Lagerboy Speaks – St Austell Korev
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’s favourite beverage. Ko•rev (cor-eff) […]
BeerCast #47 – Beer Four Ways
BeerCast #47 – Beer Four Ways. Today on the BeerCast we try four beers from very different stables, as we taste a wheat beer, a bitter, an IPA and a stout. This show also links the two BeerCast studios, as London-based Andy and Jess travel north to podcast with Richard and Grooben. This podcast features not one but two exploding beers, questions Andy’s musical history and features an in depth discussion on moths.
1. St Austell Clouded Yellow (4.8%)
2. Dent Kamikaze (5.0%)
3. Durham St Cuthbert (6.5%)
4. Burton Bramble Stout (5.0%)
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BeerCast #44 – Beer of the Year 2009
BeerCast #44 – 2009 BOTY Show. The highlight of any BeerCast year is the Beer of the Year Show – where our four highest-scoring beers are re-tested and we pick a winner. Previous BOTY Champions are Hop Back Summer Lightning and Anchor Special Ale 2006. Which beer out of these four will join them? Our specially extended panel travel to a secret location – Shovels, Andy, MrB, Richard, Jess and Grooben brave the snow to pick a BOTY. Our panel also test a bonus beer – the (at the time) strongest beer in the world…
1. St Austell Tribute (4.2%)
2. Carnegie Starkporter 2008 (5.5%)
3. Stone Ruination IPA (7.7%)
4. Goose Island Christmas Ale 2009 (7.0%)
5. BrewDog Tactical Nuclear Penguin (32.0%)
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2009 Beer of the Year Preview
2009 was a great year for the BeerCast, we managed to get through 63 beers over the space of 16 podcasts, attend several beer festivals, and unleash a few new panellists on the podcasting public. As things wind down over Christmas we’ll be turning our attention towards the turn of the year – which means […]
St Austell Smugglers Ale
In an industry plagued by news of pub closures and faltering breweries, Cornwall’s St Austell are one major success story. They have flourished from small regional producer to one of the largest in the country, and have done it largely off the back of a single beer – Tribute. Their flagship 4.2% amber-coloured ale is […]
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 […]
