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Thomas Hardy Ales - 1993 Vintage

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Along with my previous post on imperial stout I have been intrigued by bottle conditioned 'vintage' ales, and one that seems quite popular is Thomas Hardy by Eldridge Pope. Not being one to shy away from trying something new I jumped on to Google and had a dig around to ...

Courage Russian Imperial Stout

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Going along with my recent Stonch inspired splurge I recently paid £14.38 (inc P&P) for this: It is a 1972 unopened bottle of Courage Imperial Russian Stout,  which I bought to try a taste test. It does worry me that it is 35 years old and by breaking the seal the ...