Writing this piece was one of the things that inspired me to launch this website. My mate Chris, who edits the Stereo Jealousy music blog, habitually starts the year by selecting the best albums and singles of the previous one. Seeing his 2008 list inspired me to look back over my tasting notes, for a […]
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Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version first appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 5.1% Origin: Vierzehnheiligen, Franken (Bayern), Germany Trunk Vierzehnheiligen Nothelfer Bier I tried this wonderful unpasteurised Dunkel fresh from its cask at the Pigs Ear festival. The brewery, in a rural setting behind a basilica in a Franconian village named for […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 4.3% Origin: Loanhead, Midlothian, Scotland Website: www.stewartbrewing.co.uk Stewart Edinburgh No 3 Premium Scottish Ale I was recently enthusing to a Scottish friend and fellow beer enthusiast about the recent improvements in the Scottish brewing scene, to a somewhat arch and cynical […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2009. Beer sellers: Beermania ABV: 5.5% Origin: Èthe, Luxembourg, Wallonie Website: http://www.sainte-helene.be/ Sainte Hélène La Djean d'Mady Founded in 1999 by home brewer Eddy Pourtois, who named it after a street he walked down when working as a postman, Ste-Hélène, originally in Virton, […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook, January 2009. Beer sellers: Bierkraft ABV: 10% Origin: Lakewood, New York, USA Website: www.southerntierbrewing.com Southern Tier hoppe extra pale ale ‘Southern Tier’ is the informal geographical term for the southwest counties of New York state, and was also the name chosen by Phineas […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version was published on facebook January 2009. Beer sellers: Bierkraft ABV: 7.7% Origin: Southampton, New York, USA Website: www.southamptonbrewery.com Southampton Cuvée des Fleurs The Southampton Publick House, Don and Charlie Sullivan’s acclaimed brewpub in the town of the same name at the eastern end of Long Island, […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 2.5% Origin: Assebroek, West-Vlaanderen (since moved to Oudenaarde, Oost-Vlaanderen) Website: www.smisje.be "De Regenboog brews Mesopotamian beer: Archaeologists find recipe in Syrian song from 1800BC." An interesting attempt to recreate an authentic ancient beer made in collaboration with the brewing school of […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 6% Origin: Lafrançaise, Midi-Pyrénées, France Brasserie Oc'Ale One of the surprises in store at specialist French beer shop Cave à Bulles in Paris is that craft brewing in France has now spread far beyond its historic home in the North, even […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 4.5% Origin: Sudbury, Suffolk, England Website: www.nethergate.co.uk Nethergate Augustinian Brewer Ian Hornsey, a former microbiologist, has been turning out excellent beers on a commercial scale since 1986, and has worked from his current site since 2005. He’s particularly renowned for reviving […] |
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