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thetank — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:52:07 +0000

Ales By Mail Tasting No 1 with Beerviking [Video]

Doc D — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:24:12 +0000

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 know these are a bit long and we need to ferment them next time… We are still learning and playing with the video format. We used the Ratebeer out of 50 and the Beerviking rating scales.

Part 1 – Video:

Tryst Brewery's "Blathan" 4.0%; score 35/50

Pen-lon Cottage Brewery's "Torwen" Dark Fruit Beer 4.5%; score 32/50

Mort Subite Oude Kriek 6.5%* (we actually taste the younger 4.5% un aged version in the video); score 38/50

Part 2 Video:

Atlantic Breweries "Discovery Golden Pale Ale" with Lime, Chili and Ginger 5.5%; score 31/50

Meantime Brewing Co's "Raspberry Grand Cru" 6.5%; score 37.5/50

Winner is the Belgian Mort Subite Oude Kriek.

Order this case here on Ales By Mail.

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Unboxing Ales By Mail

thetank — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:54:19 +0000

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

The BeerViking Crew Attack a BeerMerchants.com Case

Doc D — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:02:09 +0000

Raw and uncut video of the BeerViking crew attacking a ‘FREE’ case of sweet beer from BeerMerchants.com:

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

Doc D — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:35:06 +0000

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 (temperature was around 25C/78F)… If it weren’t for the pier and the shingles (should really call them rocks) on the beach we could have even been in the actual South Pacific. It was a Monday or maybe a Tuesday. The beach was pretty empty. Although there was a guy paddling his surf board and a few tasty bikinis around, but that’s not important. What matters is the beer.

We had chosen well. It was the Epic Pale Ale vs. the Kipling South Pacific Pale Ale. This seemed to a fitting pairing. Two unique beers. One brewed in New Zealand with lots of hops (Cascade? – I am sure we could find out on the excellent Epic website but we’re lazy) and the other brewed in the UK using Kiwi Hops and by a Kiwi-Italian brewing duo… Crazy. Had to be good.

Tasting Notes (abridged)
Ummm, need to re-watch the original video… [UPDATE to follow]

The Video (Beastie Boys mix): Filmed on Brighton beach in Sussex. This is the 1st in a possible series of beer taste-offs planned. Two great craft beers with lots of hops and unique tast – one from the UK and one from New Zealand but with crossed paths in the global world of craft beer. Backing track is Beastie Boys / Now Get Busy from the Wired CD (Creative Commons license). Enjoy!

The Winner
Epic won by just a tad. More bold. Epic scored 16 and Kipling scored 15.5 (out of 20). Both BeerVikings agreed on scoring and the winner (this time).

Verdict on the Flip Mino?
Well, the Flip is easy to use. Not sure about the camera work and the sound. Need to skill up on doing videos and editing software. Fun. Easy. This is just the beginning of Beer Viking TV.