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Chimay-Tripel. I confess to having parochial taste in beer, and view lager as the work of the devil. This, however,isn't sour, hasn't had fruit or herbs added and is incredibly serious and grown up.I...

Probably sacrilegious, but an evil mix of Harvey's(bottled) Porter and Old Dairy Dark Side of the Moo (Imperial Porter). It kept me entertained for much of the evening.

Westerham Audit Ale. 6.2%. Just right for this 'king east wind.

Answers our question:we see the la Goudale lorries only when we drive on the M11 and A1.We play a kind of bingo with 'em.I'd never seen any actual beer, and thought they were some kind of damnable...

At Wittenden Acres, on Christmas Eve, it is customary for me to cook venison medallions, while the rest of the family do other things, like watching Love Actually.This is a good excuse for me to...

The Last Drop Pale Ale, from Old Dairy Brewery,being the last beer produced at their original site on a farm at Rolvenden, before the move to their new brewery by the preserved Tenterden railway...

Agreed,thinking about it.Artwork not their strong suit?

The Canterbury Ales Green Hop, a lovely golden pale ale (5.4%abv),naturally conditioned, using East KLent Goldings.Peppery,with that oiliness associated with Green Hops.
I'm becoming impressed with...

Yes, I did wonder-the label was printed in tiny print. I liked the Fuggles though.

A couple of "craft beers" from Shipyard in the US. Are they supposed to be "awesome"? Not greatly impressed, though I prefered the Fuggles IPA-surely an oxymoron, to the Export. Fuggles is one of my...

Friday night is curry night at Wittenden Towers,and I 'm busy with the mangsho johl, well it's festering in the oven. To hand I've a glass of Guiness West Indies Porter, a pretty decent dark'un.I...

Cooking the Friday ruby. Yorkshire Dales Hawes Golden IPA, a slightly fulsome strong 'un, to be followed by Westerham Hop Rocket.

You are lucky-I never get to see this even here in the Weald of Kent!

T/M- I think you live in that London:there's a new micropub in Welling called the Door Hinge that seems to stock them, also many of the East Kent micropubs. The Man of Kent , Rochester and the Flower...

Stout Saturday: I've just enjoyed two of Old Dairy's finest-Silver Top Cream Stout 4.5abv, followed by Tsar Top, dangerously drinkable at 10abv. Classic.

I've just finished a bottle of Old Dairy's "Wild Hop", a pale ale made with The Sussex Hop,http://www.britishhops.org.uk/sussex-hop/ , a seedling found on a hop farm on the Sussex/Kent borders.It...

Reality check after the Boxing Day cold cuts and ends of half drunk bottles of red: Old Dairy Hop Top Double IPA, to be followed by hot cooking whisky and honey, to knock this poxy cold on the head.

I've just finished a bottle of Old Dairy's Wild Hop,brewed from a hop found growing near the brewery.These,known as the Sussex Hop, have been grown on and nurtured by a retired hopgrower.A good crisp...

After a day battling with rain, farmyard manure and oak sleepers,I thought I'd reward myself with Old dairy's Double IPA Hop Top. Bottled-not seen otherwise. Somehow it put Johnny Vegas and Ross...

My last (for the moment) bottle of Old Dairy's Hop Top, preceded by a bottle of Canterbury Brewers' Foundry Torpedo.

Just enjoyed a couple of little bottles of Chapel Down Winery's 'Curious IPA'. Unusually for a non real ale in the bottle, this wasn't spoilt by excessive carbonation. Well hopped, but not overly so....

Canterbury Brewers Foundry Torpedo:brimfull of Cascades and Bramling Cross.Can't wait to go to The Foundry and try it in the flesh.

Tea! (leaf of course):equal parts English breakfast, Assam, Keemun and a smidgeon of Lapsang Souchong.Very refreshing after a torrid time in the polytunnel. To be followed by Old Dairy's Chezch Mate.