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Oz and James Drink to Britain, Episode 1

Oz and James Drink to Britain on BBC 2 is pretty watchable stuff. In episode 1 they finish with train station pub crawl in Yorkshire. Nice! They also go to the Thornbridge Brewery in Derbyshire.  BeerViking think Thornbridge is one to watch and the Jaipure IPA is worth having on tap but if the Kipling, [...]

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Brigand IPA, Castle Brewey, Be…

Brigand IPA, Castle Brewey, Belgium, 6.5%; A Belgian take on an India Pale Ale that kind of fails but is interesting to try. 13/20

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Stone IPA, USA, 6.9 abv, bottl…

Stone IPA, USA, 6.9 abv, bottle, very tasty strong hoppyness with a lot of citrus. 17. at the Rake.

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Doc’s Christmas Beers 2008

Anchor Brewing Co, Merry Christmas & happy New Year 2006. 5.5 abv. SF, CA USA.  Spicey one. 15 out of 20. Hook Norton, Twelve Days. 5.5% abv. UK. Delicously dark and strong. 19 out 20. This one could become a habit. Goose Island IPA. Chicago, USA. Solid 18 out of 20… Meantime Pale Ale. London, [...]

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St. Peter’s Dark Ales

  St. Peter’s is a Suffolk micro-brewery that has been on the attention cusp of Beer Viking for a while now.  Their bottled beers come in a distinctive replica old school bottle from and thinking as I write, I’ve not actually had them on tap/pump. Though they do have a pub in Clerkenwell that I [...]

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Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor. An …

Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor. An 8% Belgian IPA. Uses Golding, Spalt, Hallertau and Saaz hops. Nice but expected more…

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