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GB Brews
Post two of Boxtravaganza 2021 lumps together everything from Britain on an arbitrary basis. Let's see what the neighbours are up to these days. I was excited to see new Edinburgh brewery Newbarns...
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On the move again
With European travel back on the agenda from July I thought it would be nice to break the long fast with a trip to Brussels. There's a symmetry in how it was the last place I came back from,...
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See how they brew
A full 15-beer travel post covering only two breweries? It's fair to say they've both been busy. An early presence on the new Brussels brewing scene has meant Brussels Beer Project and Brasserie de la...
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Comings and goings
Beer one of my recent trip to Brussels was on Grande Place at the new outlet for the Caulier beer brand. It also owns the Toccalmatto brewery in Italy and a few of theirs feature on the menu. I opted...
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De Lux beers
The summer floods in Wallonia meant that a jaunt from Brussels to Luxembourg became more of a schlep than was intended but I made the trip down to the Grand Duchy anyway. I was last here in 2007 and...
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Since I was in the neighbourhood...
On the current, and I hope temporary, schedules there's no evening flight to Dublin from Brussels. Since Schiphol essentially serves as one of the local Brussels airports, and has late departures, we...
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See how they brew too
We've come to the end of my summer holiday blog posts. Not before time, given that it's October and time to start planning that mid-term break. I'm finishing up with a visit to two of Amsterdam's...
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Where do they all come from?
The downside of being a DOT beer drinker is that you really need to keep your stash under control. This one ended up taking over most of the fridge before I set aside the time to enjoy them. I've done...
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Nicely toasted
I'm wondering if I've misunderstood the remit of the Curious Society project. I had thought they were intended as accessible beers for normal people, but the last one, a double IPA, raised an eyebrow,...
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Back to the pub
Normality comes dropping slow. I haven't exactly been rushing back to the pub since they began re-opening, though it's been nice to return to The Porterhouse and 57 the Headline on occasion. One...
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Gän-stal style!
I've been chasing the goose ever since I discovered Gänstaller's magnificent smoky masterpiece Affumicator in 2009. None of their other beers have quite lived up to it, but I was still delighted to see...
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Tall, dark and fizzy
The frosted black 75cl bottle is stately, and the name "Abbaye de Vauclair Imperiale" very grand. The wording beneath reading "French lager with orange peel" lets the side down a little, however, and...
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Herbs and spices
Hops are over-rated. Did you know they're not even native to Ireland? Disgraceful that they're even allowed. Today's beers are from two breweries determined to do things a more traditional way.OK,...
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Letting Whip
It's a neat little stash of Whiplash beers for clearance today.A lager starts us off. Dawn Chorus is a Helles in the Munich style with Munich malt. The appearance is nearly perfect: a lovely rich...
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Last of the sunlight
The long balmy evenings are gone so I felt I was coming late to Lineman's Sundrops, a table beer of 3.3% ABV with doubtless a different context intended for drinking. It still worked on a dark autumnal...
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From the ocean to the mountains
It's all American and all IPA today, visiting a couple of well established breweries in California and Colorado.We start at Bear Republic, and something that looks like a flagship though I had never...
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Well, Estonia when you're trying to be so good
It must be a hard life for Põhjala, out there in the world of craft beer, representing Estonia almost single-handedly. Still, even though they're about the only Estonian brewery one sees around the...
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Happy birthday EBCU!
The European Beer Consumers Union was established in 1990 so was due to celebrate its three decades in existence last year. But things being what they were, that was postponed to September 2021 and...
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Dark and stormy
It's a small selection from Tipperary mavericks Canvas today, one blessed by two stouts, I'm pleased to say.Smoking your own malt is very on-brand for the brewery, and they've enlisted local barbecue...
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Turn on the dark
The clocks have gone back and winter is barrelling down on us at a pace. Time for a few dark beers, then.Let's start at Kinnegar and Brewers At Play 19. For this they've gone for American Brown Ale,...
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