RateBeer Roundup V
With the latest RateBeer tasting coming only a few days after the end of the GBBF at Earl’s Court, it always threatened to be a big one. So it proved, as a combination of guest bloggers and GBBF-engorged suitcases resulted in twenty-five beers being drunk over the course of six hours. 25! Thankfully it was […]
Lagerboy Speaks – St Austell Korev
Lagerboy likes discovering new words – ideally on the side of a green bottle from which something fizzy has just been released. So imagine his textual joy when reading the back of the label from his latest conquest – St Austell Korev (4.8%) – he found another way to order everyone’s favourite beverage. Ko•rev (cor-eff) […]
100up for Kernel
We’re unashamedly sentimental types here at the BeerCast, particularly when it comes to celebrating an anniversary*. Recently we managed to acquire a bottle of India Pale Ale 100 (10.1%) – the centenary release from London’s Kernel brewery. Since appearing on the beer scene in early 2010 (has it really only been that long?), Evin O’Riordain […]
Black Isle/Tim Anderson Red Hot Chilli Bock
Long name, long story. For those of you outwith the range of the culinary-tentacled beast that is BBC’s MasterChef, it’s essentially the X-Factor of cooking. There are several series, staged concurrently so they never overlap – one for celebrities, one for young chefs, and one for Joe Public. The most recent series was the latter […]
The ultimate carry-out?
Blogger, RateBeer legend and all-round philanthropist Craig Garvie recently returned from a short break to London. The above photo is what he picked up. I don’t know what’s in the carrier bag on the top step – maybe a packet of crisps or something…
BeerCast #63 – Mmmm…beer
BeerCast #63 – Mmmm…beer. Returning from our summer pod-break, we assemble a thirsty panel and tackle four beers from breweries beginning with the letter M (tenuous link, admittedly). If that wasn’t all, the beers all come from within twenty miles of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire – so very much a local tasting…if that’s your neck of the woods. On the panel today – Richard, Stuart, MrB and Grooben. Richard would like to take this opportunity to apologise to MrB’s mother…
1. Mallinsons Danger: Hops! (5.1%)
2. Magic Rock High Wire (5.5%)
3. Marble Chocolate Marble (5.5%)
4. Magic Rock Cannonball (7.4%)
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