March 5, 2013
With well over 250 beers on offer, we couldn’t quite manage to try them all. We did try, which is why these notes have only just come to light some time after the event, which we found scrawled in mustard on the back of a peeled-off bottle label. So, here are some of the beers that left an impression on our minds and taste buds.
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February 28, 2013
Craft Beer Rising 2013 took place on Friday 22 and Saturday 23rd February. Two of our writers, Chris Hall and Craig Heap, were invited to take a look. Chris Hall gives the London view on the city’s newest beer festival.
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February 28, 2013
Craft Beer Rising 2013 took place on Friday 22 and Saturday 23rd February. Two of our writers, Chris Hall and Craig Heap, were invited to take a look. Craig Heap considers the impact the new festival could have on the modern beer industry.
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December 5, 2012
Celtic Beer Festival 2012 Beer Tastings: Chris Hall
The Celtic Beer Festival is an annual event held in the cellars of St Austell Brewery in the town of St Austell, Cornwall. I have written a blog about the festival itself, and thought I would share my findings on the many excellent beers that were served there. It’s a great beer festival and one I would highly recommend, not only for the beer but also for the fantastic atmosphere and lively crowd. Below are short reviews of some of the beers I tasted, based on notes crudely scribbled onto the festival programme.
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October 22, 2012
Chris Hall and Craig Heap report back from this year’s RumFest, the UK’s leading celebration of rum, held at the London ExCel on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 October.
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October 22, 2012
Craig Heap takes a look back at last year’s Boutique RumFest and how some of the hopeful new rums have shaped up here in Britain.
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October 22, 2012
Following this year’s Boutique RumFest, Chris Hall looks ahead to what might in store for the UK market in the coming year.
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October 22, 2012
The Boutique 2012 Rum Tasting
We’ve divided the tastings into two categories: RumFest and Boutique. The rums we sampled at RumFest are available in the UK now (with the exception of Don Q Gran Anejo which is coming soon) while the Boutique rums aren’t yet distributed in the UK. The aim of the rum brands represented at Boutique is to obtain a distributor and break into the UK market as soon as possible, so you may see the Boutique rums on bar and shop shelves next month, next year or never at all.
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October 22, 2012
The RumFest 2012 rum tastings
We’ve divided the tastings into two categories: RumFest and Boutique. The rums we sampled at RumFest are available in the UK now (with the exception of Don Q Gran Anejo which is coming soon) while the Boutique rums aren’t yet distributed in the UK. The aim of the rum brands represented at Boutique is to break into the UK market as soon as possible, so you may see the Boutique rums on bat and shop shelves next month or never at all.
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October 22, 2012
Celebrating its third successive year, the Golden Rum Barrel Awards is one of the only awards shows of its kind to recognise and pay tribute to the key figures working in the Rum trade. The annual awards are part of the UK RumFest celebrations, the largest rum and sugar cane festival in the world which took place at London’s Olympic venue, the ExCeL Exhibition Centre on 13th and 14th October.
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October 22, 2012
The not-so-prestigious Rum Spoon Awards for the rum industry.
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October 1, 2012
In a warm up to this year’s RumFest, the UK’s leading rum exhibition, the Rum on the River event took place on the Thames in London, Thursday 13 September. It helped to showcase the spirit of rum and while it was a ‘closed event’ for rum industry professionals, the ideals, messages, and sheer love of rum demonstrated there can be found at RumFest every year. So, for a taste of RumFest 2012 on 13-14 October in London, join Chris Hall and Matt Cottom on their riverboat journey into the Heart of Rum.
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October 1, 2012
Rum On The River 2012: Part two, with Matt Cottom. The riverboat journey continues…
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September 3, 2012
Chris Hall remembers that time he went to the 2012 Great British Beer Festival, and highlights the best beers he found there.
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June 15, 2012
The Kill-Devil Spirit Tasting Sessions: Rum
Thursday 24 May at Arcadia Bar, Leeds
Article by Craig Heap
Photos by Minal Supri
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