RateBeer Roundup VI

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Oct 17, 2011
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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.* […]

Classic Beer I – Fullers ESB

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Jun 30, 2011
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Here at the BeerCast we’re always on the lookout for new and interesting things, partly to keep the readership happy – and partly to appease our flirtatious tastebuds. CAMRA Chair Colin Valentine recently criticised bloggers for having such an outlook – and it got us thinking. Maybe we are guilty of bypassing the timeless to […]

RateBeer Roundup IV

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Jun 26, 2011
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Ever had nineteen beers in one night? How did you feel the next morning? Probably about as chirpy as I was the day after our latest RateBeer tasting at Craig Garvie’s. The Scottish king of the Tickers, every month or so Craig gathers people together at his house for an onslaught of outstanding beer. Thanks […]

BeerCast #41 – Pic n Mix (Pt 2)

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Nov 9, 2009
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BeerCast #41 – Pick n’ Mix (2). Our London panel return with another rollercoaster pick and mix surprise podcast episode – join Andy, Jess, Andrew and Nick for all kinds of rambling discourse – some of it even on the subject of beer…

1. Peter Scholey’s Organic English Beer (4.1%)
2. Black Sheep Riggwelter (5.7%)
3. Little Creatures Pale Ale (5.1%)
4. Gale’s Seafarer’s Ale (3.6%)

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Autumnal Ales

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Oct 28, 2009
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The concept of seasonality is now one of the hallmarks of modern cooking, pushed to the general public by the ranks of TV chefs and foodie magazines. Everything has a ‘time of year’, whether it’s the British asparagus, salty samphire, or humble mackerel (as one BeerCaster asked for in a fancy Edinburgh fishmonger’s, only to […]

Fuller’s Honey Dew

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Jul 3, 2009
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Sticky commuters in London have recently had another piece of advertising added to torment them, as the Fuller’s Brewery in Chiswick are pushing their organic Honey Dew to the capital. Posters have appeared to try and maximise the effect of the hot spell by promoting their 5%abv honey-tinged beer on the travelling public. Made with […]

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