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My Notes on Tasty #beerswap Northern Brew

Some of the BeerViking’s had the pleasure in being part of the first social media British Beer community Beer Swap (#beerswap on Twitter).  Doc D has already filed his report on his beers and this is mine. I was matched to receive beers from Sam Lanes from Real Ale Reviews.  Being Leeds-based, he chose to [...]

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75% Done with Drinking my #BeerSwap Brews – the story so far

The 1st great British Beer Swap has been a lot of fun despite some issues with Collect+ (the shipping service we used). A bog thanks must be said to the brains behind this event – Andy & Mark from http://www.beerreviews.co.uk/ and http://real-ale-reviews.com/ . My SWEEEET set of beers came to me from The Beer Bear [...]

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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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Have a trio of Sussex real ale…

Have a trio of Sussex real ales waiting for some garden sun. And the sun might be coming out again soon.

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Christmas Beer – Weltons Imperial Festive 2008

Oh my, this is my 2nd bottle of this.  First one I wasn’t able to take notes as I’m still not sure of the etiquette of taking notes when drinking socially with people you don’t know so well. And this bottle conditioned beauty is wonderful and goes straight to the top of the charts of my [...]

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Don’t Call Me Sandle Wearing – I Wear Flip Flops

The Times reports the exciting news that Real Ale sales in the UK are climbing according to SIBA. While crap beer sales fell approx 7.2% in Q2 2008, Real Ale sales have increased 8.1% over the first 6 months. This increase is take from SIBA’s figures on it’s direct distribution from smaller UK Brewers to 3,000 odd [...]

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