Lagerboy Speaks – Lone Star

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May 15, 2009
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‘Texas Gold in every bottle’ is just one of many slogans from the Lone Star Brewery, of er…Woodridge, Illinois. They seemingly have a convoluted history, as the traditional Texan base vanished and re-appeared over the years due to financial difficulties, mergers and takeovers. They began their story back in 1884 as the first large-scale brewer […]

BeerCast #21 – USA

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Sep 22, 2008
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BeerCast #21 – USA. Fittingly, our 21st podcast heads over the pond to America – where that particular number has great significance in the beer world. Our panel get to grips with four US beers, one of which could potentially have deteriorated on the journey over the Atlantic. See if you can guess which one. On the panel today, Richard, Shovels, Grooben and MrB.

1. Anchor Liberty Ale (5.9%)
2. Great Divide Titan IPA (6.8%)
3. Harpoon Winter Warmer (5.5%)
4. Sierra Nevada Porter (5.6%)

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Time for a celebration?

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Jan 21, 2008
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Our recent Beer of the Year show produced a winner from the American seasonal stable, the Anchor Special Ale 2006. But other brewers over the pond produce winter beers as well, and last week we managed to track down another Californian seasonal – Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale. Although their operations aren’t as historic as the […]

Tokyo IPA tasting

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Nov 6, 2007
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Another week, another BeerCast fieldtrip – although it’s pretty tough to compare Birmingham and Tokyo. After all, one of them is a glittering, fast-paced neon metropolis packed with exuberance and incredible food – and the other is the capital of Japan (you must have seen that one coming). On a recent visit to the far […]

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