March 2008

India Pale Ale

History

East India Company Formed

Official Beer of the World Cup

News

Before the World Cup was assigned to Germanyi, Anheuser Busch bought the rights to supply the official beer. This means the American Budweiser being the only beer allowed to be sold in stadiums.

Favourite ingredients

Beers and Brewing

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The New Forest Inn, Emery Down, Hampshire

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pub

A good little pub just outside of Lyndhurst with good traditional food.   Four hand pulls had local Ringwood brews Best & 49'er plus Tim Taylor Landlord and a very good St Austell Tri

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6

Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus

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Cantillon

An intensely sour beer with a sharp taste of rasberries.   Very thirst quenching but a sipping beer.   I do have a small issue with quality control as there is a noticable varia

Reviewers rating: 
8

Jever Pilsner

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Jever

This is the bitterest pilsner I've ever tasted - wonderfull.   A grassy bitterness and a stereotypically very dry German pilsner.

Reviewers rating: 
10

Hoegaarden

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Hoegaarden

Although the beer has survived change of ownership and breweries by an international brewing giant, its still a good beer.   Unusual with its fragrant corianderi and orange taste, fruity b

Reviewers rating: 
8

Bitburger Pils

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Bitburger

Germanyi's best selling pilsner style lager.   This is a good example of a German pils - clean tasting with good bitterness.

Reviewers rating: 
8

Titanic Iceburg

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Titanic

This is a wheat beer is the kristallweisse fashion, although the wheat side of things is subtle.   This is a dry, clean tasting lager with a good noble hop presence.

Reviewers rating: 
8

Atlas Latitude Highland Pilsner

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Atlas

The bottle says that its a pilsner style beer but it really seems like a pale golden ale to me.   A good subtle aroma hop flavour and smell with a light pale malty body.   An ex

Reviewers rating: 
8