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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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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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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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Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A.

He’Brew Bittersweet Lenny’s RIPA. A 10% double IPA using Rye malt that I have a brewrank of 16 to.

What I Say:
Dark brown beauty.  A caramel, grainy with balanced hop coming through nose.  From the nose, I was expecting it to be a lot heavier and surprised by a Sweet and Sour (the rye malt?) [...]

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Saturday Night Showdown: Wallop vs. Torpedo

A recent mission enabled me to add to my current stocks with a visit to Utobeer. Put some beers outside (it’s turned a bit colder again at night in the countryside but 10 C is a good temp) and for no real reason decided to pit the Sierra Nevada Torpedo against the Victory Hop Wallop. [...]

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