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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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Saturday Night Fight: Sierra Nevada Pale vs. Thornbridge Kipling

In a desire to pick things up a bit in the hunt, I decided to pit two very excellent beers against each other. Thornbridge Kipling is one of my current go to beers. I really enjoy the understated use of the Nelson Sauvin hop from New Zealand that is quite fresh and delicate but still satisfies [...]

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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, with [...]

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Fish Tale Organic India Pale Ale

Ok, not quite truly regional but Fish Tale Organic India Pale Ale is from Olympia, WA and so that’s really all part of Cascadia and counts in my books, well it does to this beer. An extremely tasty IPA and more than satisfies the green and the hophead in the Tank.  It’s a favourite of Buck [...]

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