Archive | June, 2008

Rellena Mi Ballena: It’s Whale Season in Baja, Mexico!!!

30. June 2008

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Refill my Whale, Please!!
By Marshall Ellingson

Whale season has come early this year. And I don’t mean the mammals!
I am a Ballena drinker. Ballena: The Beer of the Pacific. Ballena means whale in Spanish and is the name of the 940ml bottle of Pacifico Beer. Drinking Ballenas is like a whole different culture from drinking the [...]

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Hammerpot Madgwick Gold

28. June 2008

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Had another contender for the beer of the summer from the West Sussex microbrewery Hammerpot with the Golden Ale Madgwick

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Brakspear Oxford Gold – rocks!

27. June 2008

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Friday night and I managed to pick up a couple of Brakspear Oxford Gold Organic Beers for the evening. Put the kids to bed and now watchin the recap of the day at Wimbledon…
Brakspear Oxford Gold:

Overall -9.33
Taste/flavor – 9.5
Body – 8.5
Color/texture – 10

Alc. 4.6% vol.
Fromthe website:
Tasting notes
Brakspear Oxford Gold is a remarkably zesty brew, with [...]

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Ihrmarke – Organic Beer from Switzerland

27. June 2008

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Beer Viking thinks these beers we read about in an issue of the lifestyle magazine Monocle sound pretty good. Organic, from Switzerland and made by a Taiwanese housewife who wanted to setup an eco business. How cool is that! We now just need to get our hands on some of these beers to try out. [...]

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realale.com – UK Tasty Brew Delivery

27. June 2008

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In case you’re unlucky and don’t have a sweet hole in wall offy that carries tasty brew, realale.com looks like it can help.

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South Downs Beer Festival

21. June 2008

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Dropped in with my Pa at the South Downs Beer Festival in Lewes.  Over 60 beers but as it was the afternoon only was able to try a few.  More details below.
This seemed to be a real ale drinkers festival and not one of the family.  If still in Sussex, might drop in again but [...]

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