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The penultimate beer on my 2005 advent calendar was Ruby Red from the St. Peter's Brewery in Suffolk.  I'd been looking forward to this 4.3% ABV red ale, which, like all of the beers from St. Peter's, comes in

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Fraoch is a 5% ABV Scottish beer that brings back many happy memories of late nights spent in the bar at the Clachaig Inn.  "Fraoch" is the Gaelic for heather, so take a guess what this beer is made from?

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"Jingle Knockers" isn't exactly a phrase that inspires confidence, but this 5.5% ABV from Skinner's Brewery in Cornwall is really good, definitely on a par with the stuff I've tried from Hambleton Ales and the Harviestoun Brewery.  Smooth and

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Now, don't get me wrong, there are many great things that have originated from America - not least of all my good lady wife - but I've always thought that "American Beer" is something of an anachronism!  Let's face it,

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Smuggler's Ale is another bottled beer which found its way into my calendar via an Asda beer competition.  It's 5% ABV, with hints of treacle, and is really rather enjoyable. And to paraphrase Forrest Gump, that's all I have to

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There's something a wee bit disappointing about picking up a bottle labelled "MOROCCO ALE" and finding that it is, in fact, from nowhere more distant than Harrogate - the Daleside Brewery to be precise.  According to the label: "The recipe

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Gadzooks!  Who would have thought that it would be so difficult to find a few minutes each day to transcribe a few words about a bottle of beer?  But it is - especially as we enter the party season and

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