Lagerboy Speaks – Estrella Damm
Some beers have a connection to a specific city that lift them above any others that can be found there – such as Budvar and Prague, Anchor Steam and San Francisco, or Newcastle Brown Ale and…er…Newcastle. Another of these is Estrella Damm and Barcelona. The Catalan capital is written on the distinctive red label no […]
BeerCast #11 – The Northern Isles
BeerCast #11 – The Northern Isles. BeerCaster Grooben hails from the fine islands of Orkney, in the far north of Scotland. This podcast, we sample four beers from the Northern Isles he sourced on a recent trip home – which involved a six-hour drive and then two ferries from our Edinburgh HQ. Joining in this time with him are Richard, Shovels and MrB.
1. Valhalla White Wife (4.5%)
2. Valhalla Island Bere (4.2%)
3. Highland Orkney Blast (6.0%)
4. Orkney Dark Island (4.6%)
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Time for a celebration?
Our recent Beer of the Year show produced a winner from the American seasonal stable, the Anchor Special Ale 2006. But other brewers over the pond produce winter beers as well, and last week we managed to track down another Californian seasonal – Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale. Although their operations aren’t as historic as the […]
Innishail into the pail
Having little money in Gateshead in my early 20s meant regular sessions on the local McEwans Scotch. For those who have never had one – it tastes like Tyne sewage water filtered through Sunday morning tights. Fortunately, a change in my economic fortune (I can afford more than GBP 1.12 a pint) I have not […]
BeerCast #10 – Beer of the Year 2007
BeerCast #10 – Beer of the Year 2007. Our first annual Beer of the Year show sees a bumper panel assemble to re-sample the four highest-scoring beers from our 2007 podcasts. We then go round the table and pick a favourite, with that beer being crowned the first BeerCast Beer of the Year. Our extended panel involves Richard, Shovels, MrB, Grooben, Andy, Jess and debutant Gillian
1. Coniston Bluebird Bitter (4.2%)
2. Daleside IPA (4.5%)
3. Erdinger Dunkel (5.6%)
4. Anchor Special Ale 2006 (5.5%)
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Slurp on those nuts
A beautiful Christmas Day spent in a homely pub, in front of a well-stoked open fire, and what better than a turkey than a mouthful of nuts…. But wait, hop lovers, not the hairy, flaking, dangling kind. Sat in The Lamb in Newbury I partook many festive pints of Harvey’s Sussex Best Bitter, itself a […]
