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Unboxing Ales By Mail

BeerViking No1 rips into a tasty case of beer from Ales By Mail (alesbymail.com). 15 bottles of super British craft beer (aka – real ale). backing track by Chuck D with Fine Arts Militia / No Meaning No – (used via Creative Commons license see http://creativecommons.org/wired

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Christmas Cracker 2009

In a time honoured tradition, the Beer Viking crew recently had their annual Christmas Cracker.  Sometimes we get more organised and arrange a pub crawl and send out invites and sometimes it’s just the two captains, Doc and Tank, trying as many quality beers as possible.  On that point, it really is about enjoying beer [...]

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My Notes on Tasty #beerswap Northern Brew

Some of the BeerViking’s had the pleasure in being part of the first social media British Beer community Beer Swap (#beerswap on Twitter).  Doc D has already filed his report on his beers and this is mine. I was matched to receive beers from Sam Lanes from Real Ale Reviews.  Being Leeds-based, he chose to [...]

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Landlord and Brewery Days, 3rd and 4th December

We’ve had notice that Mark Justin, a Publican with a Master of Wine, has organised to two very special days at Le Gothique on December 3rd and 4th. Carola Brown from Ballards in Hampshire and Duncan Sambrook from Sambrook’s in Battersea will both be here on Thursday 3rd to talk and field questions about their [...]

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#beerswap – My Nothern Beers

Earlier, I was able to pick up my beers for the Beer Swap.  I was very excited to find that Sam Lanes, from Real Ale Reviews, had sent through the following choice selection of beers from parts of Yorkshire.   Can’t wait to start the tasting. Copper Dragon Orange Pipin Leeds Brewery Best Leeds Brewery Pale [...]

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The Great British Beer Swap

Two of the BeerVikings have signed up to be part of the first Beer Swap, an idea pulled together by Mark Dredge of Pencil and Spoon, chilliupnorth and BeerReviews. Idea is that people from the digital beer community of Great Britain get paired up with someone from another part of the country and have to [...]

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