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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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Saturday Night Fight, Best Bitter Train Theme: Velocity vs. Pullman

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Christoffel Bier Double Hopped

Had the pleasure of tasting one of these brews last nigh. A nut brown very hoppy ale. 4 starts. From the website: Born as “Christoffel Bier” this was the first beer brewed by Christoffel. After the introduction of Christoffel Robertus, this beer was named Blond refering to the colour of the beer. Blond is a [...]

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De Dolle Brouwers arabier

While spinning some wheels before hitting a train, I dropped by utobeer and asked for some recs to help develop the Belgian pallete. arabier by the De Dolle Brouwers of Essen, Belgium was suggested (also twice by a couple of other punters there) and so it was a definite bring home. There’s viewing opions about [...]

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