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		<title>New Edinburgh bar &#8211; The Hanging Bat</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/the-hanging-bat-preview.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 08:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a general rule, change is something that happens remarkably slowly in Edinburgh. The drudgery of the tram fiasco is the prime example, but museums and galleries routinely close for years to redevelop themselves &#8211; and the Cowgate fire site still remains empty, leering up at the Bridges like a pulled tooth. However, there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minimum Price set at 50p</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/minimum-price-set-at-50p.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of minimum pricing for alcohol is once again dominating the Scottish media. Yesterday, the SNP administration announced that they would be seeking the widely expected tariff of 50p per unit. Back in November, when the bill was re-introduced, we put down our thoughts on minimum pricing, and how the various groups expressing an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extra-hot Chilli beer. The pain&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/extra-hot-chilli-beer-the-pain.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/extra-hot-chilli-beer-the-pain.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RateBeer Tastings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forstner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, I struggled to find words to describe what was, to that point, the worst beer I&#8217;ve ever had. I&#8217;m not talking about the macrolagers we beery types love to hate; even their greatest detractors would admit they don&#8217;t really taste of much. Some can be quite unpleasant, but anyone can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edinburgh Beer Weekly 14/05 &#8211; 20/05</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/edinburgh-beer-weekly-5.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/edinburgh-beer-weekly-5.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 09:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebeercast.com/?p=4818</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the latest Edinburgh Beer Weekly! Every Sunday we&#8217;ll be posting a preview of all the beery happenings in the city for the next seven days – so you won&#8217;t miss a thing. You can sign up to our subscription service, ensuring you&#8217;ll get a notification every Sunday when the Edinburgh Beer Weekly is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hangovers</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/hangovers.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/hangovers.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like footballers and groin injuries, getting hangovers is part of the job – a challenge faced by even the most eminent of beer bloggers and writers. There&#8217;s many an occasion I&#8217;ve woken up wishing that I&#8217;d taken more of an interest in stamp collecting, or another safe indoor hobby that could leave you merely out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lagerboy Speaks</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/lagerboy-speaks-28.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/lagerboy-speaks-28.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 10:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lagerboy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thornbridge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lagerboy hasn&#8217;t had a run-out for a while, but as the days are starting to lengthen and the rain that plunges from the grey Scottish clouds becomes a tad warmer – it&#8217;s time to stop chewing those noble hop pellets and get with the liquid. The first tempter to pass his cage hails from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am not a beer geek</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/i-am-not-a-beer-geek.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/i-am-not-a-beer-geek.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beer is a product that is surrounded by a huge amount of often impenetrable terminology. From dropping bright to sparging out, the wonderful old language associated with brewing maintains a link to history. I love, and use them all (assuming I know what they mean, which is rare). But there&#8217;s one term recently nudging it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scottish Real Ale Festival 2012 Preview</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/sraf-2012-preview.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/sraf-2012-preview.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 13:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The beer list for this year&#8217;s SRAF is in draft form and still taking shape, but thanks to organiser Owen we managed to secure a sneak peak at what will be on offer in June. At the time of writing this preview, not every producer has confirmed their attendance, but hopefully this time there will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edinburgh Beer Weekly 07/05 &#8211; 13/05</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/edinburgh-beer-weekly-4.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/edinburgh-beer-weekly-4.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 10:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebeercast.com/?p=4691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the latest Edinburgh Beer Weekly! Every Sunday we&#8217;ll be posting a preview of all the beery happenings in the city for the next seven days – so you won&#8217;t miss a thing. You can sign up to our subscription service, ensuring you&#8217;ll get a notification every Sunday when the Edinburgh Beer Weekly is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stewart Brewing launch two new brews</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/stewart-brewing-two-new.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/stewart-brewing-two-new.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 09:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stewart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brewers have to be amongst the best multi-taskers in any industry – they regularly deal with formulating new recipes whilst continually producing core beers, and then shifting everything on to free up space for the next batches. Stewart Brewing have been frantically keeping the plates spinning out at their Loanhead base for some time, waiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Edinburgh bar &#8211; The Ventoux</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/new-edinburgh-bar-the-ventoux.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/05/new-edinburgh-bar-the-ventoux.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 09:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks, we&#8217;d been hearing rumours about the Illicit Still at Tollcross – that it was destined to become more continental in outlook. As such, a few days ago the Brougham Street pub quietly re-opened as The Ventoux. A name synonymous with the Tour de France, the new bar is the second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sainsbury&#8217;s Great British Beer Hunt 2012</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/sainsburys-gbbh2012.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/sainsburys-gbbh2012.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broughton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harviestoun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tyne Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Williams Bros]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years supermarkets have caught on to the &#8216;premium bottled ale&#8217; market, steadily improving the selection of beer in their stores, and some even moving towards regional variation to appeal to shoppers. Sainsbury&#8217;s launched a contest in 2008 to encourage brewers to offer up their PBA&#8217;s for selection – with Bath Ales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edinburgh Beer Weekly 30/04 &#8211; 06/05</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/edinburgh-beer-weekly-3.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/edinburgh-beer-weekly-3.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebeercast.com/?p=4642</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the latest Edinburgh Beer Weekly! Every Sunday we&#8217;ll be posting a preview of all the beery happenings in the city for the next seven days – so you won&#8217;t miss a thing. You can sign up to our subscription service, ensuring you&#8217;ll get a notification every Sunday when the Edinburgh Beer Weekly is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pratergarten</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/pratergarten.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/pratergarten.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[German Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Berliner Kindl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I love beer gardens. Even today, when they have become that last crossover point between those who smoke and those who don&#8217;t. Sitting in the sunshine with a pint is one of the pleasures of life – just one of the many occasions when, despite what you may hear or read, you realise that drinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;What fellating God must taste like&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/ice-cider.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/ice-cider.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canadian Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RateBeer Tastings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebeercast.com/?p=4627</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Beer fans are no strangers to hyperbole – particularly the dedicated masses that record their thoughts on ratings websites. As regular BeerCast readers might be aware, every so often I join in with a RateBeer tasting group hosted by Edinburgh tickmeister Craig Garvie. Usually we gravitate (pun intended) towards the stronger or rarer brews, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In praise of&#8230;Brauhaus Spandau</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/in-praise-of-brauhaus-spandau.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/in-praise-of-brauhaus-spandau.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[German Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In praise of...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spandau]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebeercast.com/?p=4607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Beer may be a universal product, but travelling overseas and seeing a foreign country through the eyes of its beer drinkers makes you realise how different things can be. That those eyes are bloodshot and sleep-deprived is par for the course &#8211; boy, do Germans like a beer. Of course, even before I went to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edinburgh Beer Weekly 23/04 &#8211; 29/04</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/edinburgh-beer-weekly-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/edinburgh-beer-weekly-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebeercast.com/?p=4588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the second Edinburgh Beer Weekly! Following on from last week, every Sunday we&#8217;ll be posting a preview of all the beery happenings in the city for the next seven days – so you won&#8217;t miss a thing. You can sign up to our subscription service, ensuring you&#8217;ll get a notification every Sunday when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bow Bar Hop Off</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/bow-bar-hop-off.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/bow-bar-hop-off.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grooben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Iris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blackwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offbeat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steel City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tempest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another day, another Edinburgh beer event. The Bow Bar are hosting a hop-based showcase at the moment, so with Richard still away, beercasters Grooben, Shovels and the esteemed Mr. B headed down to sample some hoppy goodness. The showcase features British brewers, and with most of the beers clocking in at between 4% and 5% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edinburgh Bar Launch – The Southern</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/edinburgh-bar-launch-the-southern.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/edinburgh-bar-launch-the-southern.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grooben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brooklyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dark Horse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fyne Ales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardknott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kernel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southern Bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summer Wine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Exciting times for Edinburgh beer drinkers this week as we see the opening of the Southern, the new bar from Fuller Thomson, owners of BeerCast favourites Holyrood 9A and Red Squirrel. Head BeerCaster and all-round Renaissance man Richard is away in Berlin this week, but colleagues Grooben and Shovels stepped into the breach to sample [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edinburgh Beer Weekly 16/04 &#8211; 22/04</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/edinburgh-beer-weekly-1604-2204.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/edinburgh-beer-weekly-1604-2204.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebeercast.com/?p=4542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the first Edinburgh Beer Weekly! Every Sunday we&#8217;ll be posting a preview of all the beery happenings in the city for the next seven days – so you won&#8217;t miss a thing. As Edinburgh&#8217;s beer website we want to be able to inform everyone of the great goings on here before they happen, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highland takeover Cloisters</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/highland-takeover-cloisters.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/highland-takeover-cloisters.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Highland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last month we were pondering about the rise of tap takeovers in the Edinburgh beer calendar, as we rumbled over to Leith for the Black Isle event at Nobles. This week there are two more in the city, with the first of those taking place last night. Rob Hill&#8217;s Highland Brewing Company arrived at Cloisters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The BeerCast&#8217;s 5th birthday&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/we-are-5.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/we-are-5.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Kirin – brewed in UK, dissapointing [sic]. James Boags – Aus/Tasmania. Kasteel Cru – France, winey, fruity, not much taste. Sagres Bohemia – Dark, Portugal, strong, subtle…has pre, current and after taste&#8221; That was how we began, four random bottles of beer sampled between Paul and myself, way back in 2007. A lot has changed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bières Bourganel</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/bieres-bourganel.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/bieres-bourganel.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[French Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bourganel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;French beer is unknown&#8217; states Raymond Duyck &#8211; of Brasserie Duyck – in this article by Will Hawkes in the Independent. In Europe&#8217;s premier wine-first culture, beer has always – and, let&#8217;s face it, will always – play second fiddle to the noble grape. But there&#8217;s a long tradition of small-scale, artisan brewing in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FABPOW! &#8211; Boon Geuze / Cadbury Creme Egg</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/fabpow-boon-creme.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/fabpow-boon-creme.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Belgian Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eating with Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The other day, whilst idly mopping up the remnants of another of Cadbury&#8217;s seasonal snacks, I began to wonder about potential beer pairings involving Creme Eggs. As pretty much any foodstuff can be complemented with a malt-forward beverage, why not the pinnacle of Easter treats? Searching around for the ideal companion to what Wikipedia calls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BeerCast #69 – Spa IPA</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/beercast-69-spa-ipa.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/beercast-69-spa-ipa.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BeerCasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bristol Beer Factory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buxton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ilkley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roosters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BeerCast #69 – Spa IPA. Today our BeerCasters get to grips with four outstanding British IPA's. Rather co-incidentally, it turns out that three of them hail from celebrated English spa towns (with the other nearby to a fourth). Richard, Stu, Shovels and Grooben work through the beers, and as IPA fans, expect some big scores...

1. Ilkley Lotus IPA (5.7%)
2. Bristol Beer Factory Southville Hop (6.5%)
3. Roosters Serlo de Burgh (6.0%)
4. Buxton Axe Edge (6.8%)

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		<title>New to Edinburgh &#8211; Tramworks Brewing</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/tramworks-brewing.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/04/tramworks-brewing.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 07:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Artists impression&#8230; Two weeks ago we brought you a preview of the exciting times ahead for beer fans in the Edinburgh area – with details of four new producers in the vicinity of the city. However, as is usually the way, another new brewery is set to take hold in Edinburgh – but the initial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Isle takeover Nobles</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/black-isle-takeover-nobles.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/black-isle-takeover-nobles.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Isle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are always plenty of beer events in Edinburgh – as any regular reader of this website will know. Only a small proportion of them take place in Leith, however – which is a surprise, given how many great pubs you can find there. It&#8217;s also something of a shame, as Leith has a reputation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s brewing in Edinburgh?</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/whats-brewing-edinburgh.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/whats-brewing-edinburgh.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alechemy Brewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DemonBrew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eclipse Brewery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Andrews Brewing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh has a rich history when it comes to breweries – the golden age at the turn of the twentieth century supported well over thirty in the city. These days, that glorious (if ultimately untenable) number has reduced to a mere one &#8211; Slateford&#8217;s Caledonian. Their last major competitor, McEwans, was recently demolished for housing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heriot-Watt Beer Festival 2012</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/2012-hwfest.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/2012-hwfest.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DemonBrew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loch Lomond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summer Wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tempest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[That pen is not mine, incidentally Having never been to the Heriot-Watt Beer Festival before, I was told the sun always arrives for a scheduled appearance (making it the exact opposite of the Highland Show). Sure enough, the weather was glorious in Edinburgh yesterday, just in time for the 27th HWFest. They take their beer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In praise of&#8230;the Draper&#8217;s Arms</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/in-praise-of-the-drapers-arms.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/in-praise-of-the-drapers-arms.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In praise of...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Gastro&#8217; is often the dirty prefix when it comes to lovers of traditional pubs – signifying the changing of the guard, unpronounceable bar snacks and cold, insipid beer. The reality, of course, is that there are plenty of outstanding gastropubs out there – just as there are many run of the mill examples, and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BrewDog Edinburgh&#8217;s 1st birthday</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/brewdog-edinburghs-1st-birthday.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/brewdog-edinburghs-1st-birthday.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BrewDog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s exactly twelve months to the day since BrewDog Edinburgh opened its doors, signalling the start of the southward charge of the Fraserburgh concern&#8217;s bar empire. The second BrewDog tied house to open (behind the original in Aberdeen), the Edinburgh branch has since been followed by another in Glasgow, and then a whole host – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Porterboy Speaks</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/porterboy-speaks.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/porterboy-speaks.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lagerboy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shorts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you can see though it, I&#8217;m not interested. File it in the same pigeonhole as lemonade, sparkling water, gin and tonic. Then upend the pigeonhole in the sink. As it swirls down the plughole, if you can still see the plughole, let it go. Dark beer is where it&#8217;s at. Go and throw plastic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say aye tae a pie</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/aye-pie.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/aye-pie.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eating with Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the Romans bludgeoned their way into the north of England, subjugating the lowly, mud-dwelling populace, they made a very useful discovery. The locals had invented a method of transporting small amounts of gristly meat around, without having it spoil – or drip through the fingers. Encased within a fatty, crumbling sleeve of pastry, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The BeerCast&#8217;s Pub Guide &#8211; Edinburgh Part 3</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/edinburgh-pub-guide-3.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/edinburgh-pub-guide-3.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Following on from our two previous guides to Edinburgh pubs – here and here, we felt it was long overdue to post a third. There really are so many great places to drink in the city, that another selection was definitely required. If you&#8217;re in town for a short break, you need to be visiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best of British</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/best-of-british.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/03/best-of-british.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dark Star]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardknott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tempest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why would you not drink beer? I mean, seriously, it&#8217;s pretty much the best thing there is. Fair enough, if religious or health reasons preclude you from taking alcohol, but if not – why don&#8217;t you drink beer? How can you be satisfied with cheap lager or wine? What does Smirnoff have that decent beer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Book Review &#8211; Brewed Awakening</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/brewed-awakening.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/brewed-awakening.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beer Books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Brewed Awakening is a new book written by Brooklyn-based beer writer Joshua M Bernstein (as well as, coincidentally, a new coffee stout from Black Isle&#8217;s Cromarty Brewing). We were recently sent a review copy of the book &#8211; which is subtitled &#8216;&#8230;behind the beers and brewers leading the world&#8217;s craft brewing revolution.&#8217; Flip over to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BeerCast #68 &#8211; Summer Wine Showcase</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/beercast-68.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/beercast-68.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BeerCasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summer Wine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BeerCast #68 – Summer Wine Showcase. Holmfirth's Summer Wine Brewery have been going for a few years, and have a major following in Yorkshire. Our intrepid panel get five of their beers and find out why. On the panel today - Richard, Shovels and debutante Calum

1. Summer Wine Covenant (5.2%)
2. Summer Wine Teleporter (5.0%)
3. Summer Wine Barisa (4.8%)
4. Summer Wine Lime and Coriander Saison (6.0%)
5. Summer Wine Cohort (7.5%)

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		<title>Magic Rock takeover the Stockbridge Tap</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/magic-rock-takeover-the-stockbridge-tap.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/magic-rock-takeover-the-stockbridge-tap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magic Rock]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stuart Ross looking his best&#8230; Magic Rock Brewing are one of the new kids on the block, having been operating for about eight months from their Huddersfield base (which I hope is an enormous circus big top). It says something about the state of the modern British beer scene that even given that short space [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freebies &#8211; the ten-finger discount</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/freebies.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/freebies.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beer bloggers are fairly low in the grand scheme of things, by and large (until you gain elevation to the higher echelons of the bloggerati, of course). The vast majority of us have day jobs that don&#8217;t involve booze – unless you count staring wistfully out of the window at the building opposite and idly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cromarty Brewing launch</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/cromarty-brewing-launch.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/cromarty-brewing-launch.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cromarty Brewing Co]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago we met with Craig Middleton, founder of one of Scotland&#8217;s newest producers &#8211; Cromarty Brewing Co. Highly enthusiastic, Craig told us about all kinds of different projects in the pipeline &#8211; but also that he was launching both of his beers (plus a bonus) into Edinburgh on the 17th of February at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In search of something special&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/in-search-of-something-special.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/in-search-of-something-special.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boddingtons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My name&#8217;s Richard, and I&#8217;m a Rater. Not a ticker – there&#8217;s a difference (at least in my mind) &#8211; Tickers are like trainspotters, whereas Raters are more like locomotive enthusiasts who ride on the trains as well as writing down the numbers. Admittedly, that analogy doesn&#8217;t make the beer community sound any sexier, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A different kind of problem</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/a-different-kind-of-problem.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/a-different-kind-of-problem.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beer Duty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since we began following the issue of taxation and duty on British beer, one term has come sharply into focus:- &#8220;As part of the Coalition Agreement, the Government committed to reviewing alcohol taxation to tackle problem drinking without unfairly penalising responsible drinkers…&#8221; Review of Alcohol Taxation, HM Treasury 30/11/2010 pdf &#8220;By setting a minimum price [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fyne Ales launch Cobbler Stout</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/fyne-ales-launch-cobbler-stout.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/fyne-ales-launch-cobbler-stout.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fyne Ales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fyne Ales&#8217; latest beer launched in Edinburgh last night &#8211; Cobbler Stout (4.2%) – a dark session offering to sit with their other easy-drinking roasty options such as Maverick and Vital Spark. The latter could well be the best beer they produce (cue sharp intake of breath from Jarl fans) – pound for pound it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The BeerCast hits the road&#8230;?</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/the-beercast-hits-the-road.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/the-beercast-hits-the-road.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For years it&#8217;s been an occasional subject of discussion whenever the BeerCasters gather in the pub. The road trip. Long passed into the realm of fable, a beer lover&#8217;s holiday of epic proportions. The west coast of America seems like the obvious place &#8211; the USA being the home of the road trip (although the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of the Brewers 2</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/botb2.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/botb2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harviestoun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stewart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The theory sounded highly plausible. Whereas in the first Battle of the Brewers (between Stewart Brewing and Williams Bros Brewing) it was immediately evident which beer was produced by which company – this time, it wasn&#8217;t so obvious. Back in July, just a quick sip of each 5% summer ale was enough – that distinctive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;I&#8217;ve got hundreds of ideas&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/cromarty_bc.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/02/cromarty_bc.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cromarty Brewing Co]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It really is a great time for Scottish brewing at the moment, with new producers appearing left, right and centre &#8211; and also a long way north of the centre. Until now, the Black Isle was home to one very successful brewery, but the non-island (like Monster Island &#8211; it&#8217;s actually a peninsula) has a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Glassware grumbles</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/glassware-grumbles.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/glassware-grumbles.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, this article by Ben McFarland in the Guardian raised a thunderous outpouring of torrentious bile. Ben, the current BGBW Beer Writer of the Year, suggested &#8211; in an article I&#8217;m guessing was more than slightly tongue in cheek &#8211; that it was time to maybe, possibly, get rid of the nonic pint glass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lagerboy Speaks</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/lagerboy-speaks-27.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/lagerboy-speaks-27.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lagerboy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laverstoke Farm]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the days begin to finally lengthen, Lagerboy stirs from his sluggish hibernation – dreams of carbonation and CO2 prickle soon to give way to reality. Winter&#8217;s no fun for a fizzhound – it&#8217;s hard to laze by a roaring open fire with a Kölsch – so he tends to go to ground during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bow Bar&#8217;s Winter Beer Festival</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/bow-bar-festival-2012.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/bow-bar-festival-2012.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week sees the beginning of one of the more keenly anticipated ten-day periods in Edinburgh – the start of the Bow Bar&#8217;s annual winter beer festival. From Thursday the 26th the famed Aitken tall founts will be dispensing (via air-pressure) a range of specially invited cask ales, with several kegged beers also appearing. With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BeerCast #67 &#8211; Beer of the Year 2011</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/boty-2011.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/boty-2011.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer of the Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BeerCasts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BeerCast #67 – BOTY 2011. So it comes down to this - our annual Beer of the Year Show. We re-taste the top four highest scoring beers from our podcasts in 2011, and pick a winner. On the panel today - Richard, Shovels, MrB and Grooben. Stand by for a bonus feature at the end, as we blind-taste four extremely unusual French beers - each containing a mystery ingredient. How many will the panel correctly identify?

1. Rogue St Rogue Red Ale (5.2%)
2. Kernel IPA Citra (7.2%)
3. Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest (6.7%)
4. Thornbridge St Petersburg (7.7%)


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		<title>Two from Lovibonds</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/two-from-lovibonds.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/two-from-lovibonds.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lovibonds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the start of the year we predicted big things for a few UK brewers in 2012. Some were experienced players looking to make the next step – others complete beginners starting out. The new boys aside, we&#8217;d already sampled plenty of beers from the other producers – so can feel fairly confident in our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scotland on the brink of independence?</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/scotland-independence.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/scotland-independence.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What would Mel drink? Scotland is dominating the news agenda at the moment – so either the national team has just lost to San Marino, or it&#8217;s something to do with independence. The thorny I-word has appeared again, dragging itself onto the front pages like a mythical sea monster emerging from the Highlands. The SNP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breweries to watch out for in 2012&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/breweries-to-watch-2012.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/breweries-to-watch-2012.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we head into the New Year, the UK brewing scene seems to be in great shape. The economic climate might be as bad as a Scottish hurricane, and the Government seems intent on sticking it to everybody in the industry (with a few, notable, exceptions) – but this is a fantastic time to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The BeerCast&#8217;s Predictions for 2012</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/2012_predictions.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/2012_predictions.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Predictions! Who would make &#8216;em? As a year ends with flurries of &#8216;best-of&#8217; lists, so traditionally the next begins with things to look out for. Harder to argue with – but easier to be wrong about – here are the BeerCast&#8217;s five bold/misguided predictions for 2012. Feel free to quote this article back to us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sheep Heid reopens&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/the-sheep-heid-reopens.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2012/01/the-sheep-heid-reopens.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Edinburgh&#8217;s oldest pub &#8211; Duddingston&#8217;s Sheep Heid Inn &#8211; re-opened at the end of November following a re-branding and a change of management. Due to it&#8217;s location, the Sheep Heid was never really a beer destination &#8211; instead, it was very much the place to go for Sunday lunch or following an afternoon stroll through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Beer of the Year Preview</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/2011boty-preview.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/2011boty-preview.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer of the Year]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As things wind down over Christmas, the attention at BeerCast HQ turns towards our annual Beer of the Year Show. We tally up the scores achieved by each ale podcasted over the last twelve months, and take the four highest scoring for a re-sample. Which beer will follow on from Odell Isolation Ale and become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BeerCast #66 &#8211; Christmas Special 2011</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/beercast-66-christmas-special-2011.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/beercast-66-christmas-special-2011.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BeerCasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anchor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cotleigh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[De Ranke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Het Anker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sinclair Orkney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Williams Bros]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BeerCast #66 – Christmas Special 2011. Our festive panel get to grips with six seasonal beers, as we tuck into the mince pies and toast by the fire our fifth annual Christmas Special. On the panel today – Richard, Shovels and Grooben. As tradition has it, we also rate each beer's label for festive factor. Merry Christmas to all of our podcast listeners, from all at the BeerCast!

1. Cotleigh Red Nose Reinbeer (5.0%)
2. Het Anker Gouden Carolus Christmas (10.5%)
3. Williams Brothers Nollaig (7.0%)
4. Sinclair Atlas Clootie Dumpling (4.3%)
5. De Ranke Père Noël (7.0%)
6. Anchor Our Special Ale 2011 (5.5%)

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		<title>Best new beers of 2011&#8230;the best of the rest</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-the-best-of-the-rest.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-the-best-of-the-rest.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer of the Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Isle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dark Star]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fyne Ales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kernel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magic Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meantime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RedWillow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tempest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thwaites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[List-making is par for the course at this time of year – which explains our recent flurry of posts detailing our favourite new British beers. The trouble with compiling lists, however, is that you can&#8217;t add everything (unless it&#8217;s one of those Channel 4 shows like &#8216;the best 100 children&#8217;s breakfast cereals&#8217;). Listing our six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best new beers of 2011&#8230;Summer Wine Cohort</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-summer-wine-cohort.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-summer-wine-cohort.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer of the Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summer Wine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our final best new release of 2011 is a beer that appeared only a few weeks ago – from a small-scale brewery in Yorkshire. The Summer Wine Brewery have been going for about three years – but recently have firmly thrust themselves into the crosshairs of the bloggerati. All of their beers pack a punch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best new beers of 2011&#8230;RedWillow Fathomless</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-redwillow-fathomless.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-redwillow-fathomless.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer of the Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RedWillow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Only two more posts to come in our best new beers of the year feature – and for our penultimate gong we pay a visit to Macclesfield, and another producer who had a breakout year in 2011. Toby McKenzie&#8217;s RedWillow Brewery has set the blogs abuzz recently with some cracking beers – and a faithful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best new beers of 2011&#8230;Kernel IPA 100 Centennial</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-kernel-ipa-100-centennial.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-kernel-ipa-100-centennial.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer of the Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kernel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we brought you one of the breakout brewers of 2011 – Kelso&#8217;s Tempest Brewing. For the next of our best new beers of the year, we move on to the breakout brewer of 2010 (and possibly 2011 as well) – London&#8217;s finest; the Kernel Brewery. Evin O&#8217;Riordain and his team are capturing the attention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best new beers of 2011&#8230;Tempest RyePA</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-tempest-ryepa.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-tempest-ryepa.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer of the Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tempest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The halfway point of our best new British beers feature sees us in June, at the Scottish Real Ale Festival in Edinburgh. Last year, the SRAF introduced us to the wonderful Fyne Ales Jarl – hopes were high for a similar Eureka moment in 2011. As it happened, the very first beer to pass our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best new beers of 2011&#8230;Thornbridge Evenlode</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-thornbridge-evenlode.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-thornbridge-evenlode.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer of the Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thornbridge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we announced the first of our pick of the best British beers launched in 2011 – Sharp&#8217;s Monsieur Rock (5.2%). Today we bring you our second (these are roughly in order of release). A beer we tasted at FyneFest in early June &#8211; but not from Argyll&#8217;s champion brewer – it was merely a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best new beers of 2011&#8230;Sharp&#8217;s Monsieur Rock</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-sharps-monsieur-rock.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/best-new-beers-of-2011-sharps-monsieur-rock.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer of the Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If 2010 saw the release of some wonderful beers on both sides of the Atlantic, this year has been even more memorable. As the range of imported beer increases, British breweries have been defying the recession and the taxman, to produce some fantastic new beers. Over the next six days we’ll be highlighting our pick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2011 Golden Pint Awards</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/2011-gpa.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/2011-gpa.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s getting near to the end of the year, and putting Christmas and everything else to one side for a moment, awards and lists pop up pretty much everywhere. We&#8217;re never ones to miss a bandwagon here at the BeerCast, so here are our nominations for the 2011 Golden Pints &#8211; the UK Beer Blogger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Bud&#8217;s for&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/this-buds-for.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/this-buds-for.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AB InBev]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Please for the love of God don&#8217;t consume this filth.&#8221; &#8220;After taking a sip, my wife refused to kiss me.&#8221; &#8220;I needed Jager to cleanse my palate.&#8221; &#8220;Smells of tomato, pepper and asshole.&#8221; &#8220;There is absolutely no reason to drink this harsh, vile concoction of your own free will.&#8221; In the same category as paying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The UK&#8217;s best beer labels</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/the-uks-best-beer-labels.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/12/the-uks-best-beer-labels.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classic Beers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Roughly two months ago, our transatlantic cousins at the Aleheads published this great post on the best beer labels in America. At the time, it crossed our mind to reciprocate – but we were in the depths of our big beer protest month and had other matters to pursue. Now – and on the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In praise of&#8230;The City Arms, Manchester</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/in-praise-of-the-city-arms-manchester.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/in-praise-of-the-city-arms-manchester.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In praise of...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Landlord Steve (with arm in cast) outside the City Arms Manchester has no shortage of decent places in which to get a few pints – the Marble Arch is becoming renowned far and wide for its microbrewery, and the Port Street Beer House has a selection that guarantees pretty much anybody will find something to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vitus &#8211; Best Beer In The World?</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/vitus.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/vitus.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[German Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2011 World Beer Awards were announced the other week, via a communication from a secret location inside a Swiss mountain publisher&#8217;s office in Norwich. With all the SIBA goings-on we&#8217;ve gone a bit awards-crazy recently, but we usually cover the WBA&#8217;s. Last year we briefly touched on Stewart Hollyrood winning the best blonde/golden Pale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BeerCast #65 – Bières en vacances!</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/beercast-65.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/beercast-65.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BeerCasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brasserie des Râteliers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cervoiserie Lancelot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Le Moulin de Saint-Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mor Braz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BeerCast #65 - MrB had his annual trip to France over the summer, and as ever returned with a carload of booze. Some of this was rare beer from local brasseries, so our 65th BeerCast finds us drinking four very different French beers. It also sees the return of our 'Can you Picon it?' feature. On the panel today - Richard, Grooben and MrB. Apologies for the levels on this one, it was recorded in MrB's kitchen...

1. Brasserie des Râteliers La Johannique Blanche (5.0%) 
2. Cervoiserie Lancelot Bonnets Rouge (5.5%)
3. Le Moulin de Saint-Martin Ambrée (6.5%)
4. Mor Braz La Bière Cidrée (4.0%)

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		<title>2011 SIBA Scotland Bottled Beer Awards</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/2011-siba.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/2011-siba.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The SIBA Bottled Beer awards were judged and announced yesterday, and just like last year the BeerCast were there, taking part. In actual fact, last year&#8217;s competition also took place this year &#8211; the epic winter of 2010 meaning December&#8217;s judging had to be abandoned and moved to January, so our SIBA branded blue pencils [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The UK vs the US &#8211; the gravity gap</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/the-gravity-gap.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/the-gravity-gap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our good buddies the Aleheads are never shy of an opinion or three, so when the duty rise kicked in at the start of October, I dispatched one of the Queen&#8217;s messengers to the colonies to get their reaction. Stateside brews are typically (although not always, of course) stronger and punchier than British beer, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the toon&#8230;on the twiss&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/in-the-toon-on-the-twiss.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/in-the-toon-on-the-twiss.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardknott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Highland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nogne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panda & Frog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summer Wine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tyne Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yorkshire Dales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A blogging version of Where&#8217;s Wally? Beer bloggers tend to be a friendly bunch &#8211; and by and large get on well with each other (unless someone mentions sparklers, CAMRA, cask v keg, &#8216;black&#8217; IPA&#8217;s, or the Oxford Companion to Beer). As such, each year a large group descend on a beery city and attempt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Isle Brewery &#8211; scaling new heights?</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/black-isle-takeover.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/black-isle-takeover.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Isle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Red Kite, released into the wild (etc) For a brewery to make that next step, several things need to happen. Firstly, building on a solid base, to make the leap they clearly need a great brewer. Someone onboard who really knows their onions. From this, diversity is key – be consistent with the flagships, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minimum Pricing &#8211; drawing the battle lines&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/minimum-pricing-1.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/minimum-pricing-1.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After October&#8217;s self-imposed month of strong beer – in protest at the UK Government&#8217;s raising of High Strength Beer Duty (HSBD) – I&#8217;ve been looking forward to a few legislation-free weeks here on the BeerCast. However, last week the incumbent SNP administration re-introduced a bill to the Scottish Parliament involving minimum pricing of alcohol – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SIBA Great Northern Beer Festival &#8211; Drinking</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/siba-great-northern-beer-festival-drinking.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/siba-great-northern-beer-festival-drinking.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beartown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bollington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bushys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Concertina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirkstall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peerless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RedWillow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saddleworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saltaire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wincle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Following the serious business of judging at last week&#8217;s SIBA Great Northern Beer Festival, the next visit was all about sampling the many beers on offer. Returning for a second day – the outside of the Mercure Piccadilly now sporting several identifying posters – I brought along my bitter-loving father to give him a taste [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SIBA Great Northern Beer Festival &#8211; Judging</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/siba-great-northern-beer-festival-judging.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/siba-great-northern-beer-festival-judging.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Festivals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Judging at beer festivals is always a good day out – it&#8217;s a chance to meet new people and put your tastebuds to the test. It also makes you seem important,* and you get to eat unlimited amounts of Jacobs crackers. We rank beers all the time – either on our BeerCasts, on RateBeer or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of Big BeerCast month</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/bbe.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/11/bbe.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Duty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Support your local strong brewer&#8230;such as London&#8217;s Kernel So we reach the end of October, and our big beer month here at the BeerCast. For the last few weeks we&#8217;ve been featuring only beer over 7.5%, in protest at the Treasury raising High Strength Beer Duty (HSBD) on all beer above that abv. Since that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Oxford Companion to Beer</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/the-oxford-companion-to-beer.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/the-oxford-companion-to-beer.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the official UK release date of the Oxford Companion to Beer, the latest in a long-running series of intended reference materials on subjects from Aboriginal Art to World Sports. As anyone who has searched for beer-related gifts knows, there&#8217;s no shortage of books out there – particularly if shopping online. Many are about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Northern Beer Festival Preview</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/gnbfpreview.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/gnbfpreview.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, Doctor, I have a previous engagement to attend We&#8217;re still in the midst of our strong beer protest month at the moment – but we&#8217;re going to waver very slightly for the next few paragraphs. This week sees the SIBA Great Northern Beer Festival take place in Manchester, and we&#8217;ll be there on Thursday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BeerCast #64 – Big BeerCast</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/beercast-64.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/beercast-64.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Duty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BeerCasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BrewDog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sinclair Orkney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thornbridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traquair House]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BeerCast #64 – Big BeerCast. On the 1st of October 2011, the UK Treasury increased duty on all beer over 7.5%. Listen to this podcast to find out why that's a terrible idea, and might have serious implications for British brewing. We also sample four of the very best strong ales this country has to offer as we go, and manage to reveal the surprising history behind Bluetooth, why coffee is the new drug of choice, and how to find a greyhound on Orkney. The panel today – Richard, Grooben and Shovels.

1. Sinclair Orkney Skullsplitter (8.5%) 
2. Traquair House Jacobite Ale (8.0%)
3. Thornbridge St Petersburg (7.7%)
4. BrewDog Abstrakt AB:06 (11.2%)

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		<title>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to be constrained&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/moorbeerco.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/moorbeerco.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Duty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moor Beer Co]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All this month we are featuring beer over 7.5% to highlight the madness of the UK Treasury increasing duty on beer over that alcohol by volume. It&#8217;s extremely frustrating for drinkers to have to pay more for our favourite products when the reasons for raising prices seem so contrived. But for British brewers, it&#8217;s far [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RateBeer Roundup VI</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/ratebeer-roundup-vi.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/ratebeer-roundup-vi.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Duty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RateBeer Tastings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Berghoeve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Sheep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flowerpots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Founders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fullers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haverhill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kernel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Glarus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Struise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[RateBeerians (and distant cousins the BeerAdvocaters) are, by nature, a committed bunch. Seeking out the rare and unusual, ticking their way through all and sundry, and spending huge amounts of money on their hobby along the way. Current RateBeer kings Ungstrup and fonefan are battling over supremacy, having totalled 22,251 and 22,200 beers sampled, respectively.* [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;We chase the big flavours&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/nogne-o.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/nogne-o.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 10:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Duty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nogne]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure if native English-speakers are fully able to pronounce Nøgne Ø. I usually go for Nog-Knee Oh, which sounds about right. Founded in Grimstad in 2002 – a place name that sounds as if trolls should live under the bridges – Nøgne Ø quickly became heralded across Europe for their beer. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should we call time on the session?</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/time-on-the-session.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/time-on-the-session.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Duty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you walked up to the bar of your favourite local – what would you see on offer? Hopefully a range of well-kept beers from near and far to tempt the money from your pocket. But if you were there for the whole evening, how many would you get through? Back in the day, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orkney Porter</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/orkney-porter.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/orkney-porter.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Duty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Highland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looking around for a suitable starting point for our month of strong beer, there was one obvious place to begin. Sitting in my mahogany panelled, climate controlled beer storage area – just behind the ironing board, watch out for the spider – was a 2009 vintage Highland Orkney Porter. Waiting for the right moment to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big BeerCast Month</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/big-beer-month.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/10/big-beer-month.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Duty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the 1st of December 2010, the UK Government published a Review of Alcohol Taxation [pdf], the stated aim of which was to address the consumption of cheap, “super-strength” lagers. By raising the duty on beer over a certain percentage – 7.5% &#8211; the Government hopes to make these drinks too expensive for problem drinkers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In praise of&#8230;the Euston Tap</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/in-praise-of-the-euston-tap.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/in-praise-of-the-euston-tap.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In praise of...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anchor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kernel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hang on&#8230;that can&#8217;t be it, can it?&#8221; For the final London highlight this week, we follow on the heels of Tuesday&#8217;s post and explore another of the capital&#8217;s hot new hangouts – the Euston Tap. Located in an old doric arch near the main entrance of Euston station, it&#8217;s extremely easy to miss – as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London Fields Brewery open for business</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/london-fields.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/london-fields.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London Fields]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The packed open day a few days after my visit (photo courtesy Erica Wong) Throughout human history, every good idea there&#8217;s ever been has occurred in the pub. It&#8217;s no coincidence that as soon as the ancient Sumerians discovered brewing, they immediately invented the wheel (or something). The flowing of alcohol in a comfortable setting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leyton&#8217;s gem</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/leytons-gem.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/leytons-gem.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brodies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few hours after I enjoyed the fantastic Craft Beer Co (see yesterday&#8217;s post), I was across town in a very different establishment &#8211; but one that was just as good. An east London institution, the King William IV in Leyton is home to the prolific and slightly unhinged* Brodie&#8217;s Brewery. A short stroll from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In praise of&#8230;The Craft Beer Co</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/in-praise-of-the-craft-beer-co.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/in-praise-of-the-craft-beer-co.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In praise of...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our previous post talked about the continuing rise of London as a top European drinking destination, but we really need to justify that with a few examples. So, each day this week, we&#8217;ll be featuring a new or outstanding (or both) location in the city. Somewhere that fits both of these categories is the Craft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>London &#8211; the best drinking city in Europe?</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/london.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/london.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In praise of...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pubs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Look up &#8216;pub&#8217; in the dictionary &#8211; this is what you should see Thanks to the wonders of East Coast wi-fi, beer bloggers no longer have to wait until they get home to file copy on their ale adventures*. Having just spent two days wandering around London, enjoying the variety of pubs and visiting with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beer Triangle</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/the-beer-triangle.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/the-beer-triangle.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eating with Beer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back in the hazy mists of time I can just about remember Chemistry lessons at school. In between lighting the gas taps and throwing nuggets of caesium into water (both despite warnings of dire consequences), something that dimly comes to mind is the Fire Triangle. Handy for the budding arsonist, it gives you the three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RateBeer Roundup V</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/ratebeer-roundup-v.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/ratebeer-roundup-v.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RateBeer Tastings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3 Fonteinen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brooklyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deschutes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Epic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Full Sail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holgate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kernel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Glarus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[O'Hanlons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pelican Brewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pretty Things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Oak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Short's Brew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SKA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Struise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the latest RateBeer tasting coming only a few days after the end of the GBBF at Earl&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lagerboy Speaks</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/lagerboy-speaks-25.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/09/lagerboy-speaks-25.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lagerboy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Austell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s favourite beverage. Ko•rev (cor-eff) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100up for Kernel</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/08/100up-for-kernel.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/08/100up-for-kernel.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kernel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;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%) &#8211; the centenary release from London&#8217;s Kernel brewery. Since appearing on the beer scene in early 2010 (has it really only been that long?), Evin O&#8217;Riordain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Isle/Tim Anderson Red Hot Chilli Bock</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/08/bitarhcb.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/08/bitarhcb.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scottish Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Isle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Long name, long story. For those of you outwith the range of the culinary-tentacled beast that is BBC&#8217;s MasterChef, it&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ultimate carry-out?</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/08/the-ultimate-carry-out.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/08/the-ultimate-carry-out.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beer Festivals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t know what&#8217;s in the carrier bag on the top step &#8211; maybe a packet of crisps or something&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>BeerCast #63 &#8211; Mmmm&#8230;beer</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/08/beercast63.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/08/beercast63.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BeerCasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magic Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mallinsons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marble]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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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		<title>Utopian dream</title>
		<link>http://thebeercast.com/2011/08/utopian-dream.html</link>
		<comments>http://thebeercast.com/2011/08/utopian-dream.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston Beer Company]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just over a year ago a certain Scottish brewer released the final iteration of what had become an inevitable, and somewhat tiresome, brewing arms race. The desire to produce stronger and stronger beer served to garner a lot of publicity for BrewDog (and erstwhile rivals Schorschbräu), and was all pretty predictable. Like a beery equivalent [...]]]></description>
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