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Steam Beer

April 2, 2012
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Interesting beer this, was brewed around the San Fransisco area around the begining of the Gold Rush. Lots of anecdotal reasons for the naming but nobody really know the true facts as the beer really disapeared until Anchor Steam brought it back and Trade Marked the name Steam Beer.  Since then nobody in the...

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So no change in Beer Duty

March 22, 2012
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Hey ho that’s good you would think after the way this was reported yesterday. However sadly no change in beer duty does not mean there is no increase in beer duty. The Beer Duty Escalator is still in place and what this means that...

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Spring is here, well almost

March 7, 2012
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As we start to leave the dark days of Winter and flowers are starting to appear, we turn to thoughts of brewing some lighter beers. Our special beer during Jan and Feb was Aile. This is an award winning, Best European Flavoured Porter in...

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Blogs are hard twitter is easy

March 2, 2012
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You really need to have a gift as a writer to be a good blogger and my writing skills are rubbish hence a lack of posts on this blog...

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Beer Styles

March 2, 2012
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It was interesting the other day that other people seem to think the way I do about beer styles  see here for a really fresh take on the idea ...

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ARE BEER CLASSIFICATION STYLES DARWINIAN OR LINNAEAN

November 14, 2011
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Beer styles were laid down by the respected late Michael Jackson. These styles may well have been true to type about 20 years ago but with the explosion of...

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