It’s our end of year show and we take a run through of some of the key Golden Pints awards. We’re also recreating a tasting experiment that first appeared on The Beer Channel (check that video out here)
Beers | Galway Bay ‘200 Fathoms’, Goose Island ‘Bourbon County Stout (2015)’ and Harviestoun ‘Ola Dubh 12’
Hopinions | Can you name your beer of 2017?
Links | The first Golden Pints | The 2015 Golden Pints update | Episode 38 | Martin’s Golden Pints | Mark Johnson’s post
Thank You | To all of our listeners that continue to support what we do. Merry Christmas!
Many thanks the folks from Goose Island for giving us the bottle of Bourbon County, this didn’t influence our thoughts on the beer. Thanks also to Liquorice in Shenfield for letting us use their tasting room to record this week.
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