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Northern California Raid: After Day 1 (Updated)
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Updated original post with scores and notes on the Red River Belgians (See Beers)
Some of the BeerViking ( mostly Doc D but Hunter as well) crew are heading to Northern California on a serious pillage mission.
They will be filing field reports via Twitter [...]
Showdown: Mikeller Stateside IPA vs. Victory Hop Wallop
10. July 2009
In honour of American Independence Day and the sad fact I wasn’t able to join the raid on the White Horse American Beer Festival I had to pull the trigger on this matchup that I’ve been waiting patiently for.
In the red corner it’s the Mikeller Stateside IPA and in the blue corner is the [...]
Epic Beer – A Twitter Driven Tasting in London
25. March 2009
We had the pleasure of running into Luke the brewer of Epic Pale Ale from New Zealand thanks to Twitter. Thanks to Twitter – that’s a whole other ‘power of social media’ post one day – we managed to track him down at the Market Porter next to Borough Market. He’s been over in the [...]
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14. March 2009
This weeks the beer of pits Anchor Small Beer vs. Ballard’s Old Bounder, 21 Birthday Boy.
The main reason to choose these two was driven by the story behind the Small Beer, which is that it’s created by running a second load of water through the mash of the Anchor Old Foghorn. So as I had [...]
Saturday Night Fight, Best Bitter Train Theme: Velocity vs. Pullman
7. March 2009
Having enjoyed the train crawl in Oz and May Drink for England, I was pretty chuffed when I was given an Adur Velocity and Hepworth Pullman, as well as having train names, they are Best Bitters.
Adur Velocity, Sussex, 4.4%. Golden brown, quite a nose, bubbly. A fun ride along the length. Gentle bitter. Here’s [...]
Saturday Night Fight: Sierra Nevada Pale vs. Thornbridge Kipling
28. February 2009
In a desire to pick things up a bit in the hunt, I decided to pit two very excellent beers against each other.
Thornbridge Kipling is one of my current go to beers. I really enjoy the understated use of the Nelson Sauvin hop from New Zealand that is quite fresh and delicate but still satisfies [...]
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