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St Austell Tribute

5:47pm Monday 17th June 2013

A golden ale, with a pleasant citrus fruit aroma. Well balanced and produces a refreshing flavour of lemons and grapefruit.

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Little Valley Ginger Pale Ale

5:47pm Monday 17th June 2013

 AT 4% this bottled-conditioned beer (secondary fermentation) is refreshing, crisp and zesty, with a lemony ginger aroma.

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Review: Harviestoun Craft Brewed Lager

6:12pm Monday 10th June 2013

Ideal tipple for the warmer,summer months.

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Review: Moorhouse's Vanilla Cream Ale

6:11pm Monday 10th June 2013

An easy drinking, 'session ale' at 3.9%. This straw coloured beer is light, refreshing and malty smooth.

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Review: Chiltern Brewery Bodgers Barley Wine

6:09pm Monday 3rd June 2013

Surprisingly clean and refreshing for such a strong beer, and indeed it has a much lighter fruity character and less of a malt emphasis than many barley wines.

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Review: Biddy Early Brewery Black Biddy

5:30pm Monday 27th May 2013

This stout is a very rich brew with a subtle sweetness, and a very nice dry finish.

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Harvey’s India Pale Ale

5:57pm Monday 20th May 2013

This has more fizz and bite to it and is a similar complexion to Harvey’s Blue Label.

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Durham Brewery St Cuthbert

4:32pm Monday 6th May 2013

Rich and full flavoured, worthy of St Cuthbert himself (he died 687 AD, btw).

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Review: Darwin Brewery Ghost Ale

5:30pm Monday 29th April 2013

Pours a lovely golden amber, with a thick head.

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Review: Little Valley Brewery Tod’s Blonde

4:38pm Monday 22nd April 2013

Produced in Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, this is a bright yellow blonde ale with a pleasant malty taste and a smooth bitter finish.

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Iceni Norfolk Lager

10:16am Monday 15th April 2013

Something of a rarity — an English bottle-conditioned ‘real lager’.

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Joseph Holt's Thunder Holt

3:04pm Tuesday 2nd April 2013

Beautiful ruby-red appearance and a minimal, rapidly disappearing head which exudes a pleasant aroma.

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Review: Enville Brewery Gothic Ale

5:42pm Monday 11th March 2013

This is a bottle conditioned beer and something must have gone slightly wrong — the head was too big and kept on rising — and the sour acid taste suggest a bad bottle.

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Review: Exmoor Beast Strong Ale

4:19pm Monday 4th March 2013

This is a verk dark porter style ale.

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Review: RCH Brewery Firebox Premium Bitter

4:23pm Monday 28th January 2013

Large rocky head, beneath which it is a deep amber colour.

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Review: Newquay Honey Farm Honey Beer

5:27pm Tuesday 22nd January 2013

On the nose this is slightly sweet and sharp, with a hint of beeswax and touches of honey, lemon and vanilla. All in all, a pleasant surprise.

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Review: Humpty Dumpty Swallowtail

6:16pm Monday 14th January 2013

An acid taste overpowers the beer so it is hard to define what it really has to offer.

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Ridley’s Old Bob Strong Pale Ale

5:25pm Monday 7th January 2013

A premium ale at the weaker end of the scale, it tastes just how one imagines a beer should — rich and complex although quite sweet for a pale ale.

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Daleside Brewery Crack Shot

11:53am Wednesday 2nd January 2013

This claims to follow an original 17th-century recipe.

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Wagtail Best Bitter

5:19pm Thursday 27th December 2012

Pours clear and bright and appears to be well carbonated despite the short-lived head.

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