Lagerboy Speaks – Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Samuel (or Sam to his friends) Adams is an extremely well-known brand over in the States – but one that sadly doesn’t traverse the pond that often. Well, a few weeks ago Lagerboy was idling along the lighter, fizzier section of his local bottle shop when fully stopped in his tracks by the sight of […]
Lagerboy Speaks – JW Dundee’s Honey Brown
It’s always pleasing to Lagerboy when he gets his hands on a lager from the United States, as historically their mass-produced bilge has given US craft lagerers (if that’s a word) a bad name. Guilt by association is a wrong that Lagerboy wishes to right, when he can. Anyway, that was the reason he acquired […]
BeerCast #44 – Beer of the Year 2009
BeerCast #44 – 2009 BOTY Show. The highlight of any BeerCast year is the Beer of the Year Show – where our four highest-scoring beers are re-tested and we pick a winner. Previous BOTY Champions are Hop Back Summer Lightning and Anchor Special Ale 2006. Which beer out of these four will join them? Our specially extended panel travel to a secret location – Shovels, Andy, MrB, Richard, Jess and Grooben brave the snow to pick a BOTY. Our panel also test a bonus beer – the (at the time) strongest beer in the world…
1. St Austell Tribute (4.2%)
2. Carnegie Starkporter 2008 (5.5%)
3. Stone Ruination IPA (7.7%)
4. Goose Island Christmas Ale 2009 (7.0%)
5. BrewDog Tactical Nuclear Penguin (32.0%)
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2009 Beer of the Year Preview
2009 was a great year for the BeerCast, we managed to get through 63 beers over the space of 16 podcasts, attend several beer festivals, and unleash a few new panellists on the podcasting public. As things wind down over Christmas we’ll be turning our attention towards the turn of the year – which means […]
BeerCast #43 – Christmas Special 2009
BeerCast #43 – 2009 Christmas Special. Our extra-festive panel get through a bumper selection of beers designed for the season – and in BeerCast tradition we sample as many as possible. Richard, MrB and Grooben get through five Christmas or winter beers, and discuss the variations between the styles (if any). A very Merry Christmas from all at the BeerCast!
1. Naylor’s Santa’s Choice Winter Warmer (4.9%)
2. St Peter’s Winter Ale (6.5%)
3. Anchor Our Special Ale 2009 (5.5%)
4. Ridgeway Bad Elf (6.0%)
5. Goose Island Christmas Ale (7.0%)
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