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Well Beernut, I was thinking about going up the my self... with Kim from Denmark (you know)....should be great craic anyway....anybody from Cork going?

The preliminary beer list is now published[/url:927rx747].

Of those I know only by reputation, I think Dark Star Hophead is real highlight here, along with Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild.

I hope to make this, but need to sort some work stuff. I had a bottle of the Dark Ruby Mild a few years ago. It's stronger than the traditional modern mild, is it not? Ron mentioned it once I think.

I've had Dark Star Hophead in the past and it was indeed a tasty drop.

"Hendrixcat":2tsgra5c wrote: It's stronger than the traditional modern mild, is it not? Ron mentioned it once I think.[/quote:2tsgra5c]Yes, it's 6%. Ron's mentioned it a couple a times as the nearest thing to a 19th century style mild on the market, though at the weaker end of that scale.

"Ron Pattinson":2tsgra5c wrote: It makes me smile when people accuse Greene King IPA of not being an authentic IPA. In my opinion it is. It's true to the style as it has been brewed in Britain for about 100 years. It's not an authentic 19th-century style IPA. But if you judge British beers by this criterion, then the only authentic beers brewed in Britain are Harvey's Imperial Stout, Sarah Hughes Ruby Mild, Hardy Ale and Whitbread Gold Label.[/quote:2tsgra5c](Link[/url:2tsgra5c])

There is a serious list of beers[/url:3h87hqwv]. What are you looking forward to?

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Atlas Latitude
B & T Black Dragon Mild
Bank Top Bad T'Bone
Batemans Valiant
Bath Ales SPA
...
Skinners Ginger Tosser
Spire Dark Side of the Moon
Spire Twist & Stout
St Austell Tribute
Stonehenge Ales Pigswill
Three Rivers Crystal Wheat
Titanic White Star
Triple FFF Alton Pride
Valhalla White Wife
Whitewater Belfast Ale
Whitewater Clotworthy Dobbin
Whitewater Crown Glory
Whitewater Nut Brown
Wickwar Station Porter
Wychwood Hobgoblin[/quote:3h87hqwv]