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Organic Beer Review # 4: Saison Dupont Foret

February 13, 2013by littlecroth Leave a comment

This is the fourth instalment of the series Focus On: Organic Beer. Up for discussion today it is Brasserie Dupont’s Saison DuponForet. Belgium’s first 100% organic beer no less! The Beer! This beer style, the saison, […]

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Beer, Belgian, Brasserie Dupont, Focus On: Organic Beers, Saison
Black Isle Organic Hibernator Oatmeal Stout

Organic Beer Review # 3: Black Isle Hibernator Oatmeal Stout

August 27, 2012by littlecroth Leave a comment

This is the third instalment of the series Focus On: Organic Beer, and today we review Black Isle Brewery’s Hibernator Oatmeal Stout.  This tasty and sustainable brew is from an […]

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*****, Beer, Black Isle Brewery, Focus On: Organic Beers, Organic, Scotland, Stout
Bath Ales Wild Hare Organic Beer

Organic Beer Review # 2: Bath Ales Wild Hare

May 14, 2012by littlecroth 1 Comment

This is the second in my series Focus On: Organic Beer. We review Bath Ales Wild Hare. This beer has the distinction of making it into 1001 Beers To Drink Before You […]

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Ale, Bath Ales, English, Focus On: Organic Beers
Pitfield's Organic Shoreditch Stout

Organic Beer Review # 1: Pitfield’s Shoreditch Stout

December 3, 2011by littlecroth 1 Comment

In the first review of an organic ale for my Focus on: Organic Beer, we investigate Pitfield Brewery and their Shoreditch Stout.  Organic ingredients plus a little bit of hipster […]

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Beer, Organic, Pitfield Brewery, Stout
Almond 22' Pink Pepper Italian Pale Ale

Italian Craft Beer: Almond 22′ – Pink Pepper Italian Pale Ale

May 10, 2011by littlecroth 3 Comments

(6% Italian make from 375ml bottle) What comes to mind when you think of Italy? The sophistication, opulence and conquering spirit of the Roman Empire? Perhaps the eroding decay of […]

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****, Almond '22, Beer, IPA, Italy
Life and Limb is 'better than a swigger of birches'

Life and Limb by Dogfish Head and Sierra Nevada (*****)

March 4, 2011by littlecroth 3 Comments

(10.2% American make from a 650cl bottle) This superb ale is the product of a collaboration between two of America’s most prominent craft brewers: Dogfish Head and Sierra Nevada.  As […]

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*****, Ale, American, Beer, Dogfish
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Infinium Ale by Boston Brewery Co and Weihenstephan Brauerei (*****)

January 17, 2011by littlecroth 2 Comments

(10.3% German and American make from a 750ml bottle) In a unique combination between the oldest existing brewery in the world and the largest American owned brewery (not to mention […]

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*****, Ale, American, Beer, Bière de Champagne, Boston Brewing Co (Sam Adams), Germany, Weihenstephan
Uerige's Düsseldorf Altbier

Uerige’s Alt Bier ****

November 30, 2010by littlecroth 3 Comments

(4.7% German make from a 500ml bottle) Since 1862, Uerige has been brewing ‘leckere Dröppke’ in the heart of Düsseldorf.  An institution, the brewery is one of several in town […]

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****, Altbier, Beer, Germany, Uerige
Philadelphia Brewing Co's Walt Wit

Philadelphia Brewing Co.’s Walt Wit ****

November 6, 2010by littlecroth 2 Comments

You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, nor look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books, You shall not look […]

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****, American, Beer, Philadelphia Brewing Company, Wheat Beer, Wit Bier
Meantime's London Stout taken at the cafe in the Crypt of St Mary le Bow

Meantime’s London Stout ****

October 20, 2010by littlecroth Leave a comment

(4.5% English make from 500ml bottle) “What preparations to make a jar of porter! What commotion, what cranking and rattling of machinery! Beer barrels larger than a house in the […]

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****, Beer, English, Meantime, Stout

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Ales of late

  • Organic Beer Review # 4: Saison Dupont Foret
  • Organic Beer Review # 3: Black Isle Hibernator Oatmeal Stout
  • Organic Beer Review # 2: Bath Ales Wild Hare
  • London Brewers’ Series: Interview with the Kernel Brewery
  • Organic Beer Review # 1: Pitfield’s Shoreditch Stout

Sites to check out

  • Craft Beer Co: Come join the revolution they say, but bring strong beer.
  • Farm Direct: If you live around Islington they can bring you produce fresh from local farmers’ markets…and they sell beer.
  • London Brewers Association: Interested in London’s brewers? Well, you should be!
  • SOIL Association: Anything you want to know about organic products in the UK
  • Stoke Newington Farmers' Market: The UK’s only all-organic weekly farmers’ market hosted conveniently in Stoke Newington
  • The Kernel Brewery: The best beer and brewer London has to offer

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