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First published in BEER July 2008 as part of a piece on beers recently converted to bottle conditioning. For more similar beers see previous post. Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 4.8 per cent Origin: Hook Norton, Oxfordshire Website www.hooknortonbrewery.co.uk Hook Norton Double Stout A steam-driven Victorian […] First published in BEER July 2008 as part of a piece on beers recently converted to bottle conditioning. Young’s Bitter also included in Top Tastings 2008. ABV: 4.5 and 4.8 per cent Origin: Bedford, Bedfordshire Website www.wellsandyoungs.co.uk Wells and Young's Young's Bitter When you consider how perilously close British bottle conditioned beer was […] Bières sans frontières, Great British Beer Festival 2007. For more selections see previous post. Top Tastings 2008 ABV: 8% Origin: Diest, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen Website: www.loterbol.be Café-brouwerij Loterbol One of a batch of newer microbreweries gradually bringing new techniques and flavours to the Belgian beer scene, Loterbol describes itself as a brewpub — café-brouwerij […] Bières sans frontières, Great British Beer Festival 2007. Top Tastings 2008. For more selections see previous post. Beer sellers: De Bierkoning ABV: 7% Origin: Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Website: www.schansbier.nl Van Vollenhoven poster Van Vollenhoven’s Extra Stout is arguably one of the best beers currently produced in the Netherlands, and it’s also a piece […] ABV: 3.5% Origin: Wrecsam, Cymru Website: www.jollybrewer.co.uk A shorter version was originally published in BEER November 2008. For more smoky beers see previous post. Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version also published on facebook January 2009. Jolly Brewer Roasted unmalted barley lends an unmistakeable sharp roasty bite to Irish-style dry stouts. A distinctive […] ABV: 5% Origin: St Austell, Cornwall, England Website: www.staustellbrewery.co.uk A shorter version was originally published in BEER November 2008. For more smoky beers see previous post. See also Top Tastings 2008. CAMRA North London tasting February 2010 St Austell Admiral's Ale For a more subtle whiff of the bonfire (than Heller Aecht Schlenkerla […] |
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