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Epic Beer – A Twitter Driven Tasting in London

We had the pleasure of running into Luke the brewer of Epic Pale Ale from New Zealand thanks to Twitter. Thanks to Twitter – that’s a whole other ‘power of social media’ post one day – we managed to track him down at the Market Porter next to Borough Market. He’s been over in the [...]

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More on the Dark Star, Thornbridge Mashup

As first read about from beermerchants. Dropped in at the Evening Star (caught the tail end of the Six Hop availability) and they had some more details on the collaboration between Dark Star and Thornbridge. Mark Tranter headed North to wonderful Derbyshire.  It’s a 7% Old Ale using Maris Otter Pale Ale, Crystal Malts with [...]

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Burton Bridge Empire Pale Ale,…

Burton Bridge Empire Pale Ale, Burton, 7.5%. An enjoyable strong stab at the original Pale Ale. Warming alc level w/h nice hop level. 17

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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 [...]

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A Beer Checklist for 2009

A few weeks ago The Tank posted about ‘setting the standard for Twitter updates‘ – which was a very interesting and useful suggestion on a pretty geeky topic. Basically what should be the data standard or codex for rating beers in 140 characters. We are still refining the ‘Twitter beer standard’ (TBS). In the meantime, [...]

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Rogue Juniper Pale Ale, USA, 5…

Rogue Juniper Pale Ale, USA, 5.2, nice floral almost tree like sweet tastes. like it. 14. at the rake… tanks wants to rename himself?

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