Another Empire

I tick off number seven on the list this week, and my second Marston’s beer – Old Empire. This is my second IPA, and as you may recall, stands for India Pale Ale. Typically, IPAs are stronger than your average beer and usually quite bitter. Marston’s version is no different.

I wrote at some length last time about how I felt many IPAs weren’t actually that pale. But, I admitted, this is probably more about what I think of as pale rather than the beer hue itself. This beer is, however, fairly pale and crystal clear as you might expect.

Marston’s is a pretty big brewery, and as well as Pedigree and Old Empire IPA, produce a broad range of beers which you can get hold of. When I quickly skimmed their website earlier today, they list a number of other breweries such as Jennings and Bank’s, and I wonder if they just kindly advertise these other ale-makers or have a hand in them also. Many of the larger breweries have bought up the smaller ones, which is often a shame as the little guy just can’t compete with the big business breweries.

About the beer

The 300 list classes this as an IPA.

I really like Old Empire, and irrespective of how you feel about big breweries, this is not a bad bottle of beer. It’s strong, at 5.7% as you’d expect from an IPA and has that good level of bitterness also. It doesn’t whack you in the taste buds with hops, but a slower bitter tang that hands on the tongue. It is a mass produced beer, which I know many don’t like, and perhaps has some of those characteristics. It’s a better alternative than some other so called IPAs I could name, and I don’t think you would be disappointed if you tried it.

Alcohol: 5.7%

My rating: 7/10

Whether you love the big name breweries, or prefer a smaller, local brew, you have to give credit where it’s due here.

The great thing about Old Empire, and Marston’s beers in general, is that you can find them without much trouble. Most large supermarkets supply them, and in fact, I picked up my bottle from our local Home Bargains at a basement price of only £1.59. That’s not bad for a good pint.

How does it compare to other IPAs? Well, looking back at my notes, the only other IPA I’ve tried so far was the Burton Bridge Empire – the name is simply a coincidence! I notice I’ve scored them both a 7, which seems somewhat unfair to the Burton-on-Trent beast. That was a great beer, and had real character and strength. Perhaps the truth is though, that while the beers are both IPAs, they really are quite different animals. Even side by side in the “IPA” box, you see a big difference in them, and that’s what I love about ale! Every single beer is different, and you never quite know which you are going to love the most – this one, or the next! Keep tasting, that’s what I say!

Wych-wood you choose?

It’s been a while since my last blog post, for which I can only apologise for. My limited but not so weak excuses include: personal motivation, Israeli beers and a house move which has forced me to drink much of my garage stock! This has left me with little time to write sadly.

I return with my sixth beer on the list, and a cracking one at that! Wychwood Hobgoblin was one of the first “real” beers I ever enjoyed and to this day, I still love a drop of it. A particular friend of mine is a huge fan of all things Wychwood, and usually has a couple of dozen bottles in his beer fridge. He has a slight oddity in that he doesn’t always like to drink his beers, but rather save them like a collector. Save the empties, that’s what I say!

About the beer

The 300 beers list classes it as: Extra Strong Beer

Wychwood Hobgoblin is the flagship beer, as I see it, of the Witney-based brewery. They produce a wide range of beers, including a favourite of mine – King Goblin. It’s a bit of a strong one, but I do like a bottle on Christmas Day!

Hobgoblin is a dark and flavourful beer. I was once told it was modelled on chocolate fudge, but not sure if that’s the case or not. It’s rather gulpable, and not overly bitter but with a good balance. It’s widely available now, as is its Gold cousin, and also in mini-kegs.

As stated above, it’s classed as an Extra Strong brew, but at just over 5%, it’s not ridiculous and there are many beers on the list that far exceed its volume. Hey though, who am I to question the list?

Alcohol: 5.2%

My rating: 9/10

I love Hobgoblin, as it’s a great tasting beer and a fond favourite of many a real ale drinker. I’ve been to a few breweries in my time, but never made it up to Witney to visit Wychwood. I’m keen to put this right at some point soon, and want to see what else they have to offer. For Christmas this year, my lovely wife bought me a case of Wychwood beers which included such great titles as Goliath, Arrowaine and Bah Humbug (their Christmas beer, in case you hadn’t guessed!). Wych-wood you choose?

If you’ve not had Hobgoblin, where have you been? But seriously, if you’re just starting your real ale journey, this is a great one to get you started! Enjoy!

Meantime Chocolate Porter

As mentioned in a previous post, I’ve had a couple of memory lapses lately, buying a beer I thought was on the list when it in fact wasn’t. I corrected this by posting the list to this blog, so that when I’m out and about, I can take a quick gander before I buy.

I approached the bar recently, and spotted a bottle of Meantime Chocolate Porter in one of the beer fridges. Without hesitation, I ordered one and took it back to my seat. One of my fellow drinkers, who is way ahead of me on his 300 list, pointed out that the Meantime Chocolate Porter was not on the list. We debated this point for a minute or so, but he was quite right – it’s not. The Meantime London Porter is on the list, and I think that’s where I was getting confused.

So was I disappointed to have bought the Chocolate Porter in error? Not at all!

About the beer

Meantime Chocolate Porter – not, in fact, on the 300 list but great all the same!

This beer is dark and delicious. It starts in the mouth with a hit of bitterness, and then you taste the chocolate. We debated, my friends and I, what it reminded us of – one thought of chocolate ice cream, and another cream soda. Either way, it’s a really wonderful flavour and a full bodied beer. Because of the chocolate, it won’t fit all situations I guess, and likely won’t be a good match for a fish dinner! As a dessert beer, it’s bang on.

Alcohol: 6.5%

My rating: 8/10

I really struggled to rate this one, as it really is genuinely delicious. It’s not a session beer, at a hefty 6.5%, but also the flavour, as good as it is, is perhaps not what you always want in a “beer”. I can’t emphasise enough how good it is though, just specialised perhaps.

 

The Meantime Brewing Company is based in South-East London and offers a range of beers including a Lager, the two Porters mentioned above and a Stout. You can source their beers directly from them, but obviously can get them in and around London (and beyond). Like many breweries, you can visit them and take tour.

I’m a particular fan of the Meantime bottles, as seen in the attached picture. I’m not sure why, but it’s nice to see a more unusual shaped bottle! A friend commented that not only do you get a great beer, but you can keep the bottle and put a candle in it later… True, this may be, but I’m not sure Mrs Brown would be too keen on having naked flames and a set of empties dotted about the premises!

Having sampled this Meantime beer, I can’t wait to get on to the beers that actually on the list! I’ll keep my eyes peeled for a chance to get my hands on them.

Brooklyn Mine-Mine

If you’re not familiar with the TV show – Brooklyn Nine-Nine, then the above pun may be lost on you. Anyway, I digress…

A recent trip to our local Weatherspoons had me perusing the drinks menu once again. You may remember before that I missed out on a chance to try the Brooklyn Lager in my local, as they were out of stock. Here, at the Spoons, I had another chance to get my hands on a bottle of this American brew. Success! They had a good supply of them!

As I proudly stood my lager on the table, some of my real ale drinking buddies were a little derisive that I would pick up a bottled lager by choice. In fact, shortly before this, they had poked fun at a Heineken drinker who felt our real ale was a bit “tasteless!”

I tried to explain that lager, as they knew it, was mostly watery, light and tasteless, but I knew this Brooklyn Lager would be different. If, in your mind, lager means Becks, Bud or Carling, then you are missing out on true beers and especially what true lager can be. Brooklyn Lager is worlds apart from these aforementioned lagers, and is certainly not watery or tasteless!

About the beer

Brooklyn Lager by the Brooklyn Brewery – classed as a Vienna beer

Brooklyn Lager is a great beer. It is full of flavour and would please any a real ale drinker I’d wager. Vienna style beers have been popular in Brooklyn for a long time, but this has a slight twist on the usual Vienna style. According to Brooklyn Brewery’s own web site, they “dry hop” the beer to create an American original. This dry hopping (explained later) gives the beer a great floral aroma. The beer is amber-gold in colour, balancing a strong malt flavour with a firm bitterness.

Alcohol: 5.2%

My rating: 7/10

 

Dry hopping is a technique where you add fresh or dried hops to a batch of fermented beer, leaving it to steep for several days. This gives the beer a fresh hoppy aroma, and depending on the hops you use, can really alter the scent coming off the beverage. Many breweries use this technique to lift their beers, but it’s a great thing to do at home (when using kit brews) as it can bring the ale to life.

As I said above, Brooklyn Lager can be found in Weatherspoons pubs but also other non-Spoons establishments. I understand it’s also available in Waitrose, and likely other supermarkets as well, so I hope you can get your hands on some.

If not, you could always hop across the Pond to the Big Apple and get it from the source!

The List

After a couple of memory failures lately, where I've bought beers I was absolutely sure were on the list - but weren't - I've decided to put it online so I can access it on the go.

2016 300 Beer Challenge

India Pale Ales

1.       Burton Bridge Empire Pale Ale (England) Done! 7/10 17/01/16

2.       Caledonian Deuchars IPA (Scotland) AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

3.       Concertina Bengal Tiger (England)

4.       •Goose Island IPA (USA) AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

5.       •Hogs Back BSA (England)

6.       •Marston’s Old Empire (England) IN STOCK!

7.       •Meantime IPA (England) AMAZON

8.       •Pike IPA (USA)

9.       •Shipyard Fuggles IPA (USA)

10.   •Thornbridge Jaipur IPA (England)

11.   •Worthington’s White Shield (England)

 

Pilsners

12.   Bitburger Pils (Germany) AVAILABLE AT ADNAMS

13.   •Brand-UP (Netherlands)

14.   •Christoffel Blonde (Netherlands)

15.   •Grolsch Pilsener (Netherlands)

16.   •Jever Pilsener (Germany) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

17.   •Malt Shovel James Squire Original Pilsner (Australia)

18.   •Perla Chmielowa Premium Pils (Poland)

19.   •Pilsner Urquell (Czech Republic) AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

20.   •Spendrup’s Old Gold (Sweden)

21.   •Trumer Pils (Austria)

22.   Weihenstephaner Pilsner (Germany)

 

Brown and Mild Ales

23.   •Banks’s Mild (England)

24.   •Batemans Dark Mild (England)

25.   •Batham’s Mild Ale (England)

26.   •Brains Dark (Wales)

27.   •Brooklyn Brown Ale (USA) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

28.   •Buckerfield’s Appleton Brown Ale (Canada)

29.   •Cain’s Dark Mild (England)

30.   •Double Maxim (England)

31.   •Elgood’s Black Dog (England)

32.   •Highgate Dark Mild (England)

33.   •Holt’s Mild Ale (England)

34.   •Hydes Dark Mild (England)

35.   •Liefman’s Old Bruin (Belgium)

36.   •McMullen’s AK (England)

37.   Manns Original Brown Ale (England) IN STOCK!

38.   •Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde (England)

39.   •Moorhouse’s Black Cat (England)

40.   •Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby (England)

 

Pale Ales

41.   •Anchor Liberty Ale (USA) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

42.   •Boston Ale (USA)

43.   •Bridgeport Blue Heron (USA)

44.   •Coopers Sparkling Ale (Australia) AVAILABLE AT BEER HAWK

45.   •De Koninck (Belgium)

46.   •Doc Hadfield’s Pale Ale (Canada)

47.   •Geary’s Pale Ale (USA)

48.   •Iceni Boadicea Chariot Ale (England)

49.   •Marston’s Pedigree (England) DONE! 7/10 10/01/16

50.   •Mendocino Blue Heron Pale Ale (USA)

51.   •Palm Spéciale (Belgium)

52.   •Samuel Smith’s Organic Pale Ale (England)

53.   •Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (USA) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

54.   •Younger’s Special Bitter (USA)

 

Bitters

55.   •Adnams Southwold Bitter (England) IN STOCK

56.   •Black Sheep Best Bitter (England)

57.   •Brakspear Bitter (England)

58.   •Brunswick Triple Hop (England)

59.   •Butcombe Bitter (England)

60.   •Coniston Bluebird Bitter (England)

61.   •Harveys Sussex Best Bitter (England)

62.   •Holden’s Black Country Bitter (England)

63.   •Holt’s Bitter (England)

64.   •Shepherd Neame Master Brew (England)

65.   •Triple fff Alton’s Pride (England)

66.   •Uley Bitter (England)

67.   •Welton’s Pridenjoy (England)

68.   •Woodforde’s Wherry (England)

 

Best Bitters

69.   Adnams Broadside (England) DONE! 10/10 1/1/16

70.   •Batemans XXXB (England)

71.   •Black Sheep Emmerdale Ale (England)

72.   •Brains SA (Wales)

73.   •Brewster’s Decadence (England)

74.   Cain’s Formidable Ale (England)

75.   Freeminer Speculation (England)

76.   •Fuller’s London Pride (England)

77.   •Goose Island Honker’s Ale (USA)

78.   •Greene King Abbot Ale (England)

79.   •Hook Norton Old Hooky (England)

80.   •Iceni Fine Soft Day (England)

81.   •Mordue Workie Ticket (England)

82.   •Rooster’s Yankee (England)

83.   •St. Austell HSD (England) AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

84.   •St. Peter’s Organic Best Bitter (England)

85.   •Shepherd Neame Bishop’s Finger (England) AVAILABLE AT SUPERMARKETS

86.   •Timothy Taylor’s Landlord (England) AVAILABLE ON DRINK SHOP

87.   •Upper Canada Dark Ale (Canada)

88.   •Wadworth 6X (England)

89.   •Wellington Arkell Best Bitter (Canada)

90.   •Wells Bombardier (England) AVAILABLE AT SUPERMARKETS

91.   •Wolf Granny Wouldn’t Like It (England)

 

Extra Strong Beers & Bitters

92.   •Arkell’s Kingsdown Ale (England)

93.   •Fuller’s ESB (England)

94.   •Jennings Sneck Lifter (England)

95.   •Moorhouse’s Pendle Witches Brew (England)

96.   •Pauwel Kwak (Belgium)

97.   •Ridley’s Old Bob (England)

98.   •Ringwood Old Thumper (England)

99.   •Shipyard Longfellow Winter Ale (USA)

100.                        •Wild River Extra Special Bitter (USA)

101.                        •Wychwood Hobgoblin (England) IN STOCK

 

Old Ales, Barley Wines & Vintage Ales

102.                        •Anchor Old Foghorn (USA) AVAILABLE ON THE DRINK SHOP

103.                        •Anker Gouden Carolus Classic (Belgium)

104.                        •Ballards Wassail (England)

105.                        •Blue Anchor Spingo Special (England)

106.                        •BridgePort Old Knucklehead (USA)

107.                        •Brakspear Triple (England)

108.                        •Broughton Old Jock (Scotland)

109.                        •Bush Ambrée (Belgium)

110.                        •Chiltern 300s Old Ale (England)

111.                        •Coopers Vintage Ale (Australia)

112.                        •Cottage Norman’s Conquest (England)

113.                        •Fuller’s Vintage Ale (England)

114.                        •Gale’s Prize Old Ale (England)

115.                        •Greene King Strong Suffolk Ale (England)

116.                        •Highgate Old Ale (England)

117.                        •Lees Harvest Ale (England)

118.                        •Pike Old Bawdy (USA)

119.                        •Robinson’s Old Tom (England)

120.                        •Sierra Nevada Bigfoot (USA)

121.                        •Theakston’s Old Peculier (England)

122.                        •Traquair House Ale (Scotland)

123.                        •Woodforde’s Norfolk Nip (England)

 

Porters and Stouts

124.                        •Alaskan Smoked Porter (USA)

125.                        •Bridge of Allan Glencoe Wild Oat Stout (Scotland) IN STOCK!

126.                        •Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout (USA) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

127.                        •Broughton Scottish Oatmeal Stout (Scotland)

128.                        •Carlsberg Carls Stout Porter (Denmark)

129.                        •Carnegie Stark Porter (Sweden)

130.                        •Castlemaine Carbine Stout (Australia)

131.                        •Coopers Best Extra Stout (Australia)

132.                        •Darwin Flag Porter (England)

133.                        •Foster’s Sheaf Stout (Australia)

134.                        •Great Lakes The Edmund Fitzgerald Porter (USA)

135.                        •Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (Ireland) AVAILABLE ON DRINK SHOP

136.                        •Hambleton Nightmare (England)

137.                        •Hanlons Port Stout (England)

138.                        •Harveys Imperial Extra Double Stout (England)

139.                        •Hook Norton Double Stout (England)

140.                        •Koff Porter (Finland)

141.                        •Larkin’s Porter (England)

142.                        •Le Coq Porter (Estonia)

143.                        •Lion Stout (Sri Lanka)

144.                        •Mackeson Stout (England)

145.                        •Meantime London Porter (England) AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

146.                        •Mendocino Black Hawk Stout (USA)

147.                        •Nethergate Old Growler (England)

148.                        •Nethergate Umbel Magna (England)

149.                        •North Coast Brewing Old No 38 Stout (USA)

150.                        •North Coast Brewing Old Rasputin (USA)

151.                        •North Cotswold Arctic Global Warmer (England)

152.                        •Pitfield 1792 Imperial Stout (England)

153.                        •Pitfield 1850 London Porter (England)

154.                        •Pitfield Shoreditch Stout (England)

155.                        •RCH Old Slug Porter (England)

156.                        •Ridley’s Witchfinder Porter (England)

157.                        •Rogue Shakespeare Stout (USA) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

158.                        •Rogue XS Imperial Stout (USA)

159.                        •Samuel Smith’s Imperial Stout (England)

160.                        •Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout (England)

161.                        •Samuel Smith’s Taddy Porter (England)

162.                        •Titanic Stout (England)

163.                        •Wye Valley Brewery Dorothy Goodbody’s Wholesome Stout (England)

164.                        •Young’s Double Chocolate Stout (England) IN STOCK!

165.                        •Zywiec Porter (Poland)

 

Golden Ales

166.                        •Achouffe La Chouffe (Belgium) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

167.                        •Castle Rock Nottingham Gold (England)

168.                        •Copper Dragon Golden Pippin (England)

169.                        •Crouch Vale Brewers Gold (England)

170.                        •De Dolle Arabier (Belgium)

171.                        •Duvel (Belgium)  AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

172.                        •Exmoor Gold (England)

173.                        •Freeminer Gold Miner (England)

174.                        •Hesket Newmarket Helvellyn Gold (England)

175.                        •Hop Back Summer Lightning (England)

176.                        •Kelham Island Pale Rider (England)

177.                        •Oakham JHB (England)

178.                        •Silly Double Enghien Blonde (Belgium)

179.                        •Unibroue Maudite (Canada)

180.                        •Young’s London Gold (England)

 

Scottish Ales

181.                        •Belhaven 80 Shilling (Scotland) IN STOCK!

182.                        •Belhaven St. Andrews Ale (Scotland)

183.                        •Bristol Laughing Lab (USA)

184.                        •Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted (Scotland)

185.                        •Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer (Scotland)

186.                        •Islay Saligo Ale (Scotland)

187.                        •Orkney Dark Island (Scotland)

 

Wheat Beers

188.                        •Berliner Kindl Weisse (Germany)

189.                        •Franziskaner Weissbier (Germany)

190.                        •Hopf Export (Germany)

191.                        •Matilda Bay Redback (Australia)

192.                        •Schneider Aventinus (Germany) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

193.                        •Schneider Weisse (Germany) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

194.                        •Schultheiss Berliner Weisse (Germany)

195.                        •Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier (Germany) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

 

Belgian Style Wheat Beers

196.                        •Abbaye des Rocs Blanche des Honnelles (Belgium)

197.                        •Caracole Troublette (Belgium)

198.                        •Du Bocq Blanche de Namur (Belgium) AVAILABLE ON DRINK SHOP

199.                        •Hoegaarden (Belgium)

200.                        •Unibroue Blanche de Chambly (Canada)

Belgian Sour Red Beer

201.                        •Rodenbach Grand Cru (Belgium) MAYBE BEER HAWK

Bières de Garde

202.                        •L'Angelus (France) *

203.                        •Castelain Ch'ti Blonde (France)

204.                        •La Choulette Ambree (France)

205.                        Duyck Jenlain Ambree (France)

206.                        •St. Sylvestre 3 Monts (France)

 

Saison

207.                        •Saison Dupont (Belgium) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

208.                        •Saison de Pipaix (Belgium)

 

Alt and Amber Beers

209.                        •Alaskan Amber (USA)

210.                        •Diebels Alt (Germany)

211.                        •Duckstein Original (Germany)

212.                        •Full Sail Amber Ale (USA)

213.                        •Pinkus Müller Alt (Germany)

214.                        •St. Stan’s Amber Alt (USA)

215.                        •St. Stan’s Dark Alt (USA)

216.                        •Zum Uerige Alt (Germany)

 

Kölsch

217.                        •Früh Kölsch (Germany)

218.                        •Hellers Kölsch (Germany)

219.                        •Hellers Ur-Weisse (Germany)

 

Trappist Beers

220.                        •Achelse Blonde 5 (Belgium)

221.                        •Achelse Brune 5 (Belgium)

222.                        •Chimay Rouge (Belgium) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

223.                        •Chimay Blanche (Belgium)AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

224.                        •Chimay Bleue (Belgium)AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

225.                        •Koningshoeven La Trappe Blond (Netherlands) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

226.                        •Koningshoeven La Trappe Dubbel (Netherlands)ABAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

227.                        •Koningshoeven La Trappe Tripel (Netherlands)AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

228.                        •Orval (Belgium) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

229.                        •Rochefort 6 (Belgium) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

230.                        •Rochefort 8 (Belgium) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

231.                        •Rochefort 10 (Belgium) AVAILABLE AT BEER HAWK

232.                        •Westmalle Dubbel (Belgium) AVAILABLE ON BER HAWK

233.                        •Westmalle Tripel (Belgium)ABAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

234.                        •Westvleteren Blond (Belgium)

235.                        •Westvleteren Extra (Belgium)

236.                        •Westvleteren Abt (Belgium)

 

Abbey Beers

237.                        •Abbaye des Rocs (Belgium) MAYBE BEER HAWK

238.                        •Affligem Blond (Belgium)

239.                        •Bosteels Karmeliet Tripel (Belgium)

240.                        •Leffe Triple (Belgium)

241.                        •Maredsous Bruin (Belgium) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

242.                        •Maredsous Tripel (Belgium) AVAILABLE ON BEER HAWK

243.                        •Ommegang Abbey Ale (USA)

244.                        •Stoudt’s Triple (USA)

245.                        •Tongerlo Double Brown (Belgium)

246.                        •Tongerlo Triple Blond (Belgium)

 

Steam Beer

247.                        •Anchor Steam Beer (USA) AVAILABLE ON THE DRINK SHOP

 

Lambic and Gueuze

248.                        •Oude Geuze Boon (Belgium)

249.                        •Boon Mariage Parfait Kriek (Belgium)

250.                        •Cantillon Fou'foune (Belgium)

251.                        •Cantillon Gueuze-Lambic (Belgium)

252.                        •Cantillon Kriek (Belgium)

253.                        •Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus (Belgium)

254.                        •Drie Fonteinen Framboos (Belgium)

255.                        •Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze (Belgium)

256.                        •Drie Fonteinen Oude Kriek (Belgium)

257.                        •Girardin Gueuze Black Label 1882 (Belgium)

 

Beers made with Fruit, Spices, Herbs and Seeds

258.                        •Beavertown Bloody ‘Ell (England) *

259.                        •Daleside Morocco Ale (England)

260.                        •Fraoch Heather Ale (Scotland) DONE! 7/10 5/01/16

261.                        •Jopen Koyt (Netherlands)

262.                        •Kelpie Seaweed Ale (Scotland)

263.                        •Meantime Coffee Porter (England) AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

264.                        •Meantime Raspberry Wheat Beer (England) AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

265.                        •RCH Ale Mary (England)

266.                        •St. Austell Clouded Yellow (England) AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

267.                        •Wells Banana Bread Beer (England) AVAILABLE AT SUPERMARKETS

 

Pale Lagers

268.                        •Augustiner Hell (Germany) AVAILABLEON BEER HAWK

269.                        •Baltika Classic No 3 (Russia)

270.                        •Budweiser Budvar (Czech Republic)

271.                        •Kirin Ichiban (Japan)

272.                        •Spaten Münchner Hell (Germany)

273.                        •Zatec 12° (Czech Republic)

 

Black and Dark Lagers

274.                        •Gordon Biersch Dunkles (USA)

275.                        •Kaltenburg Konig Ludwig Dunkel (Germany)

276.                        •Klasterni St. Norbert Dark (Czech Republic)

277.                        •Köstritzer Schwarzbier (Germany)

278.                        •Trebon Dark Regent (Czech Republic)

279.                        •U Fleku Flekovsky Dark (Czech Republic)

280.                        •Xingu Black Beer (Brazil)

 

Bocks

281.                        •Ayinger Celebrator (Germany)

282.                        •Einbecker Ur-Bock (Germany)

283.                        •EKU 28 (Germany)

284.                        •EKU Kulminator (Germany)

285.                        •Hübsch Doppelbock (USA)

286.                        •Paulaner Salvator (Germany)

287.                        •Samichlaus (Austria)

 

Vienna Red, Märzen and Oktoberfest Beers

288.                        •Boston Samuel Adams Lager (USA)

289.                        •Brooklyn Lager (USA) Done! 29/01/16 7/10 Weatherspoons Last Post

290.                        •Hofbräu Märzen (Germany)

291.                        •Negra Modelo (Mexico)

292.                        •Spaten Ur Märzen (Germany)

 

Dortmunder Export

293.                        •Alfa Super Dortmunder (Netherlands)

294.                        •DAB Export (Germany)

295.                        •Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold (USA)

296.                        •Gulpener Dort (Netherlands)

297.                        •Pinkus Special (Germany)

298.                        •Sapporo Yebisu (Japan)

299.                        •Švyturys Ekstra (Lithuania)

 

Smoked Beer

300.                        •Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier (Germany)