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#beerswap – My Nothern Beers

Earlier, I was able to pick up my beers for the Beer Swap.  I was very excited to find that Sam Lanes, from Real Ale Reviews, had sent through the following choice selection of beers from parts of Yorkshire.   Can’t wait to start the tasting. Copper Dragon Orange Pipin Leeds Brewery Best Leeds Brewery Pale Saltaire Brewery Cascade Pale

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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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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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Battersea Beer Festival 2009 – Beer Wishlist

11th-13th February are the dates for the Battersea Beer Festival. They have published an advance beer list of the beers that will be available for tasting. Here’s a wishlist that will grow, please add to the list or suggestions: Downton IPA 6.8% ABV Elland 1872 Porter 6.5% ABV Saltaire Cascade Pale Ale 4.8% ABV Moor Old Freddy Walker 7.3% ABV (though [...]

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