Beer Viking

Oz and James Drink to Britain – Ends with a Whimper

With Episode 8 of Oz & James Drink to Britain wrapping up the show, by visiting my backyard of Sussex and Kent I was really looking forward to finding out what drink there were going to choose.  With the obvious expectation it was going to be beer and then maybe they’d pop for Brewdog or [...]

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Rother Valley Blues, Sussex, V…

Rother Valley Blues, Sussex, Very dark ale, reminds me of a black lager. Quite smokey with a burnt coffee tang. Phoenix and Goldings hops.13

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Weltons Old Harry, Horsham, Su…

Weltons Old Harry, Horsham, Sussex, 5.2%, Tasty amber ale; Would have again; 14/20

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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 [...]

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Christmas Beer – Ballards Wassail

Getting near the end of the Christmas Beer tasting and will try to do a wrapup. The label on this one is pretty cool with a Viking (Olde English) tale about where the word Wassail came from. This was a conditioned bottle bought from the well stocked Middle Farm in East Sussex.  I was also [...]

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Christmas Beer – Harveys Christmas Ale

I went with the big regional quality brewer Harveys, from Lewes, Sussex for the choice of beer to go with Christmas lunch and it was a great choice. In fact, I had a decent bottle of red opened and much preferred drinking this tasty 8.1% dark brown ale.

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