Craft Beer World, written by Mark Dredge, is reviewed by Chris Hall.
June 5, 2013
Bigfoot Ale
Bigfoot Ale from the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co is reviewed by Ruari O’Toole.
“It tastes like you’ve driven a nail into an ale tree, pulling it out to feast on the alcoholic sylvan lifeblood.”
June 4, 2013
Red Leg Spiced Rum
Red Leg Spiced Rum is reviewed by Chris Hall.
“This is a spiced rum that can do everything.”
May 31, 2013
Briska Pomegranate Cider
Briska Pomegranate Cider, made by Kiviks Musteri in Sweden, is reviewed by Craig Heap.
“You could have a crate of these on a summer’s day and three hours later wonder where the hell they all went.”
May 30, 2013
Briska Pear Cider
Briska Pear Cider, made by Kiviks Musteri in Sweden, is reviewed by Craig Heap.
“After having dealt with so many luminous fruit ciders lately, it was genuinely startling to see a perry so naked and open.”
May 29, 2013
Lagunitas PILS
Lagunitas PILS, from Lagunitas Brewing Co, is reviewed by Chris Hall.
“The remarkable thing about this beer is that ‘pilsner by the numbers’ is an easily conjured idea but only rarely executed well outside of Germany or the Czech Republic.”
May 28, 2013
All the Sevens: UK RumFest starts early
RumFest 2013 is kick-started with Ian Burrell’s rum tour of the world…
April 5, 2013
Rip Snorter
Rip Snorter, from Hogs BAck Brewery, is reviewed by Craig Heap.
“…just enough to have you wobbling back to the bar after the first pint and saying, “Same again, please, landlord.””
January 29, 2013
Craft Beer Rising 2013
Rum & Reviews previews Craft Beer Rising ahead of our visit.
August 1, 2012
Sorachi Ace (Mikkeller)
Sorachi Ace, from Mikkeller’s Single Hop IPA Series, is reviewed by Chris Hall.
“Mikkeller has quite possibly crafted the most delicate 6.8% beer known to man. This is high-strength IPA, and yet it practically glides across the tongue…”
July 30, 2012
Colonel Williams East India Pale Ale
Colonel Williams East India Pale Ale, from Brains Brewery, is reviewed by Craig Heap.
“…This isn’t an edge of citrus, or citrus juice, this is like chewing on lemon and grapefruit rinds. Sure, sounds aggressive, but it works…”
July 27, 2012
Alcotox – The Hangover Prevention Pill
Alcotox, the hangover prevention pill, is tested and reviewed by Chris Hall, Ruari O’Toole and Craig Heap.
July 18, 2012
Sierra Nevada Extra IPA
Torpedo Extra IPA, from Sierra Nevada, is reviewed with sheer wanton lust by Chris Hall.
“No Sierra Nevada, I’m not currently trying to work out the most efficient way of storing the highest possible number of bottles of Torpedo in my flat, okay? This spread sheet and hastily-sketched floor plan are because…”
July 2, 2012
Recommended books for July
Recommended Reading for July
Our reviewer recommends: Not so much a review; more of an informal heads-up on books we like.
