Author: Adrian Tierney-Jones

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  God’s Home Brew

  November 1, 2010 - Adrian Tierney-Jones Starry, starry night. The light is low in Orval’s brew house, giving its trinity of copper-clad lauter tuns and kettle the glow of a late sunset, while pinpricks of light adorn the ceiling, the first evening stars. A simple wooden cross hangs on the wall. Colored glass panels featuring devotional scenes add to the sense... View Article
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  Renaissance of British Craft Lager

  September 1, 2010 - Adrian Tierney-Jones Appearances can be deceptive. The place is an old stone barn amid a group of farm buildings on the edge of a village in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. This is an area of mellow stone, high hedges, winding lanes and long views over rolling hills. It’s the kind of landscape that is home to many a... View Article
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  Five British Craft Lagers

  September 1, 2010 - Adrian Tierney-Jones Meantime Helles, 4.4% Honeyed lemon nose; crisp, full-bodied mouth feel with delicate lemony notes, dry grainy finish. Freedom Pilsner, 5% Fine bitter lemon and grainy toasted white bread nose; soft mellow citrus on the palate with a lingering bitter finish. Cotswold Dark Lager, 5.5% Dark gleaming amber; nose is a soothing confection of milk chocolate... View Article
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  Eight Reasons for a Saison

  March 1, 2010 - Adrian Tierney-Jones Saison Cazeau (Brasserie de Cazeau) Refreshing nose with definite notes of elderflower coming through, though they are not overpowering; creamy mouthfeel, more elderflower fruitiness and a sharp finish. 5% ABV Saison Deluxe (Southampton Publick House) Flinty, peppery and herby on the nose with an undercurrent of tropical fruit (pineapple) mellowing things out; a creamy mouthfeel,... View Article
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  Saison: Flavors of the Countryside

  March 1, 2010 - Adrian Tierney-Jones In his magisterial The Brewmaster’s Table, Garrett Oliver wrote that if he were forced to drink just one beer style with food for the rest of his life it would be a Wallonian saison. Such a sense of certainty makes perfect reasoning when you ask him what he means by a saison and hear his... View Article