Best New Beers of 2014…the best of the rest
Last week, as is traditional for the second week of December, the BeerCast was turned over to the newcomers – the six best new British beers of 2014. They were, in my eyes (in order of release):- Brew By Numbers Saison 01|08 Wai-iti and Lemon Harbour Chocolate and Vanilla Imperial Stout Brass Castle Heretic Siren/Cigar […]
Best new beers of 2014…Buxton/Omnipollo Yellow Belly
So, the final beer in the six-parter best-of list for 2014 is another collaboration; a peanut butter and biscuit imperial stout. Not a beer style that I ever thought I would write about, but there you go – once again it proves how creatively planned, perfectly executed beers even in styles we don’t expect can […]
Best new beers of 2014…Weird Beard/Elusive Brew Lord Nelson
The penultimate listing in my best new British beers of 2014 was a farmhouse saison that was recommended to me when chancing the shelves of one of my local bottle shops. I knew of the brewer(s) – but had no idea they had collaborated. And goodness me if that wasn’t the recommendation of the year. […]
Best new beers of 2014…Siren Caribbean Chocolate Cake
The next in the lineup of best new British beers of 2014 (in order of release) was the result of a collaboration between one of the UK’s most consistently brilliant breweries and a Florida outfit that beer fans here go crazy for. (and yes, Florida isn’t in Britain, but the beer was made here…) Caribbean […]
Best New Beers of 2014…Brass Castle Heretic
We’re now halfway through the fifth annual running of the best new British beers of the year feature, with this, the third pick. So far, we’ve had a lemon-heavy London saison and a smooth, full-on Cornish imperial stout. Next up, we move back from the wilds of the South-West to North Yorkshire, and find the […]
