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O'Hanlon's Brewing Company Ltd
First published in BEER February 2008.
ABV: 5 per cent Origin: Whimple, Devon Website www.ohanlons.co.uk
[Note this beer may since have been discontinued.]
In the interests of variety and even-handedness I aim to avoid featuring the same brewer on this page more than once a year. […]
First published in BEER February 2008.
ABV: 3.8 and 5.5 per cent Origin: Allendale, Northumberland Website www.allendalebrewco.co.uk
Allendale Brewery beers
The small and remote riverside town of Allendale, just shy of Hadrian’s Wall, is home to one of England’s most youthful breweries. For brewer and co-founder Tom Hick it’s his first job since […]
First published in BEER September 2007.
ABV: 5 per cent Origin: Maldon, Essex, England Website www.maldonbrewing.co.uk
Farmer's Ales (Maldon) Golden Boar
The Golden Boars were flying off the shelf at the Little Beer Shop just outside Norwich a couple of months back. While I nerdily checked my wants list I noticed two obviously […]
First published in BEER June 2007 as part of a piece about Threshers off licence chain’s Local Ale scheme. For more Threshers Local Ales see previous post.
ABV: 4.6 per cent Origin: Corfton,Shropshire, England Website www.suninncorfton.co.uk
Corvedale Dark and Delicious
It’s particularly gratifying that alongside several names familiar on supermarket shelves, the Threshers […]
First published in BEER June 2007 as part of a piece about Threshers off licence chain’s Local Ale scheme. For more Threshers Local Ales see previous post.
ABV: 5.2 per cent Origin: Feniscowles, Lancashire, England Website www.threebsbrewery.co.uk
Three B's Shuttle Ale
Based on an industrial estate at the edge of Blackburn, Three Bs […]
British Real Ale in a Bottle May 2010
ABV: 5% Origin: Knightwick, Worcestershire, England Website: www.temevalleybrewery.co.uk
Teme Valley Brewery
This beer featured as a British Real Ale in a Bottle on the bottled beer review page in the May 2010 issue of BEER magazine, sent free every quarter to CAMRA members, who can […]
London Drinker Beer Festival March 2010
ABV: 4.6% Origin: London N17, England Website: http://urbanbrewer.blogspot.com/
Redemption Brewery, London N17 0XL
Andy Moffat’s Redemption Brewery in Edmonton is about as new generation as new generation London brewers can get, having first entered revenue earning service in January this year (2010). A former City bond trader […]
First published in BEER November 2006 as part of a piece about beers stocked by Tesco supermarkets.
NOTE: Production of Young’s beers has since been moved to Wells & Young’s in Bedford, though it appears Ruby Star is no longer brewed.
ABV: 5.5 per cent Origin: Wandsworth, London, England Website: www.youngs.co.uk
Young's Ruby […]
First published in BEER October 2006 as part of a page marking the publication of the latest Good Bottled Beer Guide. For more beers featured on this page, see previous post.
ABV: 4.7 and 5.5 per cent Origin: Thorpe St Andrew, Norfolk, England Website: www.thewhynotbrewery.co.uk
Why Not Cavalier Red
Eastern England is becoming […]
First published in BEER September 2006 as part of a page marking the publication of the latest Good Bottled Beer Guide. For more beers featured on this page, see previous post.
ABV: 5 per cent Origin: Bowburn, Durham, England Website: www.durham-brewery.co.uk
Durham Evensong
A particularly welcome (and, in my view, long overdue) innovation […]
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