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Ian Nelson Posts
It’s over a month now since Visual Studio 2005 officially RTM’d, and during that time I’ve been fortunate enough to have been using it for…
Ah, I do enjoy beers by the Wychwood Brewery, who have a particularly good website (i.e. better than most of the brewery sites I’ve come…
Rosey Nosey by Bateman’s Brewery has a deceptively cutesy name, but it turns out to be a really decent-quality ale with plenty of flavour and…
Another day, another beer. It’s a hard life. Mars Magic is a rather unexciting 4.6% ABV “Premium Ale” (it says here) from the Wold Top…
Wednesday night’s tipple was the rather strange 5% ABV Kronenbourg Blanc, from UK brewing giant Scottish & Newcastle. Described as a “refreshing, fruity white beer”,…
A return to form today, with the vase of fate serving up a helping of Riggwelter, the Black Sheep Brewery’s delicious 4.7% strong Yorkshire ale.…
Today’s festive ale is the Teignworthy Christmas Cracker, a strong (6% ABV) dark and warming malty bottle conditioned ale from deepest Devon. Um, it’s OK,…
Another superb ale tonight, and this one is close to home. Nightmare by the Hambleton Ales microbrewery in Thirsk is an extremely creamy, fruity, and flavoursome stout—not…
Third Time Lucky! After two days of novelty nonsense, the vase of fate finally served up a half-litre of Harviestoun Brewery’s 4.8% masterpiece, Schiehallion, named after…