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BINGHAMS Here at Mine’s a Pint we’d like to offer our congratulations to Chris Bingham and Michelle Joyce on their recent marriage. It was a fantastic day with plenty of Binghams beer flowing, and Stout the brewery labradoodle (after whom Doodle Stout is named) made for an excellent ring-bearer! Pictured are Michelle and Chris with Stout on their big day. We all wish them every happiness. On the beer side, the latest 4.5% Hop Project to hit the shelves and pubs is Simco Columbus and is made with citrus and spicy hops from the USA. Also, V Old Ale is back. This lovely 5% ABV (hence the “V”) ale is dark, malty and fruity. To help those of you who are unfamiliar with Old Ale, here is CAMRA’s description: Old Ale recalls the type of beer brewed before the Industrial Revolution, stored Mine’s A Pint 12 for months or even years in unlined wooden vessels known as tuns. The beer would pick up some lactic sourness as a result of wild yeasts, lactobacilli and tannins in the wood. The result was a beer dubbed ‘stale’ by drinkers: it was one of the components of the early, blended Porters. The style has reemerged in recent years, due primarily to the fame of Theakston’s Old Peculier, Gale’s Prize Old Ale and Thomas Hardy’s Ale, the last saved from oblivion by O’Hanlon’s Brewery in Devon. Old Ales, contrary to expectation, do not have to be especially strong: they can be no more than 4% alcohol, though the Gale’s and O’Hanlon’s versions are considerably stronger. Neither do they have to be dark: Old Ale can be pale and burst with lush sappy malt, tart fruit and spicy hop notes. Darker versions will have a more profound malt character with powerful hints of roasted grain, dark fruit, polished leather and fresh tobacco. BOND BREWS The limited edition Scrum Five returned to mark the 6 Nations rugby. This 4% ABV beer is an English Style Best Bitter, brewed using a pack of 5 types of malted barley and wheat whilst 5 hops bind to provide the bitterness and aroma. CHILTERN After 12 months of research, Chiltern have launched their first ever Low
Mine’s A Pint 13 Alcohol Beer. Codenamed Chiltern 1630, it’s 1.9% alcohol by volume and only brewed as a small trial batch. Using a precise blend of UK grown malt and hops, the beer combines a low alcohol content and the usual award winning flavour and quality that comes with Chiltern Brewery beers. It’s also the first beer in the Chiltern range to use their new pump clip design that will be used for limited run, trial brews. Head Brewer, Tom Jenkinson, described the ale as having “a lovely mellow, nutty aroma. The flavours that come through are those of honey and marmalade – a rather splendid drop if I may say so!” The ale has initially been successfully trialled at a few select pubs and is now in the process of being made more widely available. In January, the brewery were chosen to represent their home county of Buckinghamshire as a “Tryanuary Champion”. Tryanuary is a nationwide event which was launched four years ago to support the independent beer industry during the traditionally difficult period of January, with its focus being on trying new beers. On the 25th of January, Chiltern Brewery joined forces with West Berkshire Brewery to showcase the best of local, independent breweries across Bucks, Berkshire and Oxfordshire on social media. Throughout spring, Chiltern have an exciting range of their award-winning beers lined up for CAMRA members to enjoy. Their first beer of the season, called Pride of Bucks & Berks, is a charity beer with smooth roasted malt flavours. Chiltern then plan to release their Nut Brown Mild (smooth & chocolatey) and Colombian Coffee Porter (dark mocha flavours) beers in April, with the CAMRA favourite Cobblestones (golden with hints of blackcurrant) featuring in May. Full details of the beers, including release dates, can be found at www.chilternbrewery.co.uk . You can also keep up to date by liking them on Facebook, “chilternbrewery”, or following their Twitter account, @ ChilternBrewery. Chiltern have asked us to pass on their express thanks for CAMRA’s support to date, and look forward to enjoying a glass of real ale with CAMRA members throughout 2018. Tom said: “without the invaluable ongoing support we experience from both CAMRA and CAMRA members, particularly their enthusiastic and knowledgeable feedback, we would have struggled to have achieved so much as a small independent brewery”. HOOK NORTON Towards the end of last year this historic Oxfordshire brewery attained global status when its Red Rye beer was named as the World’s Best Speciality Beer at the World Beer Awards 2017. Across all rounds of the contest, Red Rye beat almost 2,000 others ales from across the world to achieve the title. A special blend of hops and malts go into this 4.7% ABV rich, red and fruity ale. A combination of Maris Otter, Pale Ale Malt, Crystal Malt, Crystal Rye, Enzymic Malt and Wheat Malt, working
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