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Hope (and Cask Beer) Springs Eternal In St Albans

I'm pleased to report that I shall soon have a local pub to go to again. St Albans has a large number of pubs in…

Added: Sunday, August 1st 2004

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Long Live Caledonian Brewery?

Stephen Crawley was sporting a beauty of a black eye. Is that what happens when Scottish & Newcastle moves in and starts running your brewery?Not…

Added: Thursday, July 1st 2004

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Dunkerton's Cider

Ivor Dunkerton won't be chopping down the trees that supply him with apples and pears for his organic ciders and perries. He and his wife…

Added: Thursday, July 1st 2004

Review

Dunkerton's, Hereford

One delightful way to sample the products of Dunkerton's Cider Mill is to have a meal in their Cider House restaurant, opened in 1994 in…

Added: Thursday, July 1st 2004

Review

Ye Old Fighting Cocks, St Albans

Last month my wife and I took two Italian friends, after the obligatory trip round the abbey cathedral, for lunch in one of St Albans'…

Added: Thursday, July 1st 2004

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Great British Beer Festival 3rd-7th August 2004

The Great British Beer Festival is the major UK celebration of real beer, with over 450 real ales from all over Great Britain on tasting,…

Added: Thursday, July 1st 2004

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Dortmund, The "Burton Of Germany"

Dortmund was once known as the "Burton of Germany". In the 19th and 20th centuries, the great steel-making and coal-mining city had more breweries than…

Added: Thursday, April 1st 2004