New from Camerons – 6th Sense
Hartlepool brewer Camerons have a new beer on the market this week, as yesterday they launched 6th Sense in selected Tesco branches in the north of England. Their brand new strong ale had originally been called ‘trial project 3’ when entered into the supermarket chain’s Drink Awards competition, but was given a more suitable name […]
The BeerCast’s Edinburgh Festival Guide
Edinburgh likes to brand itself as ‘the festival city’ (although at the moment ‘the city of roadworks’ might be a better option) because of the internationally famous arts events that take place here during August. Theatre, film, comedy, music, art, television, video games all have their own specific festivals – and attract hundreds of thousands […]
Great British Beer Festival 2009 Part Two
Back for more at the GBBF, after yesterday with a better idea of what to expect and what to go for. One major change was the number of people, apparently 19,000 visitors in a single day – far, far more busy than the previous day. Great news for CAMRA, less good for us thirsty punters, […]
Great British Beer Festival 2009 Part One
The GBBF is Britain’s largest beer festival, and as soon as you step through into the main hall at Earl’s Court you can see why. As mentioned in our previews last week, it’s the sheer scale that makes this a step up from any other festival – hundreds of beers, dozens of bars, thousands of […]
2009 GBBF International Lineup
Sierra Nevada will have a wide range of their beers available Following on from last week’s preview of the domestic ales on offer at the upcoming Great British Beer Festival, the Global beer list has also been released by CAMRA. This provides another few hundred choice brews to tempt a thirsty punter, keen to sample […]
BeerCast #37 – Gone Bananas
BeerCast #37 – Gone Bananas. We’re not sure if there’s ever been a banana-themed beer podcast on the internet before – but now there is. Our panel sample two banana beers and one that apparently has notes of the fruit in evidence. The other beer is totally random. Maybe that’s why there aren’t many podcasts themed around the bendy yellow fruit…on the panel today – Richard, Shovels, Andy and Jess.
1. White Horse Dragon Hill (4.1%)
2. Williams Bros Red (4.5%)
3. Wells Banana Bread Beer (5.2%)
4. Mongozo Banana (4.5%)
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