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Salopian Brewery Darwins Origin (4.3%) – a great bottled beer

We recently had the pleasure of drinking the Salopian Brewery Darwins Origin (4.3%) on cask at a small August bank holiday beer festival in Kent. From cask it rated a respectable 15/20 on the @brewrank scale. Here's how the Salopian website describes the brew: Style: Darwin’s Origin is an eclectic mix of hops from across the world [...]

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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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Sunday Session Beer: Brakspear…

Sunday Session Beer: Brakspear ‘double dropped’ Bitter, Oxfordshire, B, 3.4%, teak oil brown, nutty aroma and taste, thirst quencher 12.5/20

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Making my way through a St Pet…

Making my way through a St Peters Winter Ale Case – Really like the Mild. A lovely winter session beer at 3.7 – warming, crisp…uhhm

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Brewdog tasting – Trashy Blond…

Brewdog tasting – Trashy Blonde 4.1%, a true session beer. A light amber ale in the American style. 4 stars.

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Great British Beer Festival 2008 – report and checklist

The Beer Viking crew managed to get away from the sea long enough to attend the Great British Beer Festival in London back the summer – it was held 5-9 Aug 2008. However, during the long journey back home aboard our viking longship we lost the tasting list and our brew review notes. These historical [...]

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