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US Beer Review: Brooklyn Lager

17/03/2012
US Beer Review: Brooklyn Lager

Follow @TheGuestAle I first drank Brooklyn Lager last November across the Hudson in Manhattan (see American Beer Special) but having spotted it on offer in my local Sainsbury this week I decided to give it another spin. I’m usually suspicious of the “L” word, but this only truly applies to “those” brands and other closely related liquids on nearby shelves, not the craft variety or German/Belgian types. I’m a massive fan of the US craft beer movement and as soon as I hear that a beer has been dry-hopped (i.e. fresh hops are added during maturation) then I know I’m likely to enjoy it. Staying true to a Viennese style lager, Brooklyn Lager is has a deep caramel hue...

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Video: American Beer Special from New York

27/11/2011
Video: American Beer Special from New York

Follow @TheGuestAle The American craft beer scene is on fire right now, with great beer coming out of many a state. I recently spent the weekend visiting my US-based sister and The Guest Ale contributor, Suzanna Lee-Kendall to check out some of New York’s famous craft beer venues and beers available on Main Street stores. This video features the wonderful craft ale houses Blind Tiger of Greenwich Village and Midtown’s Pony Bar. We also check out great craft ales from Smuttynose, Six Point and Brooklyn Brewery. Unfortunately, a lot of footage was wasted due to the noisy and dark of the New York bars. Here are the best bits and don’t forget to check out our American Craft Ales...

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Stateside View: Nosferatu by Great Lakes Brewing

15/10/2011
Stateside View: Nosferatu by Great Lakes Brewing

Follow @TheGuestAle The American brewing scene is in rude health. So The Guest Ale has drafted in an English expat to cast her expert eye on the latest trends. In the fourth of her posts, all the way from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Suzanna Lee-Kendall reviews Nosferatu by Great Lakes Brewing. Anyone familiar with the 1922 German Expressionist horror film “Nosferatu” will have lost some sleep trying to get the chilling image of the vampire Count shakily emerging from that trap door out of their heads. There is such an intense glare in his eyes coupled with those nasty pointed teeth that is utterly haunting. And so, as Halloween season is in full swing here in the States, imagine my curiosity when...

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Stateside View: Samuel Adams’ Bonfire Rauchbier

08/09/2011
Stateside View: Samuel Adams’ Bonfire Rauchbier

Follow @TheGuestAle The American brewing scene is in rude health. So The Guest Ale has drafted in an English expat to cast her expert eye on the latest trends. In the third of her posts, all the way from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Suzanna Lee-Kendall reviews Bonfire Rauchbier by Samuel Adams. Whilst sitting around a camp fire on a dark forest mountain top in rural Pennsylvania, you could be forgiven for perhaps expecting to be startled by a bear or a coyote,  but not by the beverage you are about to start quaffing. Recently, I was perched on a tree stump around just such a fire when I was first handed a bottle of Samuel Adams Bonfire Rauchbier. It was a dark night so I...

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