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JW Lees, Moonraker Strong Ale,…

JW Lees, Moonraker Strong Ale, Manchester, 7.5%; Great upfront but doesn’t last but still yummy. 16/20

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Christmas Beer – WJ King Merry Ale

The King family has been brewing beer for 5 generations.  They are based in Horsham which seems to be quite a hotbed for great smaller/craft brewers.  Need to go to a tour sometime soon. I gave their 6.5% bottle conditioned Christmas Beer I try and based on that am now keen to work my way [...]

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Setting the Standard for Twitter Updates

While Hunting for the Best Beer in the Universe, we have found that Twitter is a very useful tool in doing quick posts on all the different beers we are trying. One of the best things is also the worst things about Twitter and that is the brevity of being held to only 140 characters [...]

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Dark Star Critical Mass, Susse…

Dark Star Critical Mass, Sussex-7.8%-Cask-Min Head-Very Dark, Treacle clr-Slight bitter, sweet upfront, goes v. dry – Firesider!! 17

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Watou Tripel – Belgian Trappist Beer

Due to missed connections, earlier tonight I was able to pop into a favourite little shop of mine.  I had to hold off the growing extensive Christmas beer collection there (only so much room in my bag) and picked up a few new ones. First to get the pour was the Watou Tripel, a Trappist [...]

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