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The Question? A friend has a few spare hours in Zurich where can he get good beer?

Simple… In the main train station in Zurich is Brasserie Federal with 200+ Swiss bottled beers and a few on tap.  Brasserie Federal Bahnhofplatz 15, 8001 Zürich, Schweiz Map: http://maps.google.com/places/ch/z%C3%BCrich/bahnhofplatz/15/-brasserie-federal?hl=en Need to look for beers from: Les bières Trois Dames (the IPA is 15/20 and the La Fraîcheur is 17/20!) Brasserie des Franches Montagnes Also worth trying one [...]

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Official Wandsworth Common Beer Festival Guide and Bottle Beer List

You can view or download this year's Wandsworth Common Beer Festival (WCBF) Programme Guide below – this lists all the great beers and ciders we will have on cask (and tap) for you. This is in 2 parts as a pdf. Please note there will be some additional beers at the Festival not listed in the guide such [...]

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Wandsworth Common Beer Festival: The Myths & Legends Ladder

This year at the 2nd Annual Wandsworth Common Beer Festival we are promoting two innovations to the beer festival format. First we take the bold move of listing them all in order of strength. As opposed to alphabetically or by brewery. They range from 3% in 0.1% increments all the way up to 10%. Second we are promoting a series [...]

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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. [...]

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Northern California Raid: After Day 1 (Updated)

photo credit: 123 look at me Updated original post with scores and notes on the Red River Belgians (See Beers) Some of the BeerViking ( mostly Doc D but Hunter as well) crew are heading to Northern California on a serious pillage mission. They will be filing field reports via Twitter and at HQ we’ll [...]

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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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