There is a tradition of spicing ales with ginger, and its use in Britain was revived by the Gloucestershire brewery Freeminer.
I am not surprised that UmbelAle is popular: This astonishingly fresh-tasting, bone-dry lemony brew is addictive and appetising: a distinctive arid beautiful beer; Try it with a coriander (and mint?) spiced lamb dish.
In a former beguinage (community of lay sisters), the famously pruney Flemish dark ale Gouden Carolus is produced with coriander and Curacao orange peels as flavourings.
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Real ale prices have risen by the rate of inflation over the last year (3.3 per cent) with the average price of real ale £1.82, but lager prices have risen by nearly 4 per cent to a staggering £2.01 a pint.
Ale tasters or ale-conners were very early local officials who tested the quality of a brew before it was offered to the general public.
While an ‘ale house’ type development is something that CAMRA might normally be expected to support, Cheadle is already arguably over-pubbed and given the involvement of Bass it is highly doubtful that it would be an ‘ale house’ as we know it.
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A quaffing ale, this is a mid-strength, full-flavoured bitter with fruity notes and a smack of hops in the finish.
A golden ale with St. John’s Wort extract, part of the brewery’s Natural Selection offering.
The original UmbelAle from the Nethergate Brewery.
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Presented in a rather trendy, clear 750ml bottle, it is fairly obvious that this is aimed at tempting discerning diners to try ale with their meal instead of wine.
Ruddles County is a famous ale, served in a clear glass bottle.
Coriander flowers occur in clusters, or umbels, to use the botanical term, hence the daft name.
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Ian was initially reluctant to brew more than one ale but was persuaded to add a stonger brew after a couple of years.
Both Growler and a 1038 pale bitter were brewed this way, the wort percolating through a bed of coriander seeds to give a warming spicy tang to the resultant ales - Umbel Magna and UmbelAle respectively.
Ingenious use of space at the brewery means that Nethergate have scope to continue growing for some time without leaving the spiritual home.
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Umbel is an old word for coriander and the brewer is not afraid of using it!
Up until the early summer, the ever-changing duet of guest ales were as good as ever but I have been receiving some unfavourable reports for the last several weeks.
All of the town centre pubs have something to offer the Real Ale drinker but special mention must go to the Gate Inn where guest ales are now the norm, courtesy of Enterprise Inns’ policy and a licensee who knows his beers.
If you're having problems finding good ale in Colorado, then something is seriously wrong with the bars or liquor stores you frequent.
A Red Gate Ale was on the cards for Tech Ed, but the Microsoft beverage police had other ideas.
I would love to have a Red Gate ale available at PASS, though I suspect the logistics of getting loads of bottles of British real ale shipped over to Seattle might be interesting.
I established Realale.com in early 2005 with a view to make the wide range of high quality, but often unknown, real ales being produced in British micro-breweries accessible to a much larger audience of discerning drinkers.
Historically, most of the ales offered by Realale.com have been available only in and around the local communities in which they are brewed.
This case is specially picked by Nick to celebrate the GBBF (Great British Beer Festival) and the official launch of our new and improved web-site.
This year's first Beer Festival was a tremendous success, and we shall certainly be holding another one next year (or maybe even earlier!)
Starting 5pm on Friday 26th May, and going on throughout the Holiday weekend 'til Monday night, the Melford Swan Beer Festival will showcase 18 real ales and cider.
These are chosen from several independent local breweries as well as Greene King’s cask-conditioned range.
August 6, 2000 -- For only the third time ever, and the first time in twenty years, a mild ale has been voted the Champion Beer of Britain at the annual Great British Beer Festival.
Black Cat from the Moorhouse brewery of Lancashire was announced on August 1st as the winner of cask ale's most prestigious competition.
Second to the Black Cat and winner of the silver medal was Traditional English Ale, or T.E.A., from the Hogs Back brewery of Surrey, also winner of the Best Bitter category.
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Available on draught as a guest ale in the Cheque Inn, Wroughton, Wiltshire.
I cannot believe that none of the multiples have gobbled this one up as a perfect Summer Beer.Clear and lightly coloured the Lemongrass gives it a slight mysterious taste without being all encompassing.