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Friends of Ham

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May 21, 2013
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Destination bars are by no means a new concept; I’ll bet as long as people have been drinking alcohol they have been willing to travel to indulge themselves. Making that effort to find the perfect drinking experience depends, I think, on what kind of booze-hound you are; some go to Victorian-explorer levels of commitment to […]

BeerCast #56 – Beer of the Year 2010

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Jan 6, 2011
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BeerCast #56 – Our 2010 Beer of the Year Show! We re-sample four of the highest-scoring beers from our 2010 podcasts and pick a winner. That winner joins our three previous BeerCast Beers of the Year – Anchor Special Ale 2006, HopBack Summer Lightning, and Stone Ruination IPA. On the specially extended panel today – Richard, Grooben, MrB, Andy, Shovels, Jess and a podcast debut for Katie…

1. Tryst Raj IPA (5.5%)
2. Odell Isolation Ale (6.1%)
3. Kernel IPA C.S.C. (7.1%)
4. BrewDog Abstrakt AB:01 (10.2%)

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2010 Beer of the Year Preview

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Dec 27, 2010
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As things wind down over Christmas we traditionally turn our attention towards the annual BeerCast 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 [more on this in a moment] away to a secret location for a re-sample. […]

BeerCast #55 – Christmas Special 2010

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Dec 22, 2010
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BeerCast #55 – Merry Christmas from the BeerCast! Today our panel get in the seasonal mood with our fourth festive special – featuring six Christmas or Winter beers from around the world. Will any of them score enough to gain a place in our 2010 Beer of the Year Show? Will we get through an entire box of mince pies? Stay tuned to find out. On the extremely Christmassy panel today – Richard, Grooben, MrB and Shovels…

1. Fyne Ales Holly Daze (5.0%)
2. Anchor Our Special Ale 2010 (5.5%)
3. Odell Isolation Ale (6.1%)
4. Schlenkerla Eiche Doppelbock (8.0%)
5. Titanic Christmas Ale (7.6%)
6. Madcap Santa’s Madness (8.5%)

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RateBeer Roundup I

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Nov 17, 2010
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Beer drinking is meant to be a social pastime, but often when it comes to websites and reviews it can become a solitary experience. Not that a moment of quiet contemplation over an imperial smoked porter or three is a bad thing – but some things are made for sharing. The online beer databases Ratebeer.com […]

Craft Thursday

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Nov 12, 2010
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If you combine a random Thursday night with a 25% sale at your local bottle shop (Appellation Wine), then to me a random selection of American craft beers is the result. Doug Odell was in the UK earlier in the year, and gave a tutored tasting of his beers at Appellation – which we missed, […]

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