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Wandsworth Common Halloween Beer Fest – report of sorts

Well its been almost 3 weeks since the BeerViking crew raided the La Gothique pub for the Wandsworth Common Halloween Beer Festival. Better late than never – here’s our report…
Over 2000 people attended this excellent beer fest – which ran for 3 days. We ran into Steve from Beer Justice and some of the Shepherd [...]

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Triple Rock Brewery & Ale House, Berkeley – west coast raid cont…

Triple Rock Brewery & Ale House, Berkeley
Note: draft post…
Beer List
Pinnacle Pale Ale – english style pale ale, very light, pretty average. 12
Kolsch .45 – sharp, true to style. 14
Millstone Wheat – fresh, citrus, also true to style. Very drinkable. 14
Bug Juice West Coast Pale Ale – hoppy, long finish. Nice. 15
Red Rock Red Ale – [...]

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The Beer Academy: Tasting Session Beers over Britain – a very short summary

Back in May I had the pleasure of attending the Beer Academy’s 90 minutes tasting session “Beers over Britain Matched with Food” with a few mates. If you don’t already know about the Beer Academy then be sure to check out their course catalog. The Academy is part of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling. [...]

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Introducing BeerViking TV – Epic Pale Ale vs. Thornbridge Kipling South Pacific Pale Ale

The plan
It was simple enough – take two interesting beers to the beach, taste them, compare them, BrewRank the beers and video it. Oh yeah, we also needed to pick a winner.
The setting
We had post card perfect day and beach side location. Brighton beach (in Sussex, UK) on a sunny, clear and very warm day [...]

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Dark Star Brews American Pale Ale All the Time

I’m taking a tasting publishing hiatus at the moment but still had post about this.
Amazing news to report.
One of BeerViking’s firm favourite brewers, Dark Star Brewing Co., have confirmed they are brewing their award winning American Pale Ale all the time now and not just seasonally.
Here’s what Dark Star says about the American Pale [...]

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