tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post7176504225558429115..comments2024-03-29T07:17:26.082+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: Rare BeastUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-55110854772155891522010-12-10T21:23:46.064+00:002010-12-10T21:23:46.064+00:00I've got a few of the various types swopped wi...I've got a few of the various types swopped with a friend in New York. I believe the problem was always with HM Customs & Revenue. I'm no expert but any increase in strength picked up from the spirit residues in the casks attracts a stiff rise in duty payable. I know this delayed Fullers with the release of their Reserve brews and am interested to know how they resolved this problem.Steve Hannigannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-72447222370482731542010-12-08T15:19:14.398+00:002010-12-08T15:19:14.398+00:00It was the 2002 and 2007 version I picked up from ...It was the 2002 and 2007 version I picked up from the Tuckers Maltings Beer Shop when I was down in that part of the world earlier this year, they had a few others but those were the ones I bought.<br />The time I saw it before that it was a very rare beast of Harvest Ale bottled from a cask supplied to a place in Kent.phil55494https://www.blogger.com/profile/09548366656548980599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-70347812496506018492010-12-07T22:51:26.018+00:002010-12-07T22:51:26.018+00:00John. Ssh. That's where mine came from. A mate...John. Ssh. That's where mine came from. A mate runs it.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-20188957309567190992010-12-07T22:38:58.863+00:002010-12-07T22:38:58.863+00:00Sherry Cask Harvest Ale is also on sale at the Man...Sherry Cask Harvest Ale is also on sale at the Manchester Winter Ale House in the Albert Square Christmas Market.John Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00132845616834779091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-90824500821376033582010-12-07T21:56:57.941+00:002010-12-07T21:56:57.941+00:00Too strong for you lot.
I encountered it in a gre...Too strong for you lot.<br /><br />I encountered it in a greasy, dingy old wood cask in Portland a decade or so ago. It was leaking sugar.Erlangernickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564871714656285737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-11817149746366787682010-12-07T19:55:59.645+00:002010-12-07T19:55:59.645+00:00I've seen them in America but not here, which ...I've seen them in America but not here, which is a shame. I get the draw of the export market but why not at least make some available in the UK?!Mark Dredgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421095862178324693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-4530531946091536862010-12-07T09:13:12.904+00:002010-12-07T09:13:12.904+00:00Not me. It's one of those annoying beers brewe...Not me. It's one of those annoying beers brewed only for export.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.com