Italian Craft Beer: Almond 22′ – Pink Pepper Italian Pale Ale
(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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Uerige’s Alt Bier ****
(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 […]
Philadelphia Brewing Co.’s Walt Wit ****
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 […]
Meantime’s London Stout ****
(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 […]
Hofbräuhaus Maibock ****
(7.2% German make from 500ml bottle) In a continuation from a post in April about Einbeck Ur-Bock, in which I outlined the impressive history of this brilliant German beer style, […]
Einbecker’s Ur-Bock Dunkel ****
(6.5% German make from a 330 ml bottle). Since 1378 Bock beer has been produced in the town of Einbeck, and this Ur-Bock is the original bock beer. As per […]
The Artillery Arms ****
The Artillery Arms is a blissful little local strattling 2 seperate but definitively London identities: the City folk with their shiny shoes and expensive suits rubbing elbows with the local […]
BrewDog’s Punk IPA ****
(6% English make from 330ml bottle) This is my first from the largest independent Scottish brewery, Brewdog. Love them, or hate them, they make an impressive range of beer and […]
Fuller’s Old Winter Ale ****
(5.3% English make from 500 ml bottle) This winter warmer, comes in slightly stronger than the normal bitter in the Fuller’s range, but below both the ESB and 1845. The body […]
Yard’s Brewery Thomas Jefferson’s Tavern Ale ****
(8% American make from 12 oz/355 ml bottle) Continuing with the Ales of the Revolution series, Yard’s Brewery offers up another great one. This ale’s recipe is a fine contribution […]
