tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:30:06 +00002011Belgianbeer89Trappistenglish bitterTripel67Brunelagerpale aleDubbelESBHelles LagerIPA10Abbaye des Rocs BruneBitterDortmunder Actien-BrauereiEnglish pale aleIndia pale aleStrong Aleextra special bitterextra strong bittergolden ale11120 Minute Imperial IPA4590 Minute Imperial IPAAchel BruinAdelardus TripelAdnamsAffligem DubbelAltbierAmericanAmerican IPAAndwell Brewing CompanyAugustijn Grand CruBatemans XXXBBayreuther BierbrauereiBink BruinBlondBoak and BaileyBrauerei KönigshofBrugge TripelBrugse Zot DubbelButcombe BreweryBuxtonBürgerbräu BambergCharles Wells BreweryChimay RedChristmas AleCitraCubanDDDark Star Brewing CoDelirium NocturnumDogfish 90 Minute IPADogfish HeadDortmunderDouble DiamondDutchElland BreweryEnglandEnglish IPAEnglish Strong AleEschenbacher PrivatbrauereiEuro LagerExport lagerFuller Smith & TurnerGoldenGouden Carolus ChristmasGouden Carolus HopsinjoorGouden Carolus TripelGrand CruGrottenbier Biere des Grottes BruneHarvey & SonHarveysHook Norton BreweryJacob's LadderJoseph HoltKasteel BruneKellerbierKöstritzer SchwarzbierbrauereiLa Trappe QuadrupelLeeds BreweryMeantime Brewing CompanyMikkellerNew Zealand pale aleNick Stafford's Hambleton AlesOakhamOld AleOrvalOtter BreweryOverhoppedPauwel KwakPrivatbrauerei HofmannQuadrupelRobinsonsSaltaire BrewerySatan GoldSchwarzbierSeamless webSeasonalSharp's BreweryShepherd NeameSierra NevadaSiluresSkagwaySt Bernadus TripelSt Idesbald BlondSt Idesbald TripelSt. Bernadus Pater 6Straffe Hendrik Brugs TripelThe Celt ExperienceTheakstonTrappist Achel BlondTrappistes Rochefort 6Trappistes Roquefort 8Tripel KarmelietTripel MoineWadworthWestmalle DubbelZwickelbieraleasparagusblind tigerblonde alehopsmicro-breweriespairingspeculier pubtunahttp://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Diamat)Blogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-8095405429473733555Thu, 26 Mar 2015 07:37:00 +00002021-03-03T11:40:18.471+00:00beerBoak and BaileyBuxtonCitrahopsJacob's LadderOakhampale aleSiluresThe Celt Experience The sagacious Boak and Bailey have prompted a number of conversations of late concerning breweries which attract what may be considered an undue amount of attention compared to those stalwarts of British brewing who turn out well-made, palatable beers without having the plaudits of commentators bestowed upon them. I was led to reflect on this discussion after having tasted three beers http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/03/hype-vs-hop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-703021699023293192Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:51:00 +00002015-02-02T06:51:55.374+00:002011American IPAbeerMikkeller No comment. No rating. What was probably my first taste of Mikkeller goes unnoticed. I think that's fair enough. Their darker beers are usually good or better, but Mikkeller pales tend to be pretty middle-of-the-road affairs in my opinion. I've never been able to fathom why they're so highly rated overall. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/02/single-hop-cascade-ipa-69-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-7404124561123576237Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:47:00 +00002015-02-02T06:47:52.007+00:002011Bayreuther BierbrauereibeerKellerbierZwickelbier No comment. No rating. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/02/aktien-landbier-zwickl-kellerbier-53-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-7137016502192882860Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:46:00 +00002015-02-02T06:46:22.256+00:002011beerESBextra special bitterextra strong bitterJoseph Holt "I normally loathe 'flavoured beers' but a) bought this in error, and b) can't taste the maple (no offence, Canada), so: result" No rating. Where on earth did I get this from? http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/02/maplemoon-48-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-886181687078429609Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:43:00 +00002015-02-02T06:43:07.733+00:002011Bürgerbräu BambergHelles Lagerlager No comment. No rating. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/02/export-54-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-3111374473363155645Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:40:00 +00002015-02-02T06:40:07.548+00:002011beerenglish bitterNick Stafford's Hambleton Ales No comment. No rating. I recognise the label from the entries of others, but haven't seen this since. I've no idea where I drank it, or whether it was draught or bottled. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/02/taylors-tipple-45-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-1050475109158286976Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:37:00 +00002015-02-02T06:37:19.394+00:002011Eschenbacher PrivatbrauereiHelles Lagerlager No rating. No comment. A Helles. Not that I'd have noticed in 2011. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/02/eschenbacher-urtyp-46-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-1607815805770110173Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:35:00 +00002015-02-02T06:35:39.585+00:002011Dortmunder Actien-BrauereiEuro Lagerlager No comment. No rating. Must have made a big impression. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/02/hansa-export-5-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-6113099491403118815Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:33:00 +00002015-02-02T06:33:28.692+00:002011beerOld AleTheakston No comment. I suspect anyone who has been drinking beer since the 1980s has a soft spot for a well-kept pint of Old Peculier. It's certainly been a constant during my lifetime's enjoyment of the consolation of malt and hops. Old Peculier first came to my attention when I was studying (occasionally) in Aberdeen in the late 1980s. Theakston had quite a foothold in the north east of Scotland athttp://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/02/old-peculier-56-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-4111950132415183627Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:13:00 +00002015-02-02T06:13:47.414+00:002011beerEnglish pale aleHook Norton Brewery No comment. Unrated. There was a time back in the 1990s when I lived in Oxfordshire when Hook Norton was a go-to beer for me. Those were the days when the brewery still had a bit of self-respect, and called its session bitter Hook Norton Bitter rather than Hooky. Although Old Hooky may still have been called Old Hooky. I don't recall. Since those halcyon days, Hook Norton has succumbed to thehttp://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/02/hooky-gold-41-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-2171657942377282306Mon, 02 Feb 2015 06:02:00 +00002015-02-02T06:02:30.896+00:002011beerKöstritzer SchwarzbierbrauereiSchwarzbier No comment. There's not much to this style, really, but I've always found it comforting. I think the first time I had a Schwarzbier was at Hallo Berlin when we lived in NYC. Now, you can get a Schwarzbier in Spoons. There's progress for you. 80 http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/02/kostritzer-schwarzbier-48-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-7999775205751644169Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:39:00 +00002015-01-31T20:30:45.719+00:002011beerDark Star Brewing Cogolden ale No comment. Hophead was a much better beer in 2011. This period marked the apogee of my enthusiasm for all things Dark Star. We would make regular trips to the charmless confines of the Partridge, Partridge Green, where I could consume the monthly special and seasonals with gusto, usually taking four pints of APA home to drink with L. in the evening. Now, I can take or leave Dark Star. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/hophead-38-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-7015922274687658994Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:34:00 +00002015-01-31T10:34:01.418+00:002011aleAltbierBrauerei Königshof The first alt to put in an appearance in my personal drinking history. I celebrated this historic occasion by making no comment whatsoever. This was largely due to the fact that I'd no idea what an Altbier was in 2011. I'd probably have explained earnestly to you that it was a 'special edition'. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/original-konigshofer-alt-5-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-7952604526008818393Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:28:00 +00002015-01-31T20:31:25.859+00:002011beerEnglish Strong AleRobinsons "An 8.5% winter warmer for a freezing, rainy June evening." No rating. I didn't really tax myself with these phoned-in comments, did I? "Freezing, rainy"? It was a dark and stormy night into the bargain, I've little doubt. Cliché: the first recourse of the indolent. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/old-tom-original-85-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-4082157217251068112Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:24:00 +00002015-01-31T10:24:26.785+00:002011Helles LagerlagerPrivatbrauerei Hofmann No comment entered. Another inoffensive Helles. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/helles-landbier-48-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-2072642727231609547Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:22:00 +00002015-01-31T10:22:48.170+00:002011DortmunderDortmunder Actien-BrauereiExport lagerlager No comment entered. Saccharomyces pastorianus finally gets a look in. I was limbering up for a bit of a Teutonic taste-off later in the summer, I seem to recall. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/dab-export-5-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-4192118236339073867Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:16:00 +00002015-01-31T10:16:24.159+00:002011beerButcombe Breweryenglish bitter No comment entered. I'll hazard one here, however: Oh! For shame! http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/butcombe-bitter-4-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-7530974928894222648Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:14:00 +00002015-01-31T10:14:21.445+00:002011beerBitterCharles Wells Breweryenglish bitter Another pint that passed without comment. Probably another sombre sup at the Henty. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/youngs-bitter-45-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-3093950256553691530Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:11:00 +00002015-01-31T10:11:25.115+00:002011english bitterSharp's Brewery At least I had the good grace to offer neither a rating, nor a description. I really got the SIBA 'classics' out of the way early on, eh? http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/doom-bar-4-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-6046882566904243636Sat, 31 Jan 2015 10:07:00 +00002015-01-31T10:07:46.850+00:002011beerEnglish pale aleOtter Brewerypale ale "Henty Arms guest beer, May 2011," it says here. The Henty was a better pub back in the day. A certain pallor hangs over the place now; all the pints have a tang of sadness, bitter or no. Circumstances change; life events take their course. I suspect it will never be as it was. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/otter-bright-43-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-4536940494534625608Sat, 31 Jan 2015 09:59:00 +00002015-01-31T09:59:18.720+00:002011beerenglish bitterWadworth I must have second sight. Either that, or I am a predictable dullard. The next entry reads: "At the Rising Sun, Nutbourne. The perfect accompaniment to their home-made Riser Burger. The only place I eat meat in a bun." The latter is patently not true. I must have been feeling guilty about not having ordered something less prosaic. And: 6X? Jaysus. Times must have been hard. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/6x-41-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-1222202535316543729Sat, 31 Jan 2015 09:54:00 +00002015-01-31T09:54:52.034+00:002011Andwell Brewing Companybeerblonde ale Enthusiastically described by your humble servant as an 'ace session beer' at the time. I'd hazard I'd be able to muster less interest in it four years later. The cryptic '#Riser' I take to signify the fact that this was consumed at The Rising Sun in Nutbourne. With a burger, I've little doubt. How refined. And: who the hell are the Andwell Brewing Company? Do they still exist, even? ABC http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/gold-muddler-39-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-7152295662123333276Sat, 31 Jan 2015 09:50:00 +00002015-01-31T09:50:19.710+00:002011beerenglish bitterHarvey & SonHarveys In the unhallowed confines of The Lamb 80 http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/sussex-best-bitter-40-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-8647759701136178823Sat, 31 Jan 2015 09:47:00 +00002015-01-31T09:47:51.328+00:002011Adnamsbeerenglish bitter This was being bottled at 4.5% ABV in 2011. A little less strong now, I think. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/southwold-bitter-45-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34153870.post-8105940919061271004Sat, 31 Jan 2015 09:45:00 +00002015-01-31T09:55:22.204+00:002011beerESBextra special bitterextra strong bitterShepherd Neame Seeking ecclesiastical guidance. http://rustifiedandancient.blogspot.com/2015/01/bishops-finger-52-abv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Diamat)0