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Arcadia Ales Sky High Rye #beer 13
Gorgeous colour the other side of amber, slight white frosting of a head. Grass, apple, grapefruit + something I can’t quite get on the nose. Drying mouthfeel with a less bitterness than expected. First taste is slightly disappointing. Overall not bad a 13 but for Rye Pale Ale the benchmark has been set very high [...]
Continue reading...It’s Official – London Has a Thriving 21st Century Beer Scene!
19. September 2010
Yes, in case you’ve been living under a rock London has a dynamic, innovative and world class modern beer scene. The emergence of the London Brewers Alliance and their inaugural showcase event held last Friday night is more proof that London should be on every beer enthusiasts schedule. During the Friday festivities we tasted the following brews: Ha’penny Brewing [...]
Continue reading...Salopian Brewery Darwins Origin (4.3%) – a great bottled beer
18. September 2010
We recently had the pleasure of drinking the Salopian Brewery Darwins Origin (4.3%) on cask at a small August bank holiday beer festival in Kent. From cask it rated a respectable 15/20 on the @brewrank scale. Here's how the Salopian website describes the brew: Style: Darwin’s Origin is an eclectic mix of hops from across the world [...]
Continue reading...Ales By Mail Tasting No 1 with Beerviking [Video]
29. July 2010
CAMRA Beer Magazine Summer '10 Review – Ales By Mail Tasting No 1 with Beerviking The back story short version. Every issues of Beer the quarterly magazine of CAMRA has selection of bottled beers reviewed. We got an adavnce case and did our own tasting of sorts. In two parts pretty raw edit here… just the mash. We [...]
Continue reading...American Beer Festival 2010 at the White Horse, SW6 in West London
15. June 2010
We know it shouldn't be a surprise but awesome to hear that the White Horse in West London will be doing their excellent American Beer Festival over 2nd-4th July. We'll be doing our usual and opening affairs on the Friday afternoon. Based on our time there in 2008 and 2009, we can totally recommend this [...]
Continue reading...The Question? A friend has a few spare hours in Zurich where can he get good beer?
14. June 2010
Simple… In the main train station in Zurich is Brasserie Federal with 200+ Swiss bottled beers and a few on tap. Brasserie Federal Bahnhofplatz 15, 8001 Zürich, Schweiz Map: http://maps.google.com/places/ch/z%C3%BCrich/bahnhofplatz/15/-brasserie-federal?hl=en Need to look for beers from: Les bières Trois Dames (the IPA is 15/20 and the La Fraîcheur is 17/20!) Brasserie des Franches Montagnes Also worth trying one [...]
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22. October 2010
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