from Muntons.

Malted barley is one of […]

July 28th, 2011 | Tags: | Category: Collections, Tastings | Leave a comment

Breconshire Winter Beacon

This beer featured in BEER May 2011 as part of a piece on the influence of different malts on beer flavour. To read about other beers featured see Hopshackle Historic Porter.

ABV: 5.3% Origin: Aberhonddu, Powys, Cymru Website: www.breconshirebrewery.com

Breconshire Winter Beacon

The qualities of speciality malts aren’t limited to darker beers and […]

July 28th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Cymru, Great Britain, Tastings | Leave a comment

Itchen Valley Pure Gold

ABV: 4.8% Origin: Alresford, Hampshire, England Website: www.itchenvalley.com

This beer featured in a piece about the influence of different malts on beer flavour on the bottled beer review page in the May 2011 issue of BEER magazine, sent free every quarter to CAMRA members, who can also view it online. The magazine is also available […]

July 28th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: England, Great Britain, South East, Tastings | Leave a comment

Vale Black Swan Dark Mild

Featured as a mild for May in BEER May 2009. To read the beginning of this piece see under Hobsons Postman’s Knock. The beer also featured in BEER May 2011 as part of a piece on the influence of different malts on beer flavour. See additional text below, and to read about other beers featured […]

July 4th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: England, Great Britain, South East, Tastings | Leave a comment

Woodforde’s Nelson’s Revenge

A shorter version of this review was first published in BEER August 2009 as part of a piece about beers for summer outdoor drinking, featuring this beer under its rebadged Norfolk Bitter label for Marks and Spencer. For more summer beers, see previous post.

The beer also featured in BEER May 2011 as part of […]

June 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: East of England, England, Great Britain, Tastings | Leave a comment

Hopshackle Historic Porter

Top Tastings 2009 The beer also featured in BEER May 2011 as part of a piece on the influence of different malts on beer flavour. See additional text below, and to read about other beers featured see Vale Black Swan.

ABV: 4.8% Origin: Market Deeping, Lincolnshire Website: www.hopshacklebrewery.co.uk

Hopshackle

Nigel Wright’s Hopshackle […]

January 31st, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: East Midlands, England, Great Britain, Tastings | Leave a comment