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The 2010 Battersea Beer Festival – a short review

The 2010 edition of the Battersea Beer Festival in London (Feb ) was another solid event. A great selection of UK craft beer and reasonable International stand of mainly Belgian and German beers. However, I didn't find a single American beer on site – buy maybe I missed something.

I was down on the landlord and brewer day which was cool [...]

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Danish Christmas Beer Booty – intro and photos

Well, the Danish Christmas Beer Booty – a gift to myself – has been awesome. By booty I am talking about a 'pirate' or viking or is a nautical term for treasure! Anyway all the beers I've had rate 12-16s out of 20. A fuller @brewrank report to follow in the meantime here are the [...]

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West Coast Raid – day 2: Anchor Brewery Tour, photos/intro

So, day two and I managed get a couple of places on a tour of Anchor Brewering Co. My buddy Joe who is a retired naval officer was happy to join me. Trust me this was an awesome tour, its free, the leder was very good and the beer tasting room amazing!
They are best [...]

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West Coast Raid – day 1: Rogue Ale Embassy, SF

Right, so I am here alone in on a boring old biz trip and suffering from some serious jet lag. Oh but lucky for me my old buddy Pat shows up to show me a great meal of Japanese noodles and then its time to raid the Rogue Ale Public House in SF, CA… And what [...]

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75% Done with Drinking my #BeerSwap Brews – the story so far

The 1st great British Beer Swap has been a lot of fun despite some issues with Collect+ (the shipping service we used). A bog thanks must be said to the brains behind this event – Andy & Mark from http://www.beerreviews.co.uk/ and http://real-ale-reviews.com/ .
My SWEEEET set of beers came to me from The Beer Bear [...]

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Altes Tramdepot brewpub, Bern Switzerland – this place rocks!

We had 45 mins free before leaving Bern (unfortunately it was a biz trip not a beer raid). Just enough time to sample a couple of great beers at the local Altes Tramdepot brewpub. As brewpub goes this place rated a @pubrank 18!Located next to the bear pits with a great view across to the [...]

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