tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17220253712017137252024-02-07T22:14:14.619-08:00A Beer on the DownsBeer, Food, Photographydredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-82618868198897369632012-12-12T03:05:00.001-08:002012-12-12T03:12:12.514-08:00Golden Pints....<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The golden pints awards... the brainchild of Mark Dredge and Andy Mogg ... All very good stuff but I am going slightly off piste with my questions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Least Boring Brown Beer - </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Brewdog, Dead Pony Club</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Least Boring Pale Beer - The Kernel, Table beer </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Least Boring Black beer - Mikkeler, Milk stout</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most interesting Beer - De Struisse, Black Damnation III Black Meas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most interesting Beer in a can - Adnams, Ghost Ship</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most interesting home brewed beer - Andy Parker's Nelson Saison</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most interesting Pub - The Grove, Huddersfield</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most interesting new London Pub - The Earl of Essex, Islington</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most interesting Brewpub (beer) - The Cock Tavern, Hackney</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most interesting Brewpub (food) - The Bull, Highgate ... Chicken wings!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Least Boring Pub Chain - The Craft Beer Co</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most interesting brewery to drink at - Magic Rock during the Beer bloggers conference</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most interesting brewery to buy beer at - The Kernel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Best place to work - The Anthill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most interesting Festival To Drink At: Borefts Festival at De Molen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Least Boring CAMRA Festival - Pigs Ear Festival in Hackney (every beer either very good or very very bad)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most interesting Beer event - Beer Bloggers Conference, Leeds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most interesting Brewery Launch - By the Numbers at the Craft Beer Co</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>The Bad</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most over hyped on twitter beer event - Zanwze Launch at the Earl of Essex, I feel sorry for those interested who did not turn up for fear of queues out the door. Good event though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Most over hyped beer - Just about any limited release from Brewdog</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Worst beer - Joint award - Brewdog and Flying Dog, International Arms race. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Need a New Mortgage Award - The Craft Beer Co. I still find myself going there regularly though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fastest Drain-pour - My batch of decadence stout that made a mess of many a kitchen as I bottled it too early. Only a drain pour of you were lucky enough to open over a sink. The keg tasted great though. ;-)</span></div>
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dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-71497450913023586612012-11-26T04:46:00.000-08:002012-11-26T05:22:22.659-08:00London and South East Craft Beer Festival 2012This is the first of two blogs about this excellent festival run by London Amateur Brewers.<br />
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All the latest technology was being used.</div>
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Not many kegs this year.</div>
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Some stewards seemed chirpy...</div>
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...some a little tired...</div>
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...or worse for wear</div>
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The judges were locked away in a separate little room</div>
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1st<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Steve Syson<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Debaser<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> Midlands Craft Brewers</div>
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2nd<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Fergus Mciver<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hop Rocket<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div>
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3rd<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Andy Parker<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>West Coast IPA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>London Amateur Brewers</div>
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HM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dave Halse<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>MyAIPA<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> London Amateur Brewers</div>
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and Scottish Ale (19 entries)<br />
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<td style="width: 128pt;" width="170">Boring Brown Beer</td>
<td style="width: 163pt;" width="217">LAB</td>
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<td>Mark Newman</td>
<td>seventeen</td>
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<td>Paul Spearman</td>
<td>TraditionAle</td>
<td>London Amateur Brewers</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">HM</td>
<td> Giancarlo Maccini</td>
<td>EVO-3 E.S.B.</td>
<td>London Amateur Brewers</td>
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<td style="width: 128pt;" width="170">Back To Black</td>
<td style="width: 163pt;" width="217">London Amateur Brewers</td>
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<td>Chris Cheeseman</td>
<td>fuggles porter</td>
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<td>Paul Henderson</td>
<td>Gently Does It</td>
<td>London Amateur Brewers</td>
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<td> Dave Halse</td>
<td>MyBrownPorter</td>
<td>London Amateur Brewers</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="width: 119pt;" width="158">Tomahawk</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">Midlands Craft Brewers</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="width: 92pt;" width="122">Nick Reese</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 119pt;" width="158">Imperial Stout (the 2nd)</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="width: 119pt;" width="158">Sluice Gates Stout</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="width: 119pt;" width="158">Dark Matter</td>
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<td style="width: 128pt;" width="170">George’s Nectar</td>
<td style="width: 163pt;" width="217">Midlands Craft Brewers</td>
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<td>Steve Syson</td>
<td>South Pacific IPA</td>
<td>Midlands Craft Brewers</td>
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<td>Hop Sip and Slump</td>
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<td>Mike Carter</td>
<td>Browst</td>
<td>LAB</td>
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<td>Bryan Spooner</td>
<td>EL 15</td>
<td>LAB</td>
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<col style="mso-width-alt: 6875; mso-width-source: userset; width: 141pt;" width="188"></col>
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<td class="xl65" style="width: 92pt;" width="122">Stephen Auld, Chris Auld and
Kristian Robinson</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 141pt;" width="188">Aramis</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179"><br /></td>
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<td class="xl65" style="width: 92pt;" width="122">Dave Halse</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 141pt;" width="188">MyBelgian</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">London Amateur Brewers</td>
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<td class="xl65" height="40" style="height: 30.0pt; width: 28pt;" width="37">3rd</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 92pt;" width="122">Steve Syson</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 141pt;" width="188">La Fleche Wallonne</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">Midlands Craft Brewers</td>
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<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 28pt;" width="37">HM</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 92pt;" width="122">Ingemar Jansson</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 141pt;" width="188">Serenity</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">cosinusfi</td>
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<td class="xl65" height="60" style="height: 45.0pt; width: 28pt;" width="37">HM</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 92pt;" width="122">Ben Fields</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 141pt;" width="188">Stuck in the Chunnel Pale Ale</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">London Amateur Brewers</td>
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Spice Herb Vegetable Beer (11 entries)<br />
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<td class="xl65" style="width: 92pt;" width="122">Drew Wnek</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 141pt;" width="188">Happy Thanksgiving London</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">London Amateur Brewers</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="width: 92pt;" width="122">Peter Bamford</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 141pt;" width="188">Coconut Porter</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">LAB</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="width: 92pt;" width="122">Chris Lewis</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 141pt;" width="188">Eye Piercing Scene From Zombie
Flesh Eaters</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179"></td>
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<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 28pt;" width="37">HM</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 92pt;" width="122">Vladimir Kaznakov</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 141pt;" width="188">Pumpkin Ale</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179"></td>
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and Smoked Beer (8 entries)<br />
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<col style="mso-width-alt: 3510; mso-width-source: userset; width: 72pt;" width="96"></col>
<col style="mso-width-alt: 6875; mso-width-source: userset; width: 141pt;" width="188"></col>
<col style="mso-width-alt: 6546; mso-width-source: userset; width: 134pt;" width="179"></col>
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<td class="xl65" height="40" style="height: 30.0pt; width: 28pt;" width="37">1st</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 72pt;" width="96">Dave Halse</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 141pt;" width="188">MySmokedPorter</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">London Amateur Brewers</td>
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<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 28pt;" width="37">2nd</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 72pt;" width="96">Gregg Irwin</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 141pt;" width="188">Fade to Black</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">LAB</td>
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<td class="xl65" height="24" style="height: 18.0pt; width: 28pt;" width="37">3rd</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 72pt;" width="96">Dave Halse</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 141pt;" width="188">MyOakedSmokedChocoStout</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">London Amateur Brewers</td>
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Dave Halse had a good day even if his beer names are a bit rubbish.</div>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 285pt;" width="380">Table 9: Amber and
Hybrid Beers (6 entries)<br />
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<col style="mso-width-alt: 5997; mso-width-source: userset; width: 123pt;" width="164"></col>
<col style="mso-width-alt: 4900; mso-width-source: userset; width: 101pt;" width="134"></col>
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<td class="xl65" height="40" style="height: 30.0pt; width: 28pt;" width="37">1st</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 123pt;" width="164">Steve Syson</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 101pt;" width="134">American Gothic</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">Midlands Craft Brewers</td>
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<td class="xl65" height="40" style="height: 30.0pt; width: 28pt;" width="37">2nd</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 123pt;" width="164">Steve Syson</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 101pt;" width="134">Goodnight Vienna</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">Midlands Craft Brewers</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="width: 123pt;" width="164">Tom Johnstone</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 101pt;" width="134">Kolnel</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">London Amateur Brewers</td>
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<td class="xl65" height="40" style="height: 30.0pt; width: 28pt;" width="37">HM</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 123pt;" width="164">Simon Bedwell</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 101pt;" width="134">Chippings Altbeer</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179"></td>
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<td class="xl65" height="40" style="height: 30.0pt; width: 28pt;" width="37">HM</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 123pt;" width="164">Steve Syson</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 101pt;" width="134">California Dreamin’</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">Midlands Craft Brewers</td>
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</td><td style="width: 92pt;" width="122"><br /></td><td style="width: 211pt;" width="281"><br /></td><td style="width: 163pt;" width="217"><br /></td></tr>
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Yes this is Steve Syson again!!!</div>
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Better Half (6 entries)<br />
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<td class="xl65" style="width: 123pt;" width="164">Alison Irwin</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 101pt;" width="134">Grumpy Cougar</td>
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<td class="xl65" height="20" style="height: 15.0pt; width: 28pt;" width="37">1st</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 123pt;" width="164">Kerri Henderson</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 101pt;" width="134">Trick or Treat</td>
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<td class="xl65" style="width: 123pt;" width="164">Belinda Kelly</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 101pt;" width="134">Killed Three Already</td>
<td class="xl65" style="width: 134pt;" width="179">London Amateur Brewers</td>
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I can claim some credit here...I was co-brewer on Alison's beer and I wrote the recipe on which Kerri's was based.</div>
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Rob Case picked up the award for the best label...More of that in another blog.</div>
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Mark Vincent picked up the People's award for Herman's Chocolate stout.</div>
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Well done to all those involved in the organisation and those who picked up prizes. I thought the standard of beer was very good and greatly improved from last year.<br />
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<br />dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-17735092842808889562012-08-30T08:59:00.000-07:002012-08-30T08:59:22.865-07:00Sophie's Rustic Ale.Some people may know I have strong feelings about how beer is dispensed, or more to the point how it should not be dispensed. And before you get worried I'm not an anti-keg CAMRA kind of guy, quite the opposite.<br />
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My beef is having traditional highly carbonated beers shoehorned into the cask medium. This means lagers, pilsners, bocks and particuarly saisons.<br />
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So it was interesting that last night I found myself not going to the launch of the latest London Brick in Hackney but instead to the launch of <a href="https://twitter.com/SophWrites">Sophie Atherton's</a> Sophie's Rustic Ale in the Bricklayers Arms in Putney. So what is Sophie's rustic ale? From the press release:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><span lang="EN-US">Sophie’s Rustic Ale</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> (4.7% ABV) is a bright, burnished copper-coloured ale, with an
aroma of honey and hay bales. It has a rich malty flavour with earthy,
floral elements and an aftertaste of bread and honey. It is made with
Dorset Maris Otter barley, Challenger and East Kent Goldings hops, the
dried flower heads of Calendula Officinalis – also known as marigolds – and
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It was brewed in conjunction with ART Brew, a Dorset brewery who have been popping up in London a lot recently with their cask conditioned hop-forward beers.<br />
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The brewer in me had a load of technical questions, particularly about the yeast and fermentation. The yeast seems to be a blend of Fermentis S-04 and another Fermentis dried yeast perhaps S-33. It was fermented at 19-20 Degrees C.<br />
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There were two versions of the beer available - one cask fined and the other unfined.<br />
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The fined beer was crystal clear,a bit flat, dry as a bone, some hop fruitiness and firm bitterness. To me, there was no real discernible saison yeast character, tasted like a fairly standard, if a bit drier than normal, best bitter.<br />
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The unfined was a slightly different beast. Hazy, dry, also flat but it did retain a slight belgian spicy yeast character that elevated it well above the fined version.<br />
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I won't go banging on about how a saison should never be packaged in cask. However I would very much like to try the unfined version of this beer served highly carbonated in keg or bottle conditioned where the added carbonation may help deal with the mouth puckering dryness of the beer.<br />
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The highlight of the night was the platter of cheese and bread that was put on by Sophie to accompany the beer. As you would expect with Sophie being a sommelier, some of the food matches were truly great. There was a huge focaccia made by the people at River Cottage with red and green tomatoes, when paired with some goats cheese and the Rustic ale everything seemed to just work. The smoked cheese and the blue cheese were both decent matches as well. Perhaps the star was the cheese with green chilli, the beer quenched the chilli heat and the cheese brought out the spicy fruit in the beer.<br />
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On a side note the Art Brew Monkey IPA was a stunning match for the blue cheese!<br />
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All in all a very pleasant night. Sophie and Becky from Art Brew were excellent hosts and there was a good bunch of great beer people to chat to.dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-53322259696679368432012-05-21T05:05:00.001-07:002012-05-21T05:05:35.366-07:00The Parcel Yard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The newly opened concourse in King's Cross Station contains a rather large new Fullers pub called The Parcel Yard.<br />
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On the way to Leeds, for the European Beer Bloggers Conference, I dropped in for some lunch.<br />
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A half of Meantime London lager and a smoked salmon sandwich. Loved the crispy onion rings, tempura capers and pickled cucumber. Top garnishing!<br />
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A great way to start the weekend.</div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-2142751267010877602012-04-17T13:45:00.002-07:002012-04-18T10:26:22.968-07:00Beer to Match Indian Food....There has been a long term back-burner project for me to make the perfect beer to match Indian food and to plug a major gap for craft beer in the Indian Restaurant Market. Someone has beaten me to it....<br />
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Today while on a trip to Saffron Walden to look at some Brewlab brewing kit we went to Indian Summer Brewery. A new 10 BBL plant in a prefabricated wooden shed, inside a large warehouse belonging to a Timber Merchant. A very strange set up indeed and not the place I expected to find someone brewing beer with the sole intention to sell to Indian Restaurants. However the sparge was on when we arrived, and 8 barrels of pale wort was being transferred into the kettle by brewer Jules and consultant Mike Hitchen from Brewlab.<br />
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So what is this beer? They call it <a href="http://www.bombayblonde.co.uk/">Bombay Blonde</a> and the website is set up for the beer not the brewery. I don't like the name but the branding is certainly distinctive. It pours clear pale and well carbonated, a must to cleanse the rich sauces from the pallet, although the head disappears quickly. Quite subdued on the nose but really refreshing and fruity on the palate. Good strong bitterness should play well with the spicy food. I did not have it with a curry but it went down a treat as a post gym pre dinner thirst quencher, so perhaps not such a one dimensional beer.<br />
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If I was being picky I would like something with a bit more alcohol (it is 4.5%), it may match the food a little better. However if I was in an an establishment that was serving this beer and the other options were Cobra and Kingfisher....it would be a no-brainer to choose this beer.<br />
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I believe this beer is being launched on Thursday 26th in Brick Lane...London beer people go check it out.dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-41515418747183023952012-04-03T06:03:00.000-07:002012-04-03T06:03:44.833-07:00Dry hopping for homebrewersLast night I had to give a talk at <a href="http://londonamateurbrewers.wordpress.com/">London Amateur brewers</a> about dry hopping beers. Well, I did not<b> have to </b>give a talk about dry hopping but being a bit of a hophead it was the obvious choice.<br />
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I promised a few homebrewers on twitter I would stick this on a blog....So here goes with some comments.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjj243qZ073JlqKraF8SuQucfYXoT08ukXELxBw8QHx4cZzl6rJxfVP35ueqfTvBLimjjGBTSCOfbNWI0AS9Zuwf7PvmvliOZo-mzksrARL5wfapAYsB-RoUc0EVTZ7Pk4YGPp3RTfJU/s1600/Slide6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjj243qZ073JlqKraF8SuQucfYXoT08ukXELxBw8QHx4cZzl6rJxfVP35ueqfTvBLimjjGBTSCOfbNWI0AS9Zuwf7PvmvliOZo-mzksrARL5wfapAYsB-RoUc0EVTZ7Pk4YGPp3RTfJU/s400/Slide6.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the sum of the collective intelligence on the internet. Hopping rates tend to be a bit higher in the USA and lower in the UK.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfBZjkZ_BllrMWKM_XPXe-61oOv5ZXTbw0TY9XRyzfyofhOnxeqxIHDtmGOm8DfQ6MwxNgbMu-Cq9tBlcM0nbwyWriIqDcvpq8nIquPcpWAqj1eKYHI0z2Ne9HWZD26gwi3qE8YNaJCA/s1600/Slide7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEfBZjkZ_BllrMWKM_XPXe-61oOv5ZXTbw0TY9XRyzfyofhOnxeqxIHDtmGOm8DfQ6MwxNgbMu-Cq9tBlcM0nbwyWriIqDcvpq8nIquPcpWAqj1eKYHI0z2Ne9HWZD26gwi3qE8YNaJCA/s400/Slide7.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Minor technique spot. Whole leaf hops give a considerably smaller effect unless you can keep them in motion around the beer on a regular basis. Some have said that dry hopping in a cornie and giving the cornie a roll every morning is one way of doing it. My view is avoid dry hopping with whole leaf hops if you can.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8M-4dOyco3Z_HqRkYFYnBmnATjsMMuVBo4VirUYeU8dSJ8n7LmLWSv-GORF1kHEWGj2WshrJXtj0MhUbavTnrkn2DDx3NY20PeGQ6Jqkbvouj0JGSL03vxg6CJdWWGVOvZyNU9s5hXA/s1600/Slide8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO8M-4dOyco3Z_HqRkYFYnBmnATjsMMuVBo4VirUYeU8dSJ8n7LmLWSv-GORF1kHEWGj2WshrJXtj0MhUbavTnrkn2DDx3NY20PeGQ6Jqkbvouj0JGSL03vxg6CJdWWGVOvZyNU9s5hXA/s400/Slide8.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Traditional English Dry Hopping. I did not quite get enough info from Fullers to make this a great slide. Hop plugs are 14g of whole leaf hops that are formed into an ice hockey puck shape.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSECthECnePV3xq2Zu477cS8oygj6spTkdm3h4EYdK3YjpWxVaH_vkQWF52NSAjpAPMQc3HBQeXHF9C84mWnswc3h7840XJSIXTOvfT3kNW7PXeWdHs1lqn8R2jUUu4IK1dTpkOYNdLlg/s1600/Slide9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSECthECnePV3xq2Zu477cS8oygj6spTkdm3h4EYdK3YjpWxVaH_vkQWF52NSAjpAPMQc3HBQeXHF9C84mWnswc3h7840XJSIXTOvfT3kNW7PXeWdHs1lqn8R2jUUu4IK1dTpkOYNdLlg/s400/Slide9.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some info from Evin at the Kernel. Not much more to be said really.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVb6AqvI0UVYw0QfwIjH6XMzEwHSxynC63LsGSlRXaFL26lcyM6vnuyHECCYV9egLVwQOArLNXGP8Itlkg6h6Vll-OR3_VOK6U34lip6QbX0cigCgsRMwPJzWitCbGGCEz2CiMVLL6Y2k/s1600/Slide10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVb6AqvI0UVYw0QfwIjH6XMzEwHSxynC63LsGSlRXaFL26lcyM6vnuyHECCYV9egLVwQOArLNXGP8Itlkg6h6Vll-OR3_VOK6U34lip6QbX0cigCgsRMwPJzWitCbGGCEz2CiMVLL6Y2k/s400/Slide10.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can experiment with hopped water to get a good feel for the effect of different hops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOl9dkhyfvodVgYPSPn26mAKSRmdU5MHP5tEtXWSQU9ciZa41z3u1aD94X5uFT0PqWltvyIaF5zY9nfITlA_E9oK3oeLFMCMaJBmxwZ-cNDTyuU-l2UWqpelA9z889ozUwAkZOboviJ3c/s1600/Slide11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOl9dkhyfvodVgYPSPn26mAKSRmdU5MHP5tEtXWSQU9ciZa41z3u1aD94X5uFT0PqWltvyIaF5zY9nfITlA_E9oK3oeLFMCMaJBmxwZ-cNDTyuU-l2UWqpelA9z889ozUwAkZOboviJ3c/s400/Slide11.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hop oil content taken from Brew Your Own's 'Hop Lovers Guide'. You can buy it from the USA or from Beer in Print <a href="http://beerinnprint.co.uk/description.php?prodid=1866">here</a>. The number in brackets is the High alpha acid value for the variety. Note Amarillo can be very variable, Nelson Sauvin is very consistent, Columbus is very powerful, Kent Golding is subtle and Bullion shows that moderate alpha hops can have high oil content.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiioELko8jFyPSZn2jEOMxHX5WeTLbRP7V4OJ4rKTYu1wIFGSJdG1npQlCu102N8D_Lb1lU8om_g4I7YC6LlbUG2yGHNGCvJzy2S62jRsdN87QB7uZbM-sdpLySUQhhXDbB53Rrepxsev0/s1600/Slide12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiioELko8jFyPSZn2jEOMxHX5WeTLbRP7V4OJ4rKTYu1wIFGSJdG1npQlCu102N8D_Lb1lU8om_g4I7YC6LlbUG2yGHNGCvJzy2S62jRsdN87QB7uZbM-sdpLySUQhhXDbB53Rrepxsev0/s400/Slide12.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have said before that hop pellets are best and whole leaf hops are a bit rubbish. The problem with hop pellets is that the availability of them in homebrew shops is patchy at best. So what do you do if you want that big dry hop character and can't get the pellets? Hop Purée! Try it! I have and it works well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQ34tew3pj5zvpj3zcL5czUJSi_KUmu2HG_U3e5EKOcqfwxG9C90afejaMbzvicuWnFLB_GJ3TxJKy8vAbHj_Ip3giWJfcMNFyGcl7K_ycDHI1ljs8DNpyRnGRwBleM255DV-llZHMA0/s1600/Slide14.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQ34tew3pj5zvpj3zcL5czUJSi_KUmu2HG_U3e5EKOcqfwxG9C90afejaMbzvicuWnFLB_GJ3TxJKy8vAbHj_Ip3giWJfcMNFyGcl7K_ycDHI1ljs8DNpyRnGRwBleM255DV-llZHMA0/s400/Slide14.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not that anyone really cares...they have Evin's method (above). Talking of Evin, the first line is Evin's personal recommendation to homebrewers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XWpQiJPc_stbXkI3ny10Fsh-uhXu0cmnuItUGigDlbY1X-Tho1gmgnKVWi_riKR_UOg6wwfsU9EqmFL1KZKgDBJF9G31Zzb1knb0GRo0zTcVYG5zs7zHrq-gOlmwiG3w7sfRYR17-T4/s1600/Slide16.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XWpQiJPc_stbXkI3ny10Fsh-uhXu0cmnuItUGigDlbY1X-Tho1gmgnKVWi_riKR_UOg6wwfsU9EqmFL1KZKgDBJF9G31Zzb1knb0GRo0zTcVYG5zs7zHrq-gOlmwiG3w7sfRYR17-T4/s400/Slide16.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bit pointless this slide as you don't have the beer I was passing around...but it mentions Weird Beard so I kept it in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbU8Lyo5_nDLLYMFAZewD2Hlmja5RQ9agJpelRt_RefrpsPlO80uK3GKiIOLz5COxzM4r0j0p3pdAjDMgCQH2k3Jngh0vnNjLqSt6insibhcdrce_d0R_uZbqRsIjOoMyNlS88hnr1ZLk/s1600/Slide15.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbU8Lyo5_nDLLYMFAZewD2Hlmja5RQ9agJpelRt_RefrpsPlO80uK3GKiIOLz5COxzM4r0j0p3pdAjDMgCQH2k3Jngh0vnNjLqSt6insibhcdrce_d0R_uZbqRsIjOoMyNlS88hnr1ZLk/s400/Slide15.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are all experiments that you can do at home. Dry hopping spirits has been mentioned recently by Mark Dredge at <a href="http://www.pencilandspoon.com/2012/03/hopped-gin.html">pencil and spoon</a>. I do like the idea of making a hop tea with sugar and water and using it to prime the bottles. This is definitely on my list of things to do.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ok, I hope this has been of some use to people, I don't consider myself an expert on this by any means but I have learnt a fair bit in the process of putting these slides together. </div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-80815567864083027722011-12-15T06:47:00.000-08:002011-12-15T10:16:07.151-08:00Golden Pints Awards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQFAJWubMAJ65ARfU47A5k1UYg8UKCBQojLcvWeolg2JoskAgbejdcaUcdSECCjLfqlqmN7eX9Rb6uUVbEp407l024jleJBaYSqbR7j7A3UIWM_cSZ7HKLTZ5YIWwX2bVDJd6GhsKsyI/s1600/golden-pints-225x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQFAJWubMAJ65ARfU47A5k1UYg8UKCBQojLcvWeolg2JoskAgbejdcaUcdSECCjLfqlqmN7eX9Rb6uUVbEp407l024jleJBaYSqbR7j7A3UIWM_cSZ7HKLTZ5YIWwX2bVDJd6GhsKsyI/s1600/golden-pints-225x300.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">My first Golden Pints awards. It seems a long way back to the start of the year so these awards may seem a little second-half centric.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Best UK Draught (Cask or Keg) Beer</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Cask: Oakham JHB at Tap East<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Keg: Magic Rock Human Cannonball at The Craft beer company<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: Oakham JHB - So drinkable so I had to go back for a few more.</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Best UK Bottled or Canned Beer</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Bottled: Kernel Galaxy IPA<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Canned: Brewdog Punk (the good ones)<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: Kernel Galaxy IPA - (Everyone raves about the Kernel's stouts and porters with good reason, but no-one gets true hop flavour like this into their IPA's)</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Best Overseas Draught Beer</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 1: Repoterroir (a five-brewery collaboration; Dogfish Head, Sierra Nevada, Lost Abbey, Avery and Allagash) at the Dogfish Head bar. Cucumber in a beer?...hell yes! Try it if you get the chance. Read about it<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/collaborations/repoterroir.htm">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 2: Weyerbacher Harvest ale at the brewery<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://abeeronthedowns.blogspot.com/2011/12/photoblog-saturday-at-weyerbacher.html">Saturday tasting and tour</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 3: Harpoon IPA. <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: Weyerbacher Harvest Ale - Fresh straight from the brewery, awesome! Then again in a growler a couple of hours later. Top beer made with home grown cascade hops.</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Best Overseas Bottled or Canned Beer</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Bottled: Rodenbach Vintage 2007<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Canned: Maui Big Swell IPA<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: Rodenbach Vintage 2007 - Sweet, Sour, Complex, Stunning dark red colour, goes well with just about any food and comes in a champagne style bottle. What</i><i>’</i><i>s not to like</i><i>?</i><i>!</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Best Overall Beer</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: Kernel Galaxy IPA - Just proving I'm a hophead at heart</i><i>.</i><i> Close call over the Weyerbacher</i><i> though...</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Best Pumpclip or Label<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>(I have gone for branding really rather the particular label or pumpclip)<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 1: Marble<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 2: Otley <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 3: Magic Rock<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: Magic Rock - While I love the simplicity of the Marble and Otley brands Magic Rock has this one by a country mile.</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Best UK Brewery</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 1: The Kernel<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 2: Oakham <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 3: Magic Rock<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: The Kernel - not just the best beers</i><i>. </i><i> Evin and his team are just the best bunch of guys and have been very free with their help and information.</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Best Overseas Brewery</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 1: Weyerbacher<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 2: Dogfish Head <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 3: St Bernadus<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: Dogfish Head - I know that they don't export over here any more, but the range and innovation of styles makes them stand out.</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Pub/Bar of the Year</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 1: Craft Beer Co<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 2: Euston Tap <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 3: The Rake<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: The Rake - Very close call between all </i><i>three</i><i> here. The Rake's location tips the scales.</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Beer Festival of the Year</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Strangely I was only at one professional one...GBBF (the spoons festival doesn’t count, right?) Still the winner is:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: London and South East Craft Beer Festival - a great homebrew festival.</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Supermarket of the Year</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Waitrose (Sierra Nevada Torpedo, Thornbridge) vs Sainsburys (Brewdog, Brooklyn Brewery, interesting beer hunt) vs Morrisons (Also Brewdog, Worthington's White Shield)<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: Waitrose - Torpedo swings it</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Independent Retailer of the Year</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 1: Cobbetts Real Ale - Dorking<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 2: The Bottle Shop - Canterbury<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 3: The Beer Boutique - Putney<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: The Beer Boutique - Newcomer on the scene</i><i>,</i><i> great range </i><i>(</i><i>esp in Belgian beers</i><i>)</i><i> and great decor. The Bottle </i><i>S</i><i>hop perhaps has a better range of beers but Canterbury is a long drive.</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Online Retailer of the Year</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>I have only used one this year so the winner is: My Brewery Tap</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Best Beer Book or Magazine</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Book: Melissa Cole - Let Me Tell You About Beer.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Magazine: Zymurgy (an imported US homebrew magazine)<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: Melissa Cole - A great book with something for beer novices but also stuff for the more geeky reader. Perfect christmas present fodder.</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Best Beer Blog or Website</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Blog: Cooking Lager<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Website: Jim's Homebrew Forum - Full of useful information<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: Cooking Lager - Drop the beer geek act cookie and get back to what you do best. Entertain us!</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Best Beer Twitterer</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 1: @SimonJohnson<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 2: Andy Mogg @Chilliupnorth and @BeerReviewsAndy<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 3: @twattdog<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: @SimonJohnson - Funny and seems to consume more beer then the rest of the twitterverse put together.</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Best Online Brewery </b><b>P</b><b>resence</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 1: Hardknott <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 2: Dogfish Head<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 3: Brewdog<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: Hardknott, with the twitter presence, the blog and now an online shop. World domination is next.</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>Food and Beer Pairing of the Year</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 1: Brooklyn Double Chocolate Stout and Baked Figs with Mascarpone <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 2: Spicy Pepperoni Pizza and Repoterroir at the Dogfish Head brewpub in Rehoboth Beach <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;">Nomination 3: Brewdog Hardcore IPA with Dunsyre Blue Cheese at the Brewdog Burns night at the White Horse.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><i>Winner: Pizza and Repoter</i><i>r</i><i>o</i><i>i</i><i>r - Probably has something to do with being on holiday and the atmosphere in the </i><i>D</i><i>ogfish </i><i>H</i><i>ead bar, but give</i><i>n</i><i> the choice now this is the one I would ask for. The carbonation of the beer lifted the cheese</i><i>,</i><i> and the cucumber and mint quenched some of the spi</i><i>ci</i><i>ness of the pepperoni and chilli.</i><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><b>In 2012 I’d Most Like To…</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><a href="http://weirdbeardbrewing.blogspot.com/">Start a Brewery</a><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-72728481702569970682011-12-01T02:24:00.000-08:002011-12-01T02:24:55.897-08:00Photoblog: Saturday at Weyerbacher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While meandering about the East coast of the USA we happened to be in Pennsylvania where the locals suggested we make the detour to Easton on a Saturday to visit the nice people at the <a href="http://weyerbacher.com/">Weyerbacher brewery</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is what we found:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-WwOPE9_t_LRPhwIdYsdQehzO9bBDtKxfNA1E0VZudzSsWBlkTERZZwTzajVdYNZ6GoQFrU6Txz9EQo7_3kJP3SezNdRILxldRA8yOKaij6VwSFPPfiWDVGPR-BfVxXH0xwWKGOjveM/s1600/Weyerbacher-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX-WwOPE9_t_LRPhwIdYsdQehzO9bBDtKxfNA1E0VZudzSsWBlkTERZZwTzajVdYNZ6GoQFrU6Txz9EQo7_3kJP3SezNdRILxldRA8yOKaij6VwSFPPfiWDVGPR-BfVxXH0xwWKGOjveM/s320/Weyerbacher-1.jpg" width="185" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Well it took us a while to find. Tucked away up what appeared to be a nice residential street we finally came across the little sign.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiqvwPjle27jPIhXpACcZnYT41Fyq_eo3nXJgPMgt12R45jZNoCpEDhi3Z2mOndrgP2ryS4k28PsI7LJicBKxlLLOyku0hN_PhEyO0LjmVBys9hsSOlRlZCLoys4sP-hHBR-leHvMkmg/s1600/Weyerbacher-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiqvwPjle27jPIhXpACcZnYT41Fyq_eo3nXJgPMgt12R45jZNoCpEDhi3Z2mOndrgP2ryS4k28PsI7LJicBKxlLLOyku0hN_PhEyO0LjmVBys9hsSOlRlZCLoys4sP-hHBR-leHvMkmg/s320/Weyerbacher-2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Plenty of beers</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ50xiGGHbUQvj90Lz3cbezDjdxGv3Kv3HV_SObcVQefaAfxiwdwikBmHQ7nBFkKSRdWpgIu1d4DFI0a-noTYiVCZ7NGTSab5fJUua6yNjM3gnAJ1VI33xieYm3qT7xzTMEwUMI3zTmWw/s1600/Weyerbacher-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ50xiGGHbUQvj90Lz3cbezDjdxGv3Kv3HV_SObcVQefaAfxiwdwikBmHQ7nBFkKSRdWpgIu1d4DFI0a-noTYiVCZ7NGTSab5fJUua6yNjM3gnAJ1VI33xieYm3qT7xzTMEwUMI3zTmWw/s320/Weyerbacher-3.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicfEG4qSit5AXOsJE-YKI2kSte1gXsiFbQp-UNdmaNMdbUrDlWFTQNFvBAlhJvCQqT_hyphenhyphenL94DFH3KNPqpIrIqfqXWaUAshpNEEsL6AAVlFelvs-_SIIxJgRECbCCaGohQ8ghYi1I7vEo/s1600/Weyerbacher-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicfEG4qSit5AXOsJE-YKI2kSte1gXsiFbQp-UNdmaNMdbUrDlWFTQNFvBAlhJvCQqT_hyphenhyphenL94DFH3KNPqpIrIqfqXWaUAshpNEEsL6AAVlFelvs-_SIIxJgRECbCCaGohQ8ghYi1I7vEo/s320/Weyerbacher-4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A flashy beer menu.</div> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDd1pX2PZZtBedbRtWBB7P3_neJcJYav1EyvBweBCzPtuLsdMaEn2_jAAPJEH48UkeZ4HA-wpWg37s6rtcTORsJHy88gPyNO-PwGVwRKK5WQVej8ey5h4mMHc6ThkoK8x_0ttUVldd9ew/s1600/Weyerbacher-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDd1pX2PZZtBedbRtWBB7P3_neJcJYav1EyvBweBCzPtuLsdMaEn2_jAAPJEH48UkeZ4HA-wpWg37s6rtcTORsJHy88gPyNO-PwGVwRKK5WQVej8ey5h4mMHc6ThkoK8x_0ttUVldd9ew/s320/Weyerbacher-6.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAdABdDIl1_50h8QNRHc9ogFg5l69AcxSXUPo_bLpP8eWPmaSlAJqP_I7g9oEtU9SPZtC4r0df5nXh6jkLSYfacE-OHJg92-jI74Vwde20MT1AQLEz2a1X-Rj2vQueYh3xCZ5cK4BTvA/s1600/Weyerbacher-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFAdABdDIl1_50h8QNRHc9ogFg5l69AcxSXUPo_bLpP8eWPmaSlAJqP_I7g9oEtU9SPZtC4r0df5nXh6jkLSYfacE-OHJg92-jI74Vwde20MT1AQLEz2a1X-Rj2vQueYh3xCZ5cK4BTvA/s320/Weyerbacher-9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcjg4tIY9SttaU_T-B9qk_Ctxqfm3QecohQSt1Gd_ZeqmNK5O4ppbkHvLwD0MDWoRFDCYd_JT9LZp4rdmnU6zQme5rUNQq3VqNGFFMyVGpNtiRKihJihyyVlRObFBdinEfoFypszMUPs/s1600/Weyerbacher-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcjg4tIY9SttaU_T-B9qk_Ctxqfm3QecohQSt1Gd_ZeqmNK5O4ppbkHvLwD0MDWoRFDCYd_JT9LZp4rdmnU6zQme5rUNQq3VqNGFFMyVGpNtiRKihJihyyVlRObFBdinEfoFypszMUPs/s320/Weyerbacher-10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Some interesting branding. Insanity is Blithering Idiot aged in oak bourbon casks.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnRPm3JCfAWshyphenhyphenem8RVHfHUXC5nRy8fniYmq2MPOKumWAPcNybodwivXnD6iYS6kYuCohiZ4KT2K-9IujB2hHAe-iL8Tmb-zDaZ8O7C1uNbA3JRe8ZQ5foqMpoXkvxUvQEZ8uRbH0fKA/s1600/Weyerbacher-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnRPm3JCfAWshyphenhyphenem8RVHfHUXC5nRy8fniYmq2MPOKumWAPcNybodwivXnD6iYS6kYuCohiZ4KT2K-9IujB2hHAe-iL8Tmb-zDaZ8O7C1uNbA3JRe8ZQ5foqMpoXkvxUvQEZ8uRbH0fKA/s320/Weyerbacher-7.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Craft beer, brewed in small batches...</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MNwTcX8LLt3JHMM1ZQx311hQPWg93Lx_jU9YzR-IPnh5SAszycMtbkr_mzjthp0nvasyfc3TS-E-NRjNeic-u2gCE__fSqPIVxSyYn1uA3vLK4qCSMC41c0X9gjfitDtiq2sg2Al3dc/s1600/Weyerbacher-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MNwTcX8LLt3JHMM1ZQx311hQPWg93Lx_jU9YzR-IPnh5SAszycMtbkr_mzjthp0nvasyfc3TS-E-NRjNeic-u2gCE__fSqPIVxSyYn1uA3vLK4qCSMC41c0X9gjfitDtiq2sg2Al3dc/s320/Weyerbacher-16.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...so there was no shortage of people at the bar.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdwLCJxXZnJhIUirMX99WIG5dMjvkh3VdHr9_KOqITpEdXi6uYLfxJi2dg0kzT3LDesfvCpwhKNQlWTzAJW0oOnN8o7T_8va_UPOAP8N8Rfch1PcYq7XjmuvCCOlsCqgkCNGii_qW5zc/s1600/Weyerbacher-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXdwLCJxXZnJhIUirMX99WIG5dMjvkh3VdHr9_KOqITpEdXi6uYLfxJi2dg0kzT3LDesfvCpwhKNQlWTzAJW0oOnN8o7T_8va_UPOAP8N8Rfch1PcYq7XjmuvCCOlsCqgkCNGii_qW5zc/s320/Weyerbacher-12.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> So on with the tour with our guide Billy Bragg...no not that Billy Bragg...but he does get a proper glass (jealous)!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Anyone in Pennsylvania should make the effort to go visit these great people and fantastic beer. For UK people wanting to try Weyerbacher beer, it is available in bottles in the <a href="http://thecraftbeerco.com/">Craft Beer Co</a> and the <a href="http://www.caskpubandkitchen.com/">Cask Pub and Kitchen</a>.dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-4716788094622855052011-11-14T02:15:00.000-08:002011-11-14T08:09:05.949-08:00London and South East Craft Beer Festival - Winners<a href="http://londonamateurbrewers.wordpress.com/">London Amateur Brewers</a> took over the hosting of this year's London and South East Craft Beer F<a href="http://londonandsoutheast.brewcompetition.com/">estival</a> after the retirement of Richard Burns from <a href="http://www.cheerswinemakingandbrewing.co.uk/">Cheers</a> Homebrew.<br />
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Over a hundred beers were arranged in 7 categories, were judged by 14 qualified judges and professional brewers in the morning and in excess of 300 litres of beer were then available for the competitors and general public in the afternoon.<br />
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Here are the winners.<br />
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<b> Category 1, Sweet and oatmeal Stouts, Red Ales and Speciality beers. Sponsored by <a href="http://www.warminster-malt.co.uk/">Warminster Maltings</a></b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sAJsSLIhlUV-l03Duc7AW4QccSJLri_8Omq0yNO9zdGfug-wEmBLjMYvE3AqcM6JbnHa7RvmW-M40VOJoeMZ_-y7irJZpUXPqXuqetoC033SyPvIWypEP-Ljo2jWdZ_1p8dTK-d5Upo/s1600/Tom-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sAJsSLIhlUV-l03Duc7AW4QccSJLri_8Omq0yNO9zdGfug-wEmBLjMYvE3AqcM6JbnHa7RvmW-M40VOJoeMZ_-y7irJZpUXPqXuqetoC033SyPvIWypEP-Ljo2jWdZ_1p8dTK-d5Upo/s320/Tom-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Winner: Tom Greasley with Sarcastro Stout</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Category 2, Special Bitters, Blonds and Pale Ales, sponsored by <a href="http://www.siebelinstitute.com/">The Siebel Institute</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Category 3, Standard Bitters and Milds sponsored by <a href="http://www.danstaryeast.com/">Danstar</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<b>Category 4, IPAs and Amber ales. Sponsored by<a href="http://www.brewuk.co.uk/store/"> Brew UK</a></b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBo5iot5txQuLKKFFXxRDCGvYec7eDgEwPE48zCr5vDFull0PpZKfM1JZ1T61fg8Do3CL8lpIFirSnOwa_Pj5zkV1ND6rxJjkHA9-9cNvYh0N5fRtA-_hG6Tz_9mbVw9BUp25XfuOwsU/s1600/Tom-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBo5iot5txQuLKKFFXxRDCGvYec7eDgEwPE48zCr5vDFull0PpZKfM1JZ1T61fg8Do3CL8lpIFirSnOwa_Pj5zkV1ND6rxJjkHA9-9cNvYh0N5fRtA-_hG6Tz_9mbVw9BUp25XfuOwsU/s320/Tom-7.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Winner: Organiser and and being handed a prize rather then giving one, Paul Henderson with Left Over IPA (note he managed to keep his eyes open in this picture....)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<b>Category 5, Porters and Dry Stouts sponsored by <a href="http://www.mybrewerytap.com/">My Brewery Tap</a></b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Category 6, Belgian, Fruit beer, Lager, smoke beer etc sponsored by <a href="http://www.molsoncoors.co.uk/en/Brands/Signature%20Brands/Worthingtons%20White%20Shield.aspx">Molson Coors</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Winner: Steve Syson (absent) with Sorachi Vice</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Category 7, Imperial Stouts, ESBs, Barleywines and Old Ales sponsored by <a href="http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/">the Homebrew Shop</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Onto the other awards:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Best label sponsored by the <a href="http://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/">Malt Miller</a></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br />
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<b>People's Choice awards sponsored by <a href="http://www.fullers.co.uk/">Fullers</a>, <a href="http://www.brupaks.com/">Brupaks </a>and <a href="http://www.sambrooksbrewery.co.uk/">Sambrooks</a></b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0o1sX4Z4RiqI7oLvbb34_DICWcHwtzF5CGOmNW4CUonZ-UXY6t1vODIZIXQyYGNkJ93nAa1WgFv_6NDEMiHMvwjEDomJeg3zzZA81v7GQC_xDRT06_EqZdVqqVWc_-JR2YMeIsx84rCs/s1600/Tom-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0o1sX4Z4RiqI7oLvbb34_DICWcHwtzF5CGOmNW4CUonZ-UXY6t1vODIZIXQyYGNkJ93nAa1WgFv_6NDEMiHMvwjEDomJeg3zzZA81v7GQC_xDRT06_EqZdVqqVWc_-JR2YMeIsx84rCs/s320/Tom-16.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Winner and getting a brewday with Sambrooks Brewery Fergus McIver with Taste the Darkness. This was a great american style stout, probably entered in the wrong category or would have been higher up on the judges lists.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">So to the final and top prize, Best in show, the Hayesenbrau Award.</div><br />
<b>Best in show The Hayesenbrau Award sponsored by the <a href="http://thekernelbrewery.com/">Kernel Brewery</a>.</b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExIW8PQvnf_j9JwU513gzCUdLClYvEPJTP2vFemMOkvc2Sg5Zm2C_Ll3MlmugzqTI9k1fdyh2bTtXoNQu0JGl1QA_l1FDz5c6N8FGTABSXC1pr2VBqI4UuCDUN8qhWOmkmIAvZnxNNOc/s1600/Tom-17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExIW8PQvnf_j9JwU513gzCUdLClYvEPJTP2vFemMOkvc2Sg5Zm2C_Ll3MlmugzqTI9k1fdyh2bTtXoNQu0JGl1QA_l1FDz5c6N8FGTABSXC1pr2VBqI4UuCDUN8qhWOmkmIAvZnxNNOc/s320/Tom-17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Winner: Tom Greasley with his Sarcastro Stout, a well deserved award for a really good beer. Tom gets a chance to put that beer into commercial production with Evin, Nate (above) and the guys at the Kernel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A big thanks to all the organisers, judges, stewards, sponsors, brewers and friends who made the day a memorable one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-73422118928691529862011-10-17T04:12:00.000-07:002011-10-17T04:12:22.669-07:00Photoblog: TapEast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GdNtQBpJL2cQSNBvZbFOJgV2hPcZowTYaSAUg3Iq0B792czYfn1E5eBUj8lcp5dQcRH17-6coKUNLjUZairysuqfCjSzs-AO9ZRC5GlAiETu9mLqbTXDL1cDXqmmEGFNt5_K676YSuw/s1600/Tapeast-20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5GdNtQBpJL2cQSNBvZbFOJgV2hPcZowTYaSAUg3Iq0B792czYfn1E5eBUj8lcp5dQcRH17-6coKUNLjUZairysuqfCjSzs-AO9ZRC5GlAiETu9mLqbTXDL1cDXqmmEGFNt5_K676YSuw/s320/Tapeast-20.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Things in the beer scene in London move quickly. 3 months ago Tap East was a twinkle in Utobeer's eye, now it is a living, breathing brewpub in a swanky new Westfield Stratford Shopping centre. They have been open on and off since mid September.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2vnGeSv2-ijFstUuBi2yTuTWv5KGLaj3d3gTjMrLcvnqiJBb5fU-tZgP8sawSdr9gjcpwhbrAdPoep4aHVDqcialht70pDFsZMHPQwfZQ9FQkDHUcZf6kTWbgnh9xai3XyBo4Kb-B14/s1600/Tapeast-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2vnGeSv2-ijFstUuBi2yTuTWv5KGLaj3d3gTjMrLcvnqiJBb5fU-tZgP8sawSdr9gjcpwhbrAdPoep4aHVDqcialht70pDFsZMHPQwfZQ9FQkDHUcZf6kTWbgnh9xai3XyBo4Kb-B14/s320/Tapeast-18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Friday saw their official opening night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are some comments about the new establishment. (Positive and Negative)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2Z5ohiiX0dK2t_qcWyPdycm8bZfWwNtHOEVcQrxphG3AxHE0y0G7vdimHstP4qrc_pFjlmyVo3_uwKJUpS1Ggml5HJBrzd9jI9NCTTihk0aYNOCiJumTqvP_YaOI-lGcjYCRtg9pSlA/s1600/Tapeast-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2Z5ohiiX0dK2t_qcWyPdycm8bZfWwNtHOEVcQrxphG3AxHE0y0G7vdimHstP4qrc_pFjlmyVo3_uwKJUpS1Ggml5HJBrzd9jI9NCTTihk0aYNOCiJumTqvP_YaOI-lGcjYCRtg9pSlA/s320/Tapeast-8.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Positive: Glyn "<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/rabidbarfly">rabidbarfly</a>" Roberts has moved from the Rake to manage the new brewpub.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnZRozyPvHPmbkRGV7vaAWGMYLZsonWZR_lvhVDFPklV2FRkr8dMT_ZNScE6UEEXh-E5RSM9bU3yjDNynW7IiaxPV6p0FTiTOLqfPi0izu8bJfmCH3QtNMopDRswUsltFwt00Eb-bYdo/s1600/Tapeast-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnZRozyPvHPmbkRGV7vaAWGMYLZsonWZR_lvhVDFPklV2FRkr8dMT_ZNScE6UEEXh-E5RSM9bU3yjDNynW7IiaxPV6p0FTiTOLqfPi0izu8bJfmCH3QtNMopDRswUsltFwt00Eb-bYdo/s320/Tapeast-10.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Positive: It has a shiny new 2.5 Barrel brewkit. The plan is to brew a light and hoppy, a stout and an IPA, all cask, for the exclusive use of the brewpub. Brewing starts this week.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCy0pQIBWs1PxTw6kzfeGTMEuGuInHL452cVCs5mqTbZXptqaK2FkDHuaknj0SK7JcT3e0s8VZd9b29uaHRzh4rfT0GxwFc_nmEqZvN8NBhzpAF0Om_sxyzDrMMVhtM6ZmodgeEgxqm0w/s1600/Tapeast-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCy0pQIBWs1PxTw6kzfeGTMEuGuInHL452cVCs5mqTbZXptqaK2FkDHuaknj0SK7JcT3e0s8VZd9b29uaHRzh4rfT0GxwFc_nmEqZvN8NBhzpAF0Om_sxyzDrMMVhtM6ZmodgeEgxqm0w/s320/Tapeast-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Negative: Does not look like a brewpub when approached from the inside of the shopping centre, more a winebar or coffee shop perhaps?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-15188344603050609282011-10-17T04:08:00.000-07:002011-10-17T04:19:02.486-07:00Beer Recipe: Beery BeansThis recipe was developed when playing around with slightly off cans of Punk and the off flavours don't come through in the final product. <b>However I would suggest that for best results you only use beer that you would be happy to drink. </b>I have made this recipe with both light and dark beers of many levels of bitterness, I feel it is best with a light hoppy bitter or an IPA.<br />
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<b>Beery Beans</b><br />
Makes lots (can be refrigerated and used later)<br />
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<b>Ingredients:</b><br />
180g Smoked Bacon (lardons or chopped)<br />
A pinch of Red Chilli Flakes<br />
1 Green Chilli (finely chopped)<br />
1 Small Red Onion (finely chopped)<br />
100g Smoked German or Polish Sausage cut into small cubes<br />
1 Clove of Garlic (finely chopped)<br />
3 tins of assorted beans (I have used mixed and Cannellini)<br />
2 tsp Sun-dried Tomato Paste<br />
2 tsp Taste No 5 Umami Paste<br />
1 Pint of beer (see above). I have used my homebrewed Very Pale Light ale.<br />
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<b>Method</b>:<br />
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Fry the bacon in a dry pan with the red chilli flakes until browned, this should release enough fat to cook the rest of the dish.<br />
Add the green chilli, onion and smoked sausage and fry for another few mins.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Tasting notes:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Texture soft in the mouth with a very savoury taste, a slight sweetness from the sun-dried tomato, a bit of a chilli kick and a slight bitterness from the beer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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A great hangover food when accompanied by the rest of a fried breakfast. If cooked a little longer can also be used as refried bean replacement in Mexican dishes.dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-16618858337375445802011-09-13T06:32:00.000-07:002011-09-13T06:32:37.216-07:00Photoblog: A beery weekend in Boston<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A two week holiday started with a weekend in Boston. Beer was not the primary focus of the weekend initially but it soon became apparent that Boston is a damn good beer town. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jetlagged we arrived on Friday night and only had the energy to have a couple of Harpoon IPA's in the hotel bar. Too jetlagged to take photos stupidly but the beer was stunning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqMeWCbhE83n2cpMmJXnBFYJtJOBeX0pAMJdCFc6r0hJquTNTt0r7-PAeciY5iZ_f3-oBR6GEpJz52QdGlQCYmIZkQ6baCT3A04XIyM0cqwZZ1qDz3tVWsV4FrcB4DKdCOrznCrHr96qs/s1600/IMG_1109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqMeWCbhE83n2cpMmJXnBFYJtJOBeX0pAMJdCFc6r0hJquTNTt0r7-PAeciY5iZ_f3-oBR6GEpJz52QdGlQCYmIZkQ6baCT3A04XIyM0cqwZZ1qDz3tVWsV4FrcB4DKdCOrznCrHr96qs/s320/IMG_1109.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A brew pub but as it turned out a semi-national chain.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbgmNCeakIdFupYYqpktSaCMMRx8VVxzk8y2_tv3eqT7JpLCtwXlF3R4Km7-3N52IYJKgsgrJrYgFRuL3wXIbZIh18cV6EYXUYb_2ZNohhf2X1Hd5BFdgBP5vbwqB4XMoqZoXj1bcbTQ/s1600/IMG_1115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbgmNCeakIdFupYYqpktSaCMMRx8VVxzk8y2_tv3eqT7JpLCtwXlF3R4Km7-3N52IYJKgsgrJrYgFRuL3wXIbZIh18cV6EYXUYb_2ZNohhf2X1Hd5BFdgBP5vbwqB4XMoqZoXj1bcbTQ/s320/IMG_1115.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some great customer service as well. The big glass was Mojo IPA and the small glass was an unasked for taster of the Rock Bottom IPA as comparison. The Rock Bottom was a better beer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtLQR36L2mukSFKbDJnT8DHXd8xNTn7XGF9DPXIRakBUNp5zE9qy74Rq0x4m6SVijrSI-AbSDEzmEQ6r60OcFF99kMg57fyaNjiJk88HD0zHCNoQnU9JDu_HtELjmJZtBY46a2VTJbpk/s1600/IMG_1166.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtLQR36L2mukSFKbDJnT8DHXd8xNTn7XGF9DPXIRakBUNp5zE9qy74Rq0x4m6SVijrSI-AbSDEzmEQ6r60OcFF99kMg57fyaNjiJk88HD0zHCNoQnU9JDu_HtELjmJZtBY46a2VTJbpk/s320/IMG_1166.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And look at the size of that plate of Nachos!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_gTsMub5abQhSWffB144x8-T3EpBvAHkAYbOzU5qfKTb2Dth4QKPNEp8o_fxUGlKUXHyU-vHs9F4JHf5nOOAsON7Roiy0ymojfSvRIrK4tcAb_O-uTvxDjfG2c5c-Uu3tjDfCaIFpw4/s1600/IMG_1122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_gTsMub5abQhSWffB144x8-T3EpBvAHkAYbOzU5qfKTb2Dth4QKPNEp8o_fxUGlKUXHyU-vHs9F4JHf5nOOAsON7Roiy0ymojfSvRIrK4tcAb_O-uTvxDjfG2c5c-Uu3tjDfCaIFpw4/s320/IMG_1122.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had to leave Rock Bottom to meet a couple of friends in another great beer bar.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGiZ_xtdJQqdqz7uQJ8rYKdKyjFzIXTaJCeX7Gyt8SYKoPA7MBjvRwafLw2uzVwJvMXrps6yrdIsErFcsw3QxGA6fAn59xQyTCusTIuo-P3QV01TPBo09OSkaVSFxX5NNtRL5NyCxP3o/s1600/IMG_1120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGiZ_xtdJQqdqz7uQJ8rYKdKyjFzIXTaJCeX7Gyt8SYKoPA7MBjvRwafLw2uzVwJvMXrps6yrdIsErFcsw3QxGA6fAn59xQyTCusTIuo-P3QV01TPBo09OSkaVSFxX5NNtRL5NyCxP3o/s320/IMG_1120.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The <a href="http://eatgoodfooddrinkbetterbeer.com/">Public House</a> had an amazing beer list. This is only 1 page of about 5.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzsxjS1YiaSlCxzqznLTCyr7gAJ3LUIYqjrbw8YGwmxGg777aUAmmESriDDKLffFu4he9QrPHMynPsbcOvyah6-n6Py6kr_VOXxPOGWEzt86VyeZTrNU28Sp_13293tqB4m3yrMSvr8s/s1600/IMG_1118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjzsxjS1YiaSlCxzqznLTCyr7gAJ3LUIYqjrbw8YGwmxGg777aUAmmESriDDKLffFu4he9QrPHMynPsbcOvyah6-n6Py6kr_VOXxPOGWEzt86VyeZTrNU28Sp_13293tqB4m3yrMSvr8s/s320/IMG_1118.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> There were a few reminders of earlier <a href="http://abeeronthedowns.blogspot.com/2011/09/photoblog-belgium-beer-camping-rain-old.html">photoblogs</a>.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKTgpHQAjaTHFsaSf7SjXmxeGAj2HF-H-Cemh2FoNQsOUq0lRMHb6CU1Zh4Fy9Um-pNkTAJbcxlmncUfqBfjrloXC40MhEE4hcPVHAZqFKK4kd-gpFZq9q5NRDuaablXQzjJpDtKbSqk/s1600/IMG_1123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKTgpHQAjaTHFsaSf7SjXmxeGAj2HF-H-Cemh2FoNQsOUq0lRMHb6CU1Zh4Fy9Um-pNkTAJbcxlmncUfqBfjrloXC40MhEE4hcPVHAZqFKK4kd-gpFZq9q5NRDuaablXQzjJpDtKbSqk/s320/IMG_1123.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And could not resist a glass of the Houblen Chouffe...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanvQezlb-S_16VdSPVGLbK0N6RgiXXhHhrUoYuHVpYpHO524JEhV1RmAU8HQBEtDj9xXlqK8o3wae9K44D81d2wS-sxFCVs-7R4fZik7WGUQ3DPvUsVqbV1TrAddZWX018TIfzB95oRg/s1600/IMG_1119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanvQezlb-S_16VdSPVGLbK0N6RgiXXhHhrUoYuHVpYpHO524JEhV1RmAU8HQBEtDj9xXlqK8o3wae9K44D81d2wS-sxFCVs-7R4fZik7WGUQ3DPvUsVqbV1TrAddZWX018TIfzB95oRg/s320/IMG_1119.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...but beer of the night was Wilko Tango Foxtrot by Laguintas. A light black IPA, a hoppy Porter and Imperial brown ale? Who knows and one of the most aptly named beers I have seen and impossible to photograph.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT64RvpPWqVK3OW31_2HExjxqfGbhskPfYRIsD4wNRqn0JJtx7IMBJkKHNZY75NEF1kRgS9immo3mcvHQcQbFbTp6Klc9euF1Ef0DZ6jeFOK8hNyraqNILb3fo2FICwdZU-54BMgVYuZg/s1600/IMG_1130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT64RvpPWqVK3OW31_2HExjxqfGbhskPfYRIsD4wNRqn0JJtx7IMBJkKHNZY75NEF1kRgS9immo3mcvHQcQbFbTp6Klc9euF1Ef0DZ6jeFOK8hNyraqNILb3fo2FICwdZU-54BMgVYuZg/s320/IMG_1130.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">After a few WTFs the night got a bit blurry...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLEScSwGU6XU0uF6wfrzFgQEHWn7YiLR2zV2Gi9B6UtISpXGPlUBywps-56NCkE1b4DmSyxEUjqC4-qfUMxNNWa71unfw2nrQ0ITQCfavq2wI5Vs0wO8we7tAmdG2LMj1J32VVYZf09s/s1600/IMG_1079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLEScSwGU6XU0uF6wfrzFgQEHWn7YiLR2zV2Gi9B6UtISpXGPlUBywps-56NCkE1b4DmSyxEUjqC4-qfUMxNNWa71unfw2nrQ0ITQCfavq2wI5Vs0wO8we7tAmdG2LMj1J32VVYZf09s/s320/IMG_1079.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I still found one more photo to entertain myself on the way home.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Harpoon rocketed from nowhere to my top 5 breweries in one weekend, does anyone import this stuff to the UK? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-10648060494676597132011-09-08T03:54:00.000-07:002011-09-08T04:13:26.735-07:00Photoblog: Belgium - Beer, camping, rain, old tanks and F1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Seven of the guys set off to Spa with two goals in mind: watching some F1 racing at the best circuit in Europe and drinking some of the world's best beers, not necessarily in that order.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisalH0hGoJBY3rSchExWkLFvmJmkDTo3dPE69cEjp3ozyVR24fe7uU40fr9H7jdFIABO5pjnXWLW7Hm0dhSd6O_wXsYMwg1XvXw2obe1M0-xoKAmiT_9K1AYuBoKV0xMkKv1DssyfnVYY/s1600/Belguim-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisalH0hGoJBY3rSchExWkLFvmJmkDTo3dPE69cEjp3ozyVR24fe7uU40fr9H7jdFIABO5pjnXWLW7Hm0dhSd6O_wXsYMwg1XvXw2obe1M0-xoKAmiT_9K1AYuBoKV0xMkKv1DssyfnVYY/s320/Belguim-3.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First stop Brouwerij St. Bernardus, just inside the Belgian border in Watou.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LYL5TlYWy2KgAKLfntVvwQxAoF5zgVGy-MNq4O9DbyLkMsB7M9Nw1-9Oz2E9CYZKT-XeKKOFRdBcfzPXEAEblmh92Y9TsnL80RnYpm13Lbs6hcWDdAql4ChSuTrpNPVP2Xr7Z_9MBqg/s1600/Belguim-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7LYL5TlYWy2KgAKLfntVvwQxAoF5zgVGy-MNq4O9DbyLkMsB7M9Nw1-9Oz2E9CYZKT-XeKKOFRdBcfzPXEAEblmh92Y9TsnL80RnYpm13Lbs6hcWDdAql4ChSuTrpNPVP2Xr7Z_9MBqg/s320/Belguim-1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Marco Passerella, the marketing manager, arranged a tour of the brewery. A great host and full of useful information.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCeQwVg-6zWVqLpZAENAmMq23sfxwzb1pRZI3muXKEhohouA_5gol6Wq2XRjSNgE62W0I5tjlDZ_OIr6y-pnF8UPEFQ72JS3WtC1XaL3t4WzmVJ7Uu40IUcnPVncbSqFJWIsXkDKvYts/s1600/Belguim-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCeQwVg-6zWVqLpZAENAmMq23sfxwzb1pRZI3muXKEhohouA_5gol6Wq2XRjSNgE62W0I5tjlDZ_OIr6y-pnF8UPEFQ72JS3WtC1XaL3t4WzmVJ7Uu40IUcnPVncbSqFJWIsXkDKvYts/s320/Belguim-2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As on all good brewery tours, a sample or two was presented. A triple (above) and the Westvleteren-like Abt 12.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kT6t5aAVjrifsinDuavcADs47Mof3j0IX6oP67g1SYrE4wkLEGhfupcRT_2RJWBowda0auzNGbpd7xKtaH9ZlOBobNfrqenFRwOuKUh130Tsa8wbjeUo9bCVXZRjEqODPOt8hklTBKw/s1600/Belguim-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0kT6t5aAVjrifsinDuavcADs47Mof3j0IX6oP67g1SYrE4wkLEGhfupcRT_2RJWBowda0auzNGbpd7xKtaH9ZlOBobNfrqenFRwOuKUh130Tsa8wbjeUo9bCVXZRjEqODPOt8hklTBKw/s320/Belguim-9.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We got slightly wet on our walk back to the campsite.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1a45OgTYR9t0U-uGciPPyG2gOu6XGMOj903RlxgK3tPqkmtMI_BdwH-Mz6Z4ual0Jf2Djr0Q9MZUVvNSY08TXzTCN9HX48k7wp2v-FRo2wVOESojNW83AxPulBCHV1lx7s6IH1t_FKBk/s1600/Belguim-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1a45OgTYR9t0U-uGciPPyG2gOu6XGMOj903RlxgK3tPqkmtMI_BdwH-Mz6Z4ual0Jf2Djr0Q9MZUVvNSY08TXzTCN9HX48k7wp2v-FRo2wVOESojNW83AxPulBCHV1lx7s6IH1t_FKBk/s320/Belguim-10.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Still, we were soon off to Achouffe to the Brasserie d'Achouffe and a glass of the Chouffe Houblen. Supposedly the original Belgian IPA, forerunner of Raging Bitch and Queboid perhaps? Regardless, probably my favourite beer of the weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpu1I8AybAW4ExLDoQngRdC891GYNZMrAgGUQXfsOYz7ah-g_Fxd1w3jgBaupfU93G5eDHjJXi2f17m5Y8oj7CIFTC9UWrt_VIp2mq-4bSRsz12ypGpGd3s_Bw7PVwowwNUZiv0E5A0F4/s1600/Belguim-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpu1I8AybAW4ExLDoQngRdC891GYNZMrAgGUQXfsOYz7ah-g_Fxd1w3jgBaupfU93G5eDHjJXi2f17m5Y8oj7CIFTC9UWrt_VIp2mq-4bSRsz12ypGpGd3s_Bw7PVwowwNUZiv0E5A0F4/s320/Belguim-11.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Other beers were consumed including a Royal Chouffe, which I think was La Chouffe with a large shot of Creme de Cassis.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzViWvh1-HfjKzZwvczKacX7Hma5PKd58A2AyBDGG87bbjZd7XALjqj9ArR_hWs4EZdlzFOA_AgqVvZR_hn-gkLO-X6EOQtVCMxoxKIM1-9Hf77NBxz_1Wm5rd_NNoaJSNSn7tQq-IbA/s1600/Belguim-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzViWvh1-HfjKzZwvczKacX7Hma5PKd58A2AyBDGG87bbjZd7XALjqj9ArR_hWs4EZdlzFOA_AgqVvZR_hn-gkLO-X6EOQtVCMxoxKIM1-9Hf77NBxz_1Wm5rd_NNoaJSNSn7tQq-IbA/s320/Belguim-12.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The brewery tour was a slight disappointment when compared to the St Bernardus on the previous day. Still the Houblen was so good that two were downed in quick succession.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdmXSP7GNfqYvxaNeWLuGX1dTmlER43lA_EZ9LzQsb-e9WKRTMbkN_34P9lKnsDC9BERv-SIS0zD0w4r5GQ13SiqsKHjKTsjWEMhzW_d4twmD9nTrqBfJFImr11Omqjxvej3r_tpJb9s/s1600/Belguim-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdmXSP7GNfqYvxaNeWLuGX1dTmlER43lA_EZ9LzQsb-e9WKRTMbkN_34P9lKnsDC9BERv-SIS0zD0w4r5GQ13SiqsKHjKTsjWEMhzW_d4twmD9nTrqBfJFImr11Omqjxvej3r_tpJb9s/s320/Belguim-14.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The next day at the circuit was a bit damp.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59Pc3WsSiHskXypPIMXqJ4679SNOA2FlfNWWfDbSgzzYKC42yeLKXubL-uhm_V3SRJxsjBAUJL6bYL_hrZdPf95tmca_MP8FDqlCLXNqxayQNnB1RQivDY_Q69UmThH7FAfoaMBZzhrE/s1600/Belguim-17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59Pc3WsSiHskXypPIMXqJ4679SNOA2FlfNWWfDbSgzzYKC42yeLKXubL-uhm_V3SRJxsjBAUJL6bYL_hrZdPf95tmca_MP8FDqlCLXNqxayQNnB1RQivDY_Q69UmThH7FAfoaMBZzhrE/s320/Belguim-17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some of the side races were interesting...this was the 500m pit to pit tyre pull.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZjdeUZGZFRUrRW_os-RRhl6EaLdhsPgUao2j0lyB5IHE2wF7pKbjbga-uKpUZNTclVyKdp3f0-kFvis2ZvnKb97tJHwDkQnqREKL50edfHea7WBOxE163_EbzZsBoc9G2DXXKxSQ6dg/s1600/Belguim-21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZjdeUZGZFRUrRW_os-RRhl6EaLdhsPgUao2j0lyB5IHE2wF7pKbjbga-uKpUZNTclVyKdp3f0-kFvis2ZvnKb97tJHwDkQnqREKL50edfHea7WBOxE163_EbzZsBoc9G2DXXKxSQ6dg/s320/Belguim-21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Side races today included the 500m totter in red high heels, over the same course of the previous day's tyre pull. The main event was a good race: Vettel worthy winner, but barnstorming overtaking from Button gave us Brits something to cheer on.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDqGOsacw3GJ_CWkmaiiThJ2V7FxH1vJcDUsf6B0zmvYMxGc5mwCyhfLdslWifz0UMVd8aiFs7gseFVixw2lg-t5Hdvl_8pPdmsJ__kef3KrMikrJAkKUodWNWlhg9bOGi3DAbjUgHuM/s1600/Belguim-25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRDqGOsacw3GJ_CWkmaiiThJ2V7FxH1vJcDUsf6B0zmvYMxGc5mwCyhfLdslWifz0UMVd8aiFs7gseFVixw2lg-t5Hdvl_8pPdmsJ__kef3KrMikrJAkKUodWNWlhg9bOGi3DAbjUgHuM/s320/Belguim-25.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not unlike the UK, the beer choice in the restaurant was poor: Leffe was the the best choice, the rest being Carlsberg and Juplier. Still, tasted good after a long drive.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-15454612162043335292011-06-24T12:04:00.000-07:002011-06-24T12:08:39.073-07:00Beer Recipe: Chilli Con Carne the Dredpenguin way.<div style="text-align: left;">Everyone knows how to make Chilli Con Carne.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Everyone thinks that their Chilli Con Carne is the best.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm no exception ;-)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Dredpenguin's Chilli Con Carne</div><div style="text-align: left;">Serves 6<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">INGREDIENTS:</div><div style="text-align: left;">500g Lean beef mince<br />
2 Beef oxo cubes</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8Tj7Dswnx2hGwwVFIfOVoI4A1uPYbkD4Qqu2GnpnJsQGyG6vYdHJ3lji4w1ET8J8Ny73fNVIQiikoNSpuVfowtN08x2akHI-6BZ33dOaaSCEYON1p86rxdMFbLo_Te-DkC6PYPypbf0/s1600/IMG_1040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz8Tj7Dswnx2hGwwVFIfOVoI4A1uPYbkD4Qqu2GnpnJsQGyG6vYdHJ3lji4w1ET8J8Ny73fNVIQiikoNSpuVfowtN08x2akHI-6BZ33dOaaSCEYON1p86rxdMFbLo_Te-DkC6PYPypbf0/s320/IMG_1040.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Zest and juice of a lime</div><div style="text-align: left;">Pinch of dried chilli flakes</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 Tsp cumin seeds</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 Tsp dried oregano</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 Large onion finely chopped</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 Large garlic clove finely chopped or crushed<br />
1 Tbsp hot smoked paprika (use sweet smoked paprika if you want to tone the heat down)<br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">1 Tbsp mild chilli powder</div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhWKriPIV7_r1rDdHaNcYpJJXjjdxDtkB8kh393hCv_4GfXrV7AhXxJQM0VzFa7BAy4xvM8594IJ8Bmh6IXHZ6xT5DwWHHu5EZYmS2JQB8kWDjPUdQ_8YhyrI0trUIuDU6X3jznfpk9k/s1600/IMG_1050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhWKriPIV7_r1rDdHaNcYpJJXjjdxDtkB8kh393hCv_4GfXrV7AhXxJQM0VzFa7BAy4xvM8594IJ8Bmh6IXHZ6xT5DwWHHu5EZYmS2JQB8kWDjPUdQ_8YhyrI0trUIuDU6X3jznfpk9k/s320/IMG_1050.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Small dash of chipotle Tabasco sauce</div><div style="text-align: left;">Large dash of Worcestershire sauce</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 Bottle Ale. I'm using Adanam's East Green.</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 Tins chopped tomatoes</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 Tin kidney beans in water (drained)</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 Tin kidney beans in chilli sauce</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDqcTGJ0V3ptua5TVJDBnuZDQdrVYciYZ6zvRWxRMum9j9AIwK6BtBkV8SfeXjJ3T9bKKDBl-_b8sO20LqiSpCW7KypFU5_T4jy2UGMIlrpijQ2wzpZeQsNwvmuDKw2bCVm3zhwp_494/s1600/IMG_1057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitDqcTGJ0V3ptua5TVJDBnuZDQdrVYciYZ6zvRWxRMum9j9AIwK6BtBkV8SfeXjJ3T9bKKDBl-_b8sO20LqiSpCW7KypFU5_T4jy2UGMIlrpijQ2wzpZeQsNwvmuDKw2bCVm3zhwp_494/s320/IMG_1057.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>75g Dark chocolate broken into pieces<br />
1Tbsp brown sugar<br />
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9: Add the sugar<br />
10: Reduce the heat to the lowest setting and gently cook for at least another 30 mins. The chilli will improve with longer cooking but remember to top up some water to ensure it does not catch on the bottom of the pan. You are looking for a thick sauce.<br />
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12: At flame out add the lime juice.<br />
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It should taste smoky, meaty, rich from the chocolate, sweet from the tomatoes and have both a good chilli kick and a slight sharpness from the lime.<br />
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BEER MATCH:<br />
Goes down a treat with a nice strong IPA.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-62305491037471358292011-06-21T08:16:00.000-07:002011-06-21T08:17:22.848-07:00Photoblog: A Morning in the Rake.<div style="text-align: center;">Slightly off piste for my latest photoblog, on the back of some of my other photoblogs, Glyn asked me to come and take photos of the <a href="http://www.utobeer.co.uk/home.html">Rake Bar</a> for their website. For obvious reasons I can't really put all the photos up here but here are a few of the out-takes. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTI4yELaQ8-xMG2MQDjJtQ64sggH_78ZyBEgAZgMDtzVSC4fvREMiSeFqtgUFqoYKc-mcmYogffTrmHsPidOOVR7cwobDSu7lIiIXZprxdO4hJhkDA713shq1BQr9HCCwtM-RG4sXqfTs/s1600/Rake+Blog-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTI4yELaQ8-xMG2MQDjJtQ64sggH_78ZyBEgAZgMDtzVSC4fvREMiSeFqtgUFqoYKc-mcmYogffTrmHsPidOOVR7cwobDSu7lIiIXZprxdO4hJhkDA713shq1BQr9HCCwtM-RG4sXqfTs/s320/Rake+Blog-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nice sign - shame about the birdshit!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLL1seIhBgNodwL2pscKecQ5_scDKsOC-7nurnTiCCyrHCg2XEv2FKg5F_XGrpDY6x3Dk8UWZeYKWAnkeDVLQ-E9RXOwpEn7GJL93ElXN0KHfOArOKTH_iaxD_6FbPPjjRo_pyMf_kkfQ/s1600/Rake+Blog-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLL1seIhBgNodwL2pscKecQ5_scDKsOC-7nurnTiCCyrHCg2XEv2FKg5F_XGrpDY6x3Dk8UWZeYKWAnkeDVLQ-E9RXOwpEn7GJL93ElXN0KHfOArOKTH_iaxD_6FbPPjjRo_pyMf_kkfQ/s320/Rake+Blog-9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chris and Daniel were the barmen for the day. Nice chaps and a good laugh...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjE-BnT30hyphenhyphenJcVlxqXEtyy-RxLGgDfFO6dzCTE1-C8qeq8RbzpkOVP5aNe-wm0u-oyftntOg88zuV36BwUJ23d3qINsLyMDt5tztHSbVb5rFU_yz7qzmOn4iTfolgukMGj5HnflQ3eWto/s1600/Rake+Blog-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjE-BnT30hyphenhyphenJcVlxqXEtyy-RxLGgDfFO6dzCTE1-C8qeq8RbzpkOVP5aNe-wm0u-oyftntOg88zuV36BwUJ23d3qINsLyMDt5tztHSbVb5rFU_yz7qzmOn4iTfolgukMGj5HnflQ3eWto/s320/Rake+Blog-16.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">...but perhaps not the most photogenic...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqc-HQ6HW0ccdqb543N8HK9f5y7Az1dZzDVIFrpwOUSOMa3YlVX5jW-XBPJ5ciPzRts7-ngYJ6UnxUqYq00FjpRJplF6sRIedCLilqltQez6O9AI8vzD2SdcuOMnoiu5esUOdF-dQOtM/s1600/Rake+Blog-30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqc-HQ6HW0ccdqb543N8HK9f5y7Az1dZzDVIFrpwOUSOMa3YlVX5jW-XBPJ5ciPzRts7-ngYJ6UnxUqYq00FjpRJplF6sRIedCLilqltQez6O9AI8vzD2SdcuOMnoiu5esUOdF-dQOtM/s320/Rake+Blog-30.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and was used by some CAMRA regulars for an impromptu table...are you sure that is real ale, son?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wUtwVj0yu1rvfDASYjDPlmSGEsTOGYJbcLC-O1d3RS_dv6wvZxE0exH7xJCct7OPcP5u8UJfpczVTlwH8fXo6vnZYHT0Mv0xz5tRe-ZQ0MDxHlsnxRTMkLXTRwc-4xhxlmh9-tix4d8/s1600/Rake+Blog-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-wUtwVj0yu1rvfDASYjDPlmSGEsTOGYJbcLC-O1d3RS_dv6wvZxE0exH7xJCct7OPcP5u8UJfpczVTlwH8fXo6vnZYHT0Mv0xz5tRe-ZQ0MDxHlsnxRTMkLXTRwc-4xhxlmh9-tix4d8/s320/Rake+Blog-15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A pigeon basking on the deck...right before Glyn aims a kick at it. (And missed before the animal-lovers out there get grumpy!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Good fun was had and some good pictures were taken, however these are being saved for the Rake website so won't appear here. Thanks to Glyn, Chris and Daniel. It was good to see how the bar runs for a few hours.</div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-7051852435603765762011-06-20T07:42:00.000-07:002011-06-20T08:44:26.146-07:00Photoblog: LABrats brewing at Brodie's.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9a-iFJktTQlzWKFopVvK7TB5ka-2WiemCTbSHpeXnhjDWxBHamOT6VIAZ5NT5ICrpIBOnxTKQyBJxX0rx33-PUU7c1_XwM0LUbr_wcndEkM9xOuJq0ITv-rs7lpHkNbP3l-vgd8M8uM/s1600/brodies-25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9a-iFJktTQlzWKFopVvK7TB5ka-2WiemCTbSHpeXnhjDWxBHamOT6VIAZ5NT5ICrpIBOnxTKQyBJxX0rx33-PUU7c1_XwM0LUbr_wcndEkM9xOuJq0ITv-rs7lpHkNbP3l-vgd8M8uM/s320/brodies-25.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The <a href="http://londonamateurbrewers.wordpress.com/">London Amateur Brewers</a> (LAB), a bunch of keen homebrewers who meet monthly in London, were invited by James Brodie to come and brew a beer at his <a href="http://www.brodiesbeers.co.uk/">brewery</a>. Not surprisingly the homebrewers jumped at the chance. And here are some photos of the day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKB09zdxrXgFDHqXlK1raDyxQuR-DeNI9kIcXNiffqnPHObVWrF1eb6udyC1w-W6OCVeiv0Ce98w8EMel8hgsdUJ4CS53rEZhNkWfM0r9di3QMFcmuWOf8bVdFpo6gXX5t38crlfelA0/s1600/brodies-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKB09zdxrXgFDHqXlK1raDyxQuR-DeNI9kIcXNiffqnPHObVWrF1eb6udyC1w-W6OCVeiv0Ce98w8EMel8hgsdUJ4CS53rEZhNkWfM0r9di3QMFcmuWOf8bVdFpo6gXX5t38crlfelA0/s320/brodies-6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The KingWilliam IV is the brewpub and hotel where all the action would take place. Though it was all locked up when we arrived.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkM2wCYEr0NdZB6HN7qVfe5FeI2luFpS58OsJlYGH1_EuOvL1-At_bOvzWywb3C-PnlcXYU9o-PMbgx8FDJBYpdcVeHr6gqNcRJr8L2ELVevvi-K2ncwMD4EpNuVs0oUUm_0j_-hwx_j8/s1600/brodies-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkM2wCYEr0NdZB6HN7qVfe5FeI2luFpS58OsJlYGH1_EuOvL1-At_bOvzWywb3C-PnlcXYU9o-PMbgx8FDJBYpdcVeHr6gqNcRJr8L2ELVevvi-K2ncwMD4EpNuVs0oUUm_0j_-hwx_j8/s320/brodies-1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Soon we got inside and and started an inventory of the grains and hops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyoyMJoj8DDEXiLbMr-5sTkuCJkVC2ApZLK8Uc3aly-v_I6x_Pvzu5sfzoWLWnrOMq-69IdDsOB_j-gJT4C5KbW6OuuQcg-7bWVgn0bL6EEE04DdthUzWXTzG4rHclf1aqW3d_2MRiXA/s1600/brodies-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVyoyMJoj8DDEXiLbMr-5sTkuCJkVC2ApZLK8Uc3aly-v_I6x_Pvzu5sfzoWLWnrOMq-69IdDsOB_j-gJT4C5KbW6OuuQcg-7bWVgn0bL6EEE04DdthUzWXTzG4rHclf1aqW3d_2MRiXA/s320/brodies-5.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Eventually we departed back for the brewery with two recipes - a Kiwi IPA and a hoppy US-style porter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcI8hgsjhTQmtuhvZCnQPJh7vy9s9LJpxOuD6LNJt0dxCU1oKSiRz7pERF7ZnbUO1nOo9qgT_oPZimsxpKkcMzZqyvEJjOOOf2zxch1y-U5-YDa_NJbw8Uyd8InLrZgTTucFenT4OLYY/s1600/brodies-31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcI8hgsjhTQmtuhvZCnQPJh7vy9s9LJpxOuD6LNJt0dxCU1oKSiRz7pERF7ZnbUO1nOo9qgT_oPZimsxpKkcMzZqyvEJjOOOf2zxch1y-U5-YDa_NJbw8Uyd8InLrZgTTucFenT4OLYY/s320/brodies-31.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNVTTjfHWwcvJtWxh8f5_uk7NliQKBhcs403kS6J3u3cKsszJBUG2h5KVH7Q09hrBDyVtawmXNTzjmV4lfIxuflRL8npfDkRQSQUTVjHZAdAlCFOOugqZOim5kUX9Nq6HREaLi0Z2g7w/s1600/brodies-30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoNVTTjfHWwcvJtWxh8f5_uk7NliQKBhcs403kS6J3u3cKsszJBUG2h5KVH7Q09hrBDyVtawmXNTzjmV4lfIxuflRL8npfDkRQSQUTVjHZAdAlCFOOugqZOim5kUX9Nq6HREaLi0Z2g7w/s320/brodies-30.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Important equipment for mash tun cleaning are: Beer, Handleless Brush and Serious Boots.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxQPR6kUtlF9VQ7aUe4GDG-hmQ7C86EsfI6RM4s-thy3M6-r2Dx1lXumgEiNksOY4mU2PPMHJ7x2Oyj6DqWYbkhatxk4xeSrdk08Via16I5lJtg_RXVnbpcWQiApZrOts5AuUMvJX9WY/s1600/brodies-26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAxQPR6kUtlF9VQ7aUe4GDG-hmQ7C86EsfI6RM4s-thy3M6-r2Dx1lXumgEiNksOY4mU2PPMHJ7x2Oyj6DqWYbkhatxk4xeSrdk08Via16I5lJtg_RXVnbpcWQiApZrOts5AuUMvJX9WY/s320/brodies-26.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So James, what did you think of the beer?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A very fine day was had by all. I look forward to trying the beer when it goes live in a few weeks time. A big thanks to James Brodie for inviting us along and to Eric and John for looking after us during the day.</div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-68742139154747740942011-05-21T04:18:00.000-07:002011-06-20T08:02:04.254-07:00Photoblog: Beer Bloggers Conference 2011 Day 1<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Having a full weekend of sporting activities to occupy me I was only able to make the Friday of the Beer Bloggers Conference in the <a href="http://www.thebrewery.co.uk/">Brewery</a> in Chiswell St. I took my camera, thinking i may not have 100% recollection the next day and this is what I saw:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEr7wJgwbGJnsupk10_XP-itKM3uZ6OWTHCjiIq7OINLVEVslIDyXchnxXoYjb_xTiZ95jfAef5JrODIH9gVisCFNKqcVKTVK8Zys5ZtzMox97q6s5xSWGkFXse8D0Bvxs-hTlGQCB4OQ/s1600/BBC11--8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEr7wJgwbGJnsupk10_XP-itKM3uZ6OWTHCjiIq7OINLVEVslIDyXchnxXoYjb_xTiZ95jfAef5JrODIH9gVisCFNKqcVKTVK8Zys5ZtzMox97q6s5xSWGkFXse8D0Bvxs-hTlGQCB4OQ/s320/BBC11--8.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The brewery was a fantastic location for the conference...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmKO5cYt3NQJfXZhERKNsaBIGg8bx3vCVY25o6P_G5fmGpaxAV8v52P4LIYfsQmBNnXGotMh-AaFbBZfAqv-KO0UdfVj3FFrN2SQQH8jZX-r68KhWphXBcJiWmwzZKuEl2a9pT9Nv6F4/s1600/BBC11--2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmKO5cYt3NQJfXZhERKNsaBIGg8bx3vCVY25o6P_G5fmGpaxAV8v52P4LIYfsQmBNnXGotMh-AaFbBZfAqv-KO0UdfVj3FFrN2SQQH8jZX-r68KhWphXBcJiWmwzZKuEl2a9pT9Nv6F4/s320/BBC11--2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but all was a bit quiet when I arrived.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItvajjJnVqqCndxNBuyeTESuxz3AA4lCnAHJq-KPHZ_zFLOug3D_A62M9gpQ6tjk1VfUtYkA79ZsU4byRgEu3aBcd9XEdVVOtJQ0PE3C47ErPKz1ehTdA6CEq_3Z8d_Upnv12KE9MU9A/s1600/BBC11--3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItvajjJnVqqCndxNBuyeTESuxz3AA4lCnAHJq-KPHZ_zFLOug3D_A62M9gpQ6tjk1VfUtYkA79ZsU4byRgEu3aBcd9XEdVVOtJQ0PE3C47ErPKz1ehTdA6CEq_3Z8d_Upnv12KE9MU9A/s320/BBC11--3.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The ice bucket led me to my first beer of the day, unfortunately the clear glass bottle meant the beer was more lightstruck than the doctored sample later.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LI-GVdI2hsZBlh4aPC4tItSocnPYXbql6265mPwbRxbVDAqv2dx5Mqz1dNcTb-i-LRLaEDb5BuJVh4rbv4rc454IIKgjRsqyhyphenhyphen8v9sE-VaPY37re0AkUr3mJz1RRlKYQRp_N_oWMiws/s1600/BBC11--4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-LI-GVdI2hsZBlh4aPC4tItSocnPYXbql6265mPwbRxbVDAqv2dx5Mqz1dNcTb-i-LRLaEDb5BuJVh4rbv4rc454IIKgjRsqyhyphenhyphen8v9sE-VaPY37re0AkUr3mJz1RRlKYQRp_N_oWMiws/s320/BBC11--4.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">After that I avoided skunk alley. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2pgb8ZxfQRKBSjNnLL2-xkzllzGO0Yx3OmZrn-EhAfKozB5zKi4av7U9O4jkudhE8-5Q_vFXwE2_3vfNSJxpMVY2YOYygEnjsPzmiu2AWxT6mv3LqlkSYvpEwrFLV8SDPgLNM1QSU5A/s1600/BBC11--1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2pgb8ZxfQRKBSjNnLL2-xkzllzGO0Yx3OmZrn-EhAfKozB5zKi4av7U9O4jkudhE8-5Q_vFXwE2_3vfNSJxpMVY2YOYygEnjsPzmiu2AWxT6mv3LqlkSYvpEwrFLV8SDPgLNM1QSU5A/s320/BBC11--1.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I found something really rather nicer. Worthington's Red Shield was a refreshing zesty citrusy blond beer that was superb when matched with the salmon later in the evening.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oIrn5Aa2sswPPqPRJaUR1Zks6OQWpnNVLtF2lW_I8xmKjHFE6rwt9Rl5FB62_jp3CDNHLfTkaRU7IemG-WVumrk5GK852dDz3FETTcCCMypM7j7Z198VRqpE9RiUPnxRMi7pWuq6DjA/s1600/BBC11--6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oIrn5Aa2sswPPqPRJaUR1Zks6OQWpnNVLtF2lW_I8xmKjHFE6rwt9Rl5FB62_jp3CDNHLfTkaRU7IemG-WVumrk5GK852dDz3FETTcCCMypM7j7Z198VRqpE9RiUPnxRMi7pWuq6DjA/s320/BBC11--6.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">However the best beer of the reception was Sharp's Single Brew Reserve 2010 which is a single hop beer made with Bobec. A riot of pineapple, toffee apple and lemony zing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3JbzvdlSO0I9mJhyphenhyphenTjzHFwZ7c-PCeSJYUWp4IBOkIwCjh2RWSV4u51KRPVTF0zLk0Pf3POt-w1Ub_jkF-ViTo5rL9TaNeml4U8UvqCyNU2VkyS1yF2GDZKfcVbZ1hvbF9L3KY80HATs/s1600/BBC11--13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3JbzvdlSO0I9mJhyphenhyphenTjzHFwZ7c-PCeSJYUWp4IBOkIwCjh2RWSV4u51KRPVTF0zLk0Pf3POt-w1Ub_jkF-ViTo5rL9TaNeml4U8UvqCyNU2VkyS1yF2GDZKfcVbZ1hvbF9L3KY80HATs/s320/BBC11--13.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">And who knew the depth of love this man had for his little bear?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqahXaLDIYOpokcxGMFvyQIRVLQwbvqhS_JoUhOrqFMiL5XUAxkBu02WZmzFy6ugiUrHllaF-Z2VsGb0q0TdV7hILRbIK-EzcQ0kh5FwkLMzuJH09E7o3kjIZCoNDRFJMsBvLRwNOMug/s1600/BBC11--11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYqahXaLDIYOpokcxGMFvyQIRVLQwbvqhS_JoUhOrqFMiL5XUAxkBu02WZmzFy6ugiUrHllaF-Z2VsGb0q0TdV7hILRbIK-EzcQ0kh5FwkLMzuJH09E7o3kjIZCoNDRFJMsBvLRwNOMug/s320/BBC11--11.jpg" width="174" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Just time for a Brain's Black Stout, from a can with a widget, more Murphy's than Guinness but I can imagine it going down very well watching some rugby.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPj2_jsu6MLNOKmduTvsViWVn4kYRUe5YRNQmvb7ooL6VSHacKfXFpchvjUQHz8PfLlf-beCluXxorvKxCCcNdlnGGNHgxoYmL1H9D0qHEwQPX261a1zbY4OU6GnB4_iT2HcEZZ5Rarf8/s1600/BBC11--14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPj2_jsu6MLNOKmduTvsViWVn4kYRUe5YRNQmvb7ooL6VSHacKfXFpchvjUQHz8PfLlf-beCluXxorvKxCCcNdlnGGNHgxoYmL1H9D0qHEwQPX261a1zbY4OU6GnB4_iT2HcEZZ5Rarf8/s320/BBC11--14.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We went upstairs to kick off the main event.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCX8sCb_zUXErdvgQXxAAcc-xe4njBAutI1PbZiUPnkegOERub9oYpPm0J81PdSeXwP1qybi1LVjYMxSECIVLvUrfxD_XLdyouS9tXmvmMPcSvxh6A6_ZA1OB_Ud6Hf_5Eay14wUmV4qo/s1600/BBC11--16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCX8sCb_zUXErdvgQXxAAcc-xe4njBAutI1PbZiUPnkegOERub9oYpPm0J81PdSeXwP1qybi1LVjYMxSECIVLvUrfxD_XLdyouS9tXmvmMPcSvxh6A6_ZA1OB_Ud6Hf_5Eay14wUmV4qo/s320/BBC11--16.jpg" width="309" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A welcome from Scott Wilson from Molson Coors the main sponsors. I gained some respect for these guys over the day - they talk a good game about craft beer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxENTkXYjzxFCDrY-4cONIEE10OMhkW-sq9eMKEksYVdqTSq6QvNoNcgpn2stCZ2acMIFyrQG3cyiJQ3zANb8TELO9dhBpC__nkHfN0yA15VbTFRDFqgFKt33vw7qjxPi883OpkLSkqE/s1600/BBC11--18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxENTkXYjzxFCDrY-4cONIEE10OMhkW-sq9eMKEksYVdqTSq6QvNoNcgpn2stCZ2acMIFyrQG3cyiJQ3zANb8TELO9dhBpC__nkHfN0yA15VbTFRDFqgFKt33vw7qjxPi883OpkLSkqE/s320/BBC11--18.jpg" width="290" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">David Sheen from the British Beer and Pub Association, looking somewhat perplexed about his statistics.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJc5pUps9suin_hXSEN2H3fnuhKewBzPQTF6fd1k8DCjL-hwKdRsA3Uf2giXhkO19oHTjJOu6x28tWzPWpixDgloIx8f_QtsrudbfMfwtx-Xxo7LImVZXcuYbqIIZpk6XkLAavU0v1oI/s1600/BBC11--26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJc5pUps9suin_hXSEN2H3fnuhKewBzPQTF6fd1k8DCjL-hwKdRsA3Uf2giXhkO19oHTjJOu6x28tWzPWpixDgloIx8f_QtsrudbfMfwtx-Xxo7LImVZXcuYbqIIZpk6XkLAavU0v1oI/s320/BBC11--26.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Next up was a beer fault tasting masterclass, or a faulty beer tasting class perhaps. The girls from FlavorActiV struggled with some facts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GfnH1ZaUr_BB4r4lGiyy5kPTEVg3OiOClIqKkqRpfz3p2jC4zCrzHfaPaqolGBQRWsdM55_MF2IZCs4W950gjQzdacycBF_vbr2K0D1Z1LQTHqMddHqrclvPltA4Z9JdOR7gAlQXZvY/s1600/BBC11--27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GfnH1ZaUr_BB4r4lGiyy5kPTEVg3OiOClIqKkqRpfz3p2jC4zCrzHfaPaqolGBQRWsdM55_MF2IZCs4W950gjQzdacycBF_vbr2K0D1Z1LQTHqMddHqrclvPltA4Z9JdOR7gAlQXZvY/s320/BBC11--27.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Any joke about Carling being the main fault in the beer is in the minds of the reader.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHpRjU2aHTUO_Z6yk2WLgBWwQFd-7Msv1rXlztJOt5hoYOkqPjuSl91ht6MrR6H-9s3s-LDlthhJK1QpTT3OhRdCHlSxjojOIuwItGfoBXUuSmwjdcBHQ_ufm7ACxSavNbko94h9LHoc/s1600/BBC11--24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHpRjU2aHTUO_Z6yk2WLgBWwQFd-7Msv1rXlztJOt5hoYOkqPjuSl91ht6MrR6H-9s3s-LDlthhJK1QpTT3OhRdCHlSxjojOIuwItGfoBXUuSmwjdcBHQ_ufm7ACxSavNbko94h9LHoc/s320/BBC11--24.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBchLbuPLbDWvDDCgWBYbIjSL1PXGv9dJev0A0zhy5m4igKZP6Fyw7oLc-vbdGwfn9lws7QcHVJqt6fZnUoSaYOeKsYP0vQvvTEjVYxeUt834HCA-8Nc9oOqojQJozh4dl75k7gl8aNk/s1600/BBC11--25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBchLbuPLbDWvDDCgWBYbIjSL1PXGv9dJev0A0zhy5m4igKZP6Fyw7oLc-vbdGwfn9lws7QcHVJqt6fZnUoSaYOeKsYP0vQvvTEjVYxeUt834HCA-8Nc9oOqojQJozh4dl75k7gl8aNk/s320/BBC11--25.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The beers laid out for dinner.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZ_rFLkoeCSh8Q8HKBCi1sSNIySp6kgov1FawcrCEz8MCQBdrP-cQsTTZozMmcHglUJwwqPMtji55rPiewAl1hfH-dtkaBm_UoD78iuaZr80S-3P6qE9hAzFjtGVwwDlmw5l6uJw7V20/s1600/BBC11--29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZ_rFLkoeCSh8Q8HKBCi1sSNIySp6kgov1FawcrCEz8MCQBdrP-cQsTTZozMmcHglUJwwqPMtji55rPiewAl1hfH-dtkaBm_UoD78iuaZr80S-3P6qE9hAzFjtGVwwDlmw5l6uJw7V20/s320/BBC11--29.jpg" width="147" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The food in general read better than it tasted. Nothing too bad but somewhat under seasoned.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-N-FkUbldIiuUnJoF12OBMggu6p9CZEbXzVk2HGBAZl4-pbExsFqqoeTF2qxj7spXt6ec6PPNNqG6wfdq7nBXJ7w-4JJLqnDCjueTKrkB2hpC2lEy-oB8NHnSz_qGNGuQxTHuYJ58UY/s1600/BBC11--38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-N-FkUbldIiuUnJoF12OBMggu6p9CZEbXzVk2HGBAZl4-pbExsFqqoeTF2qxj7spXt6ec6PPNNqG6wfdq7nBXJ7w-4JJLqnDCjueTKrkB2hpC2lEy-oB8NHnSz_qGNGuQxTHuYJ58UY/s320/BBC11--38.jpg" width="262" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I was lucky enough to be on Stuart Howe's table.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-amEpzij28-yU74Feh73Mu6osQMLhNFsoB__WyPYH2RFTzWQV6uOQDOXTwgSeVD6NPlcId1AgWQnYxWHuTgLLJTzeHi3gb-_ekE9pKWyz7_fLsak5r7ix-JyyoHFpI1_B8f-m1q75MX4/s1600/BBC11--31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-amEpzij28-yU74Feh73Mu6osQMLhNFsoB__WyPYH2RFTzWQV6uOQDOXTwgSeVD6NPlcId1AgWQnYxWHuTgLLJTzeHi3gb-_ekE9pKWyz7_fLsak5r7ix-JyyoHFpI1_B8f-m1q75MX4/s320/BBC11--31.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The beers on the other hand were in general fantastic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWrfthzj5LSH914Ptl0kZTak6UitHCvlr_0ALhJepPbGgWqavTtl9Rk3f3WbpJrAcP_-ngWc9QR29KhyphenhyphenDbq-M0sQdBtUdIdg9WG9vfmfkBvVfrKM_3HL_U9e0Uj9BSfUAqhlZpqNlCzs/s1600/BBC11--32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWrfthzj5LSH914Ptl0kZTak6UitHCvlr_0ALhJepPbGgWqavTtl9Rk3f3WbpJrAcP_-ngWc9QR29KhyphenhyphenDbq-M0sQdBtUdIdg9WG9vfmfkBvVfrKM_3HL_U9e0Uj9BSfUAqhlZpqNlCzs/s320/BBC11--32.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Chalky's Bite was better than the Grolsch with the starter.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">At this stage I was lubricated enough to forget to take pics for a while.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">DW was a great beer but the Red Shield was a better match for the salmon. </span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaSI-gWaTCOSTTcTNNhj3fbrlSzLsAGVnJpAs9m8JWWzUrCKVt1keakN1nnc8lXtGXw4_cb3-3LHVwGi0k4Tz71sPZ5zZ749C9V6X53b5qcrSTMG2D1eJwNwVUUKFXaDeTg7seVK-LCs/s1600/BBC11--35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaSI-gWaTCOSTTcTNNhj3fbrlSzLsAGVnJpAs9m8JWWzUrCKVt1keakN1nnc8lXtGXw4_cb3-3LHVwGi0k4Tz71sPZ5zZ749C9V6X53b5qcrSTMG2D1eJwNwVUUKFXaDeTg7seVK-LCs/s320/BBC11--35.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Brew20: Gorse Strong Ale was best with the dessert, with Blue Moon being positively awful as a match.</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyfyeUVUM-DwrXRQJf2hEWWvoxISSbw0x90d92qhLsEjzo3ym9ocdsSVGh6gCFzXNuQGjmYb6eCZyosvUt3i86c38KESXANClTec8noNkRIq2RuH-624RWxZ66P7v4B4mY-u2zL4-TB8/s1600/BBC11--33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyfyeUVUM-DwrXRQJf2hEWWvoxISSbw0x90d92qhLsEjzo3ym9ocdsSVGh6gCFzXNuQGjmYb6eCZyosvUt3i86c38KESXANClTec8noNkRIq2RuH-624RWxZ66P7v4B4mY-u2zL4-TB8/s320/BBC11--33.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9IMK4ogcel8qDCQ6TlQvQrjOUJKoYYbXZB3EhmNotIkAyxKhgLt6vBQ6jw2K5I_bDn_WiBw_nO3wQjNFdN9Crzn5cQKO5lq_x0tma3D921Q42mdeIj4wqtnuaAGMQgn1wFW6aqGxG2I/s1600/BBC11--34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9IMK4ogcel8qDCQ6TlQvQrjOUJKoYYbXZB3EhmNotIkAyxKhgLt6vBQ6jw2K5I_bDn_WiBw_nO3wQjNFdN9Crzn5cQKO5lq_x0tma3D921Q42mdeIj4wqtnuaAGMQgn1wFW6aqGxG2I/s320/BBC11--34.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Syringes...were we about to start mainlining the beer?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hSjk0EP3qZSOAj0Yq9tz7YDlbi3rriCbJy52AfFB_uR6WeLMME9M6o-jo8c2cPhRjO_ij5lZFsaFWEOUcHm1h5BgLE0D1Iu_RwoHYL5GuA0zr2jWG7y1HQRnWAgGgKi7c4yFuuUdUUs/s1600/BBC11--36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hSjk0EP3qZSOAj0Yq9tz7YDlbi3rriCbJy52AfFB_uR6WeLMME9M6o-jo8c2cPhRjO_ij5lZFsaFWEOUcHm1h5BgLE0D1Iu_RwoHYL5GuA0zr2jWG7y1HQRnWAgGgKi7c4yFuuUdUUs/s320/BBC11--36.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAvUhO0HVtodmkXIvFtJUnHha0BtIZy84tHtV2_ihMmoUzEAhm-TzeuuBNrdKNnvf_VIX7kAU7WbkS9lqzsaqGISi3mrp-15KeT1Oao9qlFVMezUfYt9oR7fqiJ33lv00OMGqdRruaig/s1600/BBC11--37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAvUhO0HVtodmkXIvFtJUnHha0BtIZy84tHtV2_ihMmoUzEAhm-TzeuuBNrdKNnvf_VIX7kAU7WbkS9lqzsaqGISi3mrp-15KeT1Oao9qlFVMezUfYt9oR7fqiJ33lv00OMGqdRruaig/s320/BBC11--37.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ah that makes more sense.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-86198627324671888672011-05-19T08:15:00.000-07:002011-05-19T09:32:48.093-07:00Photoblog: Redemption Collaboration Day.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz18-ujN8Q_Qgw3JAaaUDuyQX_n-dtC8YbEPi9O5NsVQo8YVPSByAoR2O07MtY2u3piHPUEylUiYAoXGsq69B7A-J0y8hn_ciPHa6Vu7S79AH6z86tRMDNTv-NDVG-ggmqO6uWL1Wzgbc/s1600/Redmeption-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz18-ujN8Q_Qgw3JAaaUDuyQX_n-dtC8YbEPi9O5NsVQo8YVPSByAoR2O07MtY2u3piHPUEylUiYAoXGsq69B7A-J0y8hn_ciPHa6Vu7S79AH6z86tRMDNTv-NDVG-ggmqO6uWL1Wzgbc/s320/Redmeption-10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.redemptionbrewing.co.uk/">Redemption Brewery</a> is a newly founded (2010) 12BBL micro a stones throw from White Hart Lane in North London. They brew a cracking 3% beer called Trinity among other hoppy brews. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CfB19R7kB9qjk2vp7hDYUUPOnbeKRFmkF6i5xLcBFtit1uQaq5nCIbxBMRZnVtgjmtuHrvY5czLq3w9DwS5pTN6jtOyDwXHuKVvjW19W5ZPYNsawZBRGUx-buuGq6tBUp258R2nlqFA/s1600/Redmeption-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CfB19R7kB9qjk2vp7hDYUUPOnbeKRFmkF6i5xLcBFtit1uQaq5nCIbxBMRZnVtgjmtuHrvY5czLq3w9DwS5pTN6jtOyDwXHuKVvjW19W5ZPYNsawZBRGUx-buuGq6tBUp258R2nlqFA/s320/Redmeption-12.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today they were brewing a collaboration brew with Evin from the Kernel Brewery a subject of a previous <a href="http://abeeronthedowns.blogspot.com/2011/03/photoblog-day-with-kernel-and-rabid.html">Photoblog</a>. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">They were good enough to invite a few more interlopers along.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbdv0EOdQProGrZbIay6cu7QFHBDdxABL-GRZvrW7zDYnr9829W8DKNut1b7F8kSsbxiTfDBf7F9u0B5S1OUPTs4S0mPNXKrh3L8kJlX6QSMlPDZ4Rl4W0eSaIzlbdrrvyFp8CldYGrY/s1600/Redmeption-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbdv0EOdQProGrZbIay6cu7QFHBDdxABL-GRZvrW7zDYnr9829W8DKNut1b7F8kSsbxiTfDBf7F9u0B5S1OUPTs4S0mPNXKrh3L8kJlX6QSMlPDZ4Rl4W0eSaIzlbdrrvyFp8CldYGrY/s320/Redmeption-4.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bryan, a fellow beer geek, brewday virgin and owner of some of the best facial hair around, he is slowly been weaned off a Brewdog obsession.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp201Xz-J8NBuGr6EgLSmLKGuG_7adU3Yk1YctuF6Mjzn_D3mK_ypKvMLwVlMDLGAaPk600AIdXpar6Oo1cBkzc4aROnlj7GnJVy7XTRN2iuQ9R_ebQ3KCjUXqbwhuyVD-Fb7JCd4kqc/s1600/Redmeption-30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp201Xz-J8NBuGr6EgLSmLKGuG_7adU3Yk1YctuF6Mjzn_D3mK_ypKvMLwVlMDLGAaPk600AIdXpar6Oo1cBkzc4aROnlj7GnJVy7XTRN2iuQ9R_ebQ3KCjUXqbwhuyVD-Fb7JCd4kqc/s320/Redmeption-30.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Meet the Redemption guys. <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Partizansmith">Andy Smith</a> is the brewer. He moves so fast it is impossible to take a picture of him in focus FACT!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyGpBnVBEkQaldHyGIOrNJLOqAp0ukHQKhmOCEHASlWdQJEPJU8BqRyGTY8moFmBevMDpBvACg2WT0KRrvVWLcBi3zI1FgO9Jsep-MfWORCo3JrvqKLqmh-i4Amo5u2LGQBn4qYey-mE/s1600/Redmeption-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyGpBnVBEkQaldHyGIOrNJLOqAp0ukHQKhmOCEHASlWdQJEPJU8BqRyGTY8moFmBevMDpBvACg2WT0KRrvVWLcBi3zI1FgO9Jsep-MfWORCo3JrvqKLqmh-i4Amo5u2LGQBn4qYey-mE/s320/Redmeption-18.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/RedemptionBrew">Andy Moffat</a>. An ex city trader who is the organisational brains behind the the brewery and as nice a guy as you would ever want to meet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWLkjt2Q-KPOh-FRmPWrTAdNjLLUfKYwIeltH4gO_3ckscMOQZ_VO3Anc0ZwmB3urROa6GmXPaTFKqiPNukQ7x3CUCKUDZH3EeHgGef5qG4PrYb0wF6UnLisz8nlNqkHE76bNp3cf3SE/s1600/Redmeption-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWLkjt2Q-KPOh-FRmPWrTAdNjLLUfKYwIeltH4gO_3ckscMOQZ_VO3Anc0ZwmB3urROa6GmXPaTFKqiPNukQ7x3CUCKUDZH3EeHgGef5qG4PrYb0wF6UnLisz8nlNqkHE76bNp3cf3SE/s320/Redmeption-9.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">And even more HOPS</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi01XLClwJ3ZgFvIRPCJ1vKdS3XZq1sj2Ld60oLiFTaF_2Yv4wgvQlX-l2JgDMBePARGoP_tN8J05evbu8w0KRwShd0X-IULvhy5evxMB6w43M0uNxX7PqdHCaQv0UB53WMMrNrqNCX3I/s1600/Redmeption-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi01XLClwJ3ZgFvIRPCJ1vKdS3XZq1sj2Ld60oLiFTaF_2Yv4wgvQlX-l2JgDMBePARGoP_tN8J05evbu8w0KRwShd0X-IULvhy5evxMB6w43M0uNxX7PqdHCaQv0UB53WMMrNrqNCX3I/s320/Redmeption-13.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">....they ran out of buckets as there was so many hop additions 22 in all.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRWXsQ4FRnjz_MAHmtRYP470JWoDOfZzGPOdYQu7GyKTvjYG6ofSsDELXj7BA17BOciSjLWnHaMl8j_y4v8lk8L46CU7fIMcGexgb5fVHJhYbtp0pH0FxGEuqhBvjNxcqG0jx9PKB3eg/s1600/Redmeption-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRWXsQ4FRnjz_MAHmtRYP470JWoDOfZzGPOdYQu7GyKTvjYG6ofSsDELXj7BA17BOciSjLWnHaMl8j_y4v8lk8L46CU7fIMcGexgb5fVHJhYbtp0pH0FxGEuqhBvjNxcqG0jx9PKB3eg/s320/Redmeption-14.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I liked the Redemption brewery. It has a well worn look to it, well I say well worn, battered would be a better word especially for the brew kettle.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGuihdF5oS-fxGeYOh4TR0fDhMM97lihaqeFKOjCD3xpI1ygVWIUyBdQ1_ys0eHE4-BXmrpoZOsm0uZ9EMCWJuX-eJb46LykfwAPTCdHarCL5zM3XZhqcpC0buGQLFahPX8MkJQ8dt2k/s1600/Redmeption-24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGuihdF5oS-fxGeYOh4TR0fDhMM97lihaqeFKOjCD3xpI1ygVWIUyBdQ1_ys0eHE4-BXmrpoZOsm0uZ9EMCWJuX-eJb46LykfwAPTCdHarCL5zM3XZhqcpC0buGQLFahPX8MkJQ8dt2k/s320/Redmeption-24.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Time for an arty shot...there is always one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIsEOtA8xuZlyWEF8zjPbJutUAI-zkcEYlJChvTApiIvsllCuWLm0YXF1hcWCpf-eczsohZ-_hucChj4pyDH9kmhIsqeGeUWJ9oOfZP3Dm1I8WO5imBHzYGKfq52hEc-aHVo-JIWYIHo/s1600/Redmeption-25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIsEOtA8xuZlyWEF8zjPbJutUAI-zkcEYlJChvTApiIvsllCuWLm0YXF1hcWCpf-eczsohZ-_hucChj4pyDH9kmhIsqeGeUWJ9oOfZP3Dm1I8WO5imBHzYGKfq52hEc-aHVo-JIWYIHo/s320/Redmeption-25.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally off for a bit to eat at the J<a href="http://www.jollybutchers.co.uk/">olly Butchers</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was another really fun brewday. Many thanks to Andy and Andy for their hospitality and Evin for allowing me to continually stalk him! Really looking forward to getting a pint of this beer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-60171587467099724312011-05-05T09:49:00.000-07:002011-05-05T10:04:28.326-07:00Pan Fried Beer Marinated Pork with Pearl Barley and Soy Beans.A recipe with a bit of a beer background, not only in the marinade but in the Barley which I love an alternative to rice.<br />
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Serves 2 hungry people<br />
4 Lean Pork Steaks or 2 Pork chops<br />
2 Cloves Garlic (chopped)<br />
1 tsp Fennel seeds<br />
1 tsp Course Seasalt<br />
Juice and zest of a Lemon<br />
100ml Best Bitter (I have used Dorking Brewery One)<br />
2 tbps Olive Oil<br />
200g Pearl Barley<br />
1 Onion (finely chopped)<br />
200g Frozen Soya Beans (or Peas if you so desire)<br />
600ml Chicken Stock<br />
1 good pinch of Dried Thyme<br />
1 good pinch of Chilli Flakes<br />
1 Bay Leaf<br />
A Bunch of Fresh Flat Leaf Parsley chopped retain some for the garnish<br />
Small knob of Butter<br />
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1. In a mortar and pestle add the garlic, seasalt and fennel seeds. Grind to a rough paste. Mix with zest and juice of the lemon and beer and use to marinade the pork for 30 mins.<br />
2. In a saucepan heat half the olive oil over a medium heat and gently fry the onions until they are soft. Add the thyme, bay leaf and chilli and cook for a further minute. Add the barley and toss until it is well coated in oil, add the stock and bring to the boil. Lower the heat cover the pan and simmer for 35 minutes until the barley is tender and absorbed all the stock. Add the Soy Beans or Peas for the last 5 minutes to heat through. As it is taken off the heat stir through the parsley. Taste and season.<br />
3. Heat the remaining oil over a high heat in a pan and shake the marinade from the pork. Fry the pork until cooked through and lightly browned, usually takes no more then 5 minutes but it really depends on the size of the steaks. Remove the Pork from the heat to rest for a few minutes.<br />
4. Serve the pork on top of the barley garnished with the retained parsley, and enjoy with a glass of the beer you cooked with.dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-82390698464435233262011-05-05T09:39:00.000-07:002011-05-05T09:39:07.066-07:00Open It Weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vfYtwxwnLuCj1eaBgSUQIn_WDN_xNE6ARJTdlxdJ6MDoG8oGt_t0lzoAiZNR53k07KpIFnZflNN-NIeM8FJwewGAcHhbUEEM-rZrLUZRtFZyU8-92fWwLPH1iVjBBdH9Iw28_aEyN1A/s1600/Open-It-300x166.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8vfYtwxwnLuCj1eaBgSUQIn_WDN_xNE6ARJTdlxdJ6MDoG8oGt_t0lzoAiZNR53k07KpIFnZflNN-NIeM8FJwewGAcHhbUEEM-rZrLUZRtFZyU8-92fWwLPH1iVjBBdH9Iw28_aEyN1A/s1600/Open-It-300x166.jpg" /></a></div><br />
I was away for the first half of the long Open It Weekend (the subject of another blog post when I write it), so only a few bottles to describe.<br />
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First up was an impromptu one on Sunday afternoon. I was eating some leftover Easter egg chocolate and wanted a rich imperial stout to go with it. Went to the homebrew fridge to find I had drunk or given away all my own stuff but there was a bottle of the Kernel Imperial Brown Stout - London 1856. Swiftly cracked open and distributed into a couple of glasses dark and inviting with an impressive coffee coloured head. Tried on its own at this time of the afternoon it was a bit much but in combination with the chocolate it was a wonderful mouth-coating sweet start with gentle fizz as the beer cleanses the pallet in a slow and sensual way. I consumed way more chocolate than I intended to due to the great combination.<br />
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<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next was the Thornbridge Darkstar collaboration Collation Old Ale. Probably the star of the show. Poured a hazy orange/brown colour with a short lasting white head. The aroma was of hot toast slathered in thick cut Seville orange marmalade. More orange on the taste but the flavours were many and complex - pleasingly long but sedate bitter aftertaste. It was a bit like a beefed-up and more complex Darkstar Sunburst, one of my favourite regular beers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next up was an Brewdog AB01. This is a beer I had tried before and not been overly impressed with. My hope was that it would improve with some ageing and this one was now 15 months old. It poured a darker brown then I remember with thin but lasting white head. Typical malty/candi sugar belgian style aroma with perhaps a hint of vanilla coming through. On the pallet it was a lot smoother than my previous tastings, again vanilla being a background taste with an estery (red) fruityness. Previously I found the alcohol kick a bit overpowering but this had considerably mellowed with age and the whole experience was a pleasant one. I have one bottle left and suspect I will keep it for some time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally the next night I had a unique bottle to open. It was a magnum sized Grolsch swingtop bottle filled straight from the Dorking Brewery fermentation tanks by my own fair hand. It contained their Winter Ruby beer which is a dark 5.5% seasonal that is somewhat akin to Old Peculiar. Unfortunately it had a nasty medicinal after taste which leads me to suspect that I did not rinse the caustic out of the bottle well enough. A shame because I had been looking forward to this for a while.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KNMOB2XEfJ11GeMQKj-NtoZrzjTnvLSql9Mj-7e2VZK_DkamYG0qjCUs1Y0Jcp25CLVPtakBXZLxpXl4uxAem-_Luu8vEij2of4EuTig0mOt7P_4A2C8gE7K1Nw2v-AyB13tLEscw6c/s1600/DB-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="http://www.dorkingbrewery.com/index.html">Dorking Brewery</a> is based in the Old Engine Shed at West Dorking Station. They have been going since 2008 and distribute to many pubs in the Surrey and Sussex areas. They were good enough to allow me to hang around with them for a month or so earlier in the year and ply me with some beer. Here are some photos I took during that time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">DB One: 4.2% A Best bitter with good malt characteristics especially in the bottle and good hop finish especially via Cask.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Gold: 3.8% A pale session beer with decent body and and exotic fruit nose from some late American hops</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Red India Ale: 5% A dark IPA made with bags of crystal malt and loads of Centennial hops. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Black Mild: 3.2% Complex grain bill gives this a fantastic chocolate roasty taste with a nice hint of bramble. Brewed generally in the spring it is well worth looking out for. My personal favourite.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Winter Ruby: 5.5% Rich dark winter seasonal</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">In development is a Stout with 7 grains in the malt bill and hopped with lots of Bramling Cross</div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-18238288093763964752011-04-01T06:40:00.000-07:002011-04-01T06:40:57.550-07:00Session #50 - What makes me buy someone's beer?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eYxiOM1g_8cd02asjTWQCKWx6U6vaNcdOhfngW5DkcZFCrcxHVtHbyYpTlH3uQVbU8SWLcdjb-BRPpGunR6jASoe7kOy2p_JhHlVlvtqNs0gPAMluOTUujfPawHfiK_YF6ImeC5fyso/s1600/session_logo_all_text_300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eYxiOM1g_8cd02asjTWQCKWx6U6vaNcdOhfngW5DkcZFCrcxHVtHbyYpTlH3uQVbU8SWLcdjb-BRPpGunR6jASoe7kOy2p_JhHlVlvtqNs0gPAMluOTUujfPawHfiK_YF6ImeC5fyso/s320/session_logo_all_text_300.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br />
Alan over at <a href="http://beerblog.genx40.com/archive/2011/march/session50april">A good beer blog</a> is hosting this session and to my mind it is the simplest question to answer.<br />
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5 golden rules:<br />
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Brew good beer.<br />
Store the beer well.<br />
Serve chilled beer.<br />
Use appropriate and clean beer glasses.<br />
Don't charge silly prices for your beer.dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-75273386097823127962011-03-10T10:02:00.000-08:002011-03-10T10:02:11.002-08:00Photoblog: A Day with The Kernel and a Rabid Barfly.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So an early start and my first morning commuter train in 6 years took me to Druid Street to an unmarked archway under the train line out of London Bridge and <a href="http://www.thekernelbrewery.com/">The Kernel Brewery</a>, recent winners of the Best Bottled Beer in Britian award from SIBA. Today Evin and Toby were joined by <a href="http://rabidbarfly.blogspot.com/">Glyn Roberts</a>, manager of The Rake Bar and keen brew collaborator to brew another batch of their India Pale Ale Black. This is a photographic record of the day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_8QKg3D-fuLWVKh0O_4zjUvA6wlfi_p10vHxtW9omFSjw1DtKd8G7utlnunnImede1K9QCCTWUHo_ukKsUzSFQuCJvHM8qpxMOY_3zm408T8I-myH2RJZRXiDO1rL0x7J_j5JykThng/s1600/Kernelcollage1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic_8QKg3D-fuLWVKh0O_4zjUvA6wlfi_p10vHxtW9omFSjw1DtKd8G7utlnunnImede1K9QCCTWUHo_ukKsUzSFQuCJvHM8qpxMOY_3zm408T8I-myH2RJZRXiDO1rL0x7J_j5JykThng/s640/Kernelcollage1.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The brewery does not have the whole archway to itself, it shares with an artisan cheese and ham maker.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBP-xfCzqWGMwBgd-uPZR28aaHoefc9gTidtkAKEtKmQi-rR7ZzIkQ3jmBmsZYXBOKGCwMuXpP9Wa7-dJkMRbxxLmqNrhuUYgD8Eq2FJk-vvUbW-zUnuJm8jXR2vEN8qqihqYeFXStj54/s1600/Kernel-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBP-xfCzqWGMwBgd-uPZR28aaHoefc9gTidtkAKEtKmQi-rR7ZzIkQ3jmBmsZYXBOKGCwMuXpP9Wa7-dJkMRbxxLmqNrhuUYgD8Eq2FJk-vvUbW-zUnuJm8jXR2vEN8qqihqYeFXStj54/s400/Kernel-15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ah! That will be the Carafa then...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuvzXEDVW5nkU1NOoGOJGzp9ZBHrxMcwiRtZ7iA9x5YNA4OOu-9A6_COGTT22y916myxUzM7olzrS6-Zbb0hsQW00KhpPRk4b2s9P3m1bcj2vjsMo5Vrpi273ktNCn0gfMA7eRnZtipU/s1600/Kernel-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuvzXEDVW5nkU1NOoGOJGzp9ZBHrxMcwiRtZ7iA9x5YNA4OOu-9A6_COGTT22y916myxUzM7olzrS6-Zbb0hsQW00KhpPRk4b2s9P3m1bcj2vjsMo5Vrpi273ktNCn0gfMA7eRnZtipU/s400/Kernel-13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrd416RwNPX3xoJct3yQOPS0zsnfblVpMUFBOG-GPw3G0zxFB_wIKAinCqmX44fgotnaLtp_Ru4h4feRGyNZzur6ZG8CpUfN6qOauoMqItC0Uv0W-Eiy_T3eUoNojVZ5bPin-Nx4RDXA/s1600/Kernel-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrd416RwNPX3xoJct3yQOPS0zsnfblVpMUFBOG-GPw3G0zxFB_wIKAinCqmX44fgotnaLtp_Ru4h4feRGyNZzur6ZG8CpUfN6qOauoMqItC0Uv0W-Eiy_T3eUoNojVZ5bPin-Nx4RDXA/s400/Kernel-14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Glyn and hops, like a cat with catnip.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7J9hNp9FXD_QcXUon1JlzEGCoBI55mMQWqunQZPO-yXOZ3lNv31iqWdNUPlT80rZS3NoQf92ittw2anTXCO9J1k-zfE9y43u7XCAKpATK21mULYJhIpKlx86tEYwVPGjqpbHMNvRAwj4/s1600/Kernel-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7J9hNp9FXD_QcXUon1JlzEGCoBI55mMQWqunQZPO-yXOZ3lNv31iqWdNUPlT80rZS3NoQf92ittw2anTXCO9J1k-zfE9y43u7XCAKpATK21mULYJhIpKlx86tEYwVPGjqpbHMNvRAwj4/s640/Kernel-18.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">See what I mean?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil1Q6E8VnDk2tSUWV6Z4cJurM8xrWFW50QIFenwRzdMWyvw-P0mWRRc4xTqfsVN8dvVuFe1KUwtx-Nc1td_irk8LGJeuTf_LvoI7QLm74_hwZb4C_XvGsF2oxWUm1zdARn0CcuMpxW1Rk/s1600/Kernel-21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil1Q6E8VnDk2tSUWV6Z4cJurM8xrWFW50QIFenwRzdMWyvw-P0mWRRc4xTqfsVN8dvVuFe1KUwtx-Nc1td_irk8LGJeuTf_LvoI7QLm74_hwZb4C_XvGsF2oxWUm1zdARn0CcuMpxW1Rk/s400/Kernel-21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the Kernel had no shortage of hops... from my swift calculations that is 100kg of green gold.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6xZjl_OhwwVGFKOkmYcZMdrQom5mDuCiXpdYWO4mBgC4orUcpeBkLMrpjUfNWAsQVJ_g4zo0BCmDug-V1-RGm0nclQSfSsLVh2OZ8wmJ24uT3hHUMsStrWXWN3YKGCsN2sqR9smIJ7U/s1600/Kernel-26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6xZjl_OhwwVGFKOkmYcZMdrQom5mDuCiXpdYWO4mBgC4orUcpeBkLMrpjUfNWAsQVJ_g4zo0BCmDug-V1-RGm0nclQSfSsLVh2OZ8wmJ24uT3hHUMsStrWXWN3YKGCsN2sqR9smIJ7U/s400/Kernel-26.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The sparge gave us time to demolish some lunch...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">A big thanks to Evin, Toby and Glyn for letting me come along to take the photos and sample some of the great beers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-33870524827980587462011-03-04T02:06:00.000-08:002011-03-04T02:17:12.900-08:00The Session #49. A Regular Beer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnSrrAoiWc4S0T4bsaGsPx8r20TYSc9nYaTtCOR16DsNplfWOuzk8VsckWdZhIQ4_xl6N8tttt_sp-NjBiL4Y60565Na_wMAjypuZ0iNBTO5KyjDHzuOeGJOfyepSxSHwf2z3CHo5ICc/s1600/session_logo_all_text_300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnSrrAoiWc4S0T4bsaGsPx8r20TYSc9nYaTtCOR16DsNplfWOuzk8VsckWdZhIQ4_xl6N8tttt_sp-NjBiL4Y60565Na_wMAjypuZ0iNBTO5KyjDHzuOeGJOfyepSxSHwf2z3CHo5ICc/s320/session_logo_all_text_300.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br />
There are many beers that I drink on a regular basis:<br />
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Some are good.<br />
Some are bad.<br />
Some I drink for the taste alone.<br />
Some I drink for the taste with food.<br />
Some I drink for refreshment after a hot day playing cricket.<br />
Some I drink for the numbing effect after a game of lacrosse.<br />
Some I drink because I made them myself.<br />
Some I drink because I helped clean up the brewery.<br />
Some will be gulped and glass quickly refilled.<br />
Some will be savoured, sipped and sniffed.<br />
Sometimes a new beer comes along that is added to the list.<br />
Sometimes an old beer drops off, ignored but not forgotten.<br />
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There are too many to mention them by name but each has its place and each time I go back I remember why they are regular beers.<br />
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The session hosted by <a href="http://appellationbeer.com/">Appellation beer</a>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1722025371201713725.post-40848482674302833072011-02-10T17:30:00.000-08:002011-02-10T17:30:37.022-08:00What is Craft Beer?Mark over at <a href="http://www.pencilandspoon.com/2011/02/craft-beer-why-its-right-name.html">Pencil and Spoon</a> has suggested that beer bloggers put their thoughts on screen about craft beer, not having joined in a group blog before this seems a good place to start the topic being close to my heart.<br />
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"I like to drink Craft Beer" is a phrase I find myself saying on a fairly regular basis. The question I will try to address here is what exactly is craft beer? and specifically what is craft beer in the UK.<br />
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My love of craft beer was ignited a few years ago on a trip to the North America when I had my first taste of Dogfishhead beer in a bar in Toronto. Craft beer is a standard term in the US, so how do the Yanks define it?<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">From <a href="http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/craft-brewing-statistics/craft-brewer-defined">The Brewers Association</a> </div><blockquote>An American craft brewer is small, independent and traditional.<br />
<strong>Small:</strong> Annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less. Beer production is attributed to a brewer according to the rules of alternating proprietorships. Flavored malt beverages are not considered beer for purposes of this definition.<br />
<strong>Independent:</strong> Less than 25% of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member who is not themselves a craft brewer.<br />
<strong>Traditional:</strong> A brewer who has either an all malt flagship (the beer which represents the greatest volume among that brewers brands) or has at least 50% of its volume in either all malt beers or in beers which use adjuncts to enhance rather than lighten flavor.</blockquote><br />
So small, independent and traditional, would this be viable in the UK?<br />
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Size, I suspect 6million barrels covers just about every non multinational British beer manufacturer but could this not be rescaled to be appropriate. <br />
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Independent, well yes fine but I think most people who know would consider Stuart Howe at Sharp's to be a brewer of many fantastic craft beer products (we can skip over Doom Bar) but no more with this definition.<br />
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Traditional, well not 100% sure how this definition works. Does it mean for example that that someone who used a small percentage of torrified wheat for head retention in their beers would be discounted as it does not enhance the flavour? However in general I agree with this.<br />
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Not too bad a match, however my problem is that there are many average, under hopped, generic beers that would fall into this category, these average beers are not what I would consider craft beers. Anyway I guess my point is that it is difficult to nail down a definition, it is a very subjective matter and does not fit well with hard and fast rules.<br />
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So what is craft beer to me?<br />
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<ul><li>The passion and love a brewer puts into his art.</li>
<li>A commitment to excellence when brewing every beer.</li>
<li>The sense of excitement about trying a new seasonal or one off brew.</li>
<li>Adding that extra Kg of hops, even thought it will reduce profits, to make the beer better.</li>
<li>The ability to change a well respected and successful recipe because you think you can make it better.</li>
<li>The experimentation with different styles and use of different influences to combine to make something unique.</li>
<li>The use of the best ingredients regardless of where they are from (a late edit due to this <a href="http://raisethebeerbar.blogspot.com/2011/02/camra-campaign-for-real-alienation.html">blog</a>).</li>
</ul><div>Craft beer is good beer. If you like it just drink it and don't argue about what it is called or how it is dispensed.</div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #604c42; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"></span>dredpenguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00317014192310735266noreply@blogger.com0