Sometimes it helps to read the label a bit before buying a beer. See, I picked up this Brooklyn Brewery chocolate stout from the bottle shop up north at Coledale because it’s […]
Dark Beer Week – Day Seven
Dark Beer Week – Day Six
I love a good stout but dark beers scare off some people. Perhaps it’s because they look so heavy and murky compared to the mainstream lagers they think of as ‘‘beer’’. Or […]
Dark Beer Week – Day Five
Porters and stouts tend to be the easiest styles for me to find faults in. Well, “faults” isn’t the right word here, probably “things I don’t like about the beer”. So while […]
Dark Beer Week – Day Four
This would have to be one of my favourite stouts – hands down. I just love its milky sweetness. Brewed in Japan by the Kiuchi Brewery, the Hitachino Nest Lacto Sweet Stout […]
Dark Beer Week – Day Three
You want a real challenge? Try and find a bottle of Southwark Old Stout near your place. And that’s a challenge that stands, regardless of where you live (except perhaps in South […]
Dark Beer Week – Day Two
I’m thinking Sheaf Stout doesn’t get much love from the CUB stables. See, in my day job I was compiling a page of winter beer reviews for the newspaper’s food and wine […]
Dark Beer Week – Day One
Okay, so choosing a beer with a “Reduced to Clear 30 per cent off” sticker to start off Dark Beer Week might not seem like a great idea, but stick with me […]
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