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BeerCast #72 – Norfolk Charms. In a rare podcast from the BeerCast's London outpost a group of 6 intrepid beersplorers machete their way through the undergrowth of new found beers from Norfolk.

1. Drop of Real Norfolk (3.8%)

2. Stiletto (4.5%)

3. Ale-next-the-sea (4.5%)

4. Worth the wait (4.2%)

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BeerCast #71 - Hidden Meanings. Podcast time again, and our panel of three take on four beers that have unusual reasons behind the name. Richard, Shovels and Grooben debate various highbrow literary references, and the Oscar-winning films of Clint Eastwood...

1. Thornbridge Kill Your Darlings (5.0%)

2. York Brewery Micklegate (6.1%)

3. Stewart Brewing Radical Road (6.4%)

4. Tempest Unforgiven (5.4%)

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BeerCast #70 - MrB in NE. Our globe-trotting podcaster MrB was recently dispatched to the States on business - and as we're never off duty he brought back some beery treats. Joining him are Richard, Shovels and Grooben - we discuss the four beers, where to get the best pizza in America, what Brooklyn's craziest bar is, and where pirates go on their honeymoon...

1. New England Sea Hag IPA (6.2%)

2. Sixpoint Bengali Tiger (6.4%)

3. Cambridge The Audacity of Hops (8.5%)

4. Smuttynose S'Muttonator (9.6%)

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BeerCast #69 – Spa IPA. Today our BeerCasters get to grips with four outstanding British IPA's. Rather co-incidentally, it turns out that three of them hail from celebrated English spa towns (with the other nearby to a fourth). Richard, Stu, Shovels and Grooben work through the beers, and as IPA fans, expect some big scores...

1. Ilkley Lotus IPA (5.7%)

2. Bristol Beer Factory Southville Hop (6.5%)

3. Roosters Serlo de Burgh (6.0%)

4. Buxton Axe Edge (6.8%)

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BeerCast #68 – Summer Wine Showcase. Holmfirth's Summer Wine Brewery have been going for a few years, and have a major following in Yorkshire. Our intrepid panel get five of their beers and find out why. On the panel today - Richard, Shovels and debutante Calum

1. Summer Wine Covenant (5.2%)

2. Summer Wine Teleporter (5.0%)

3. Summer Wine Barisa (4.8%)

4. Summer Wine Lime and Coriander Saison (6.0%)

5. Summer Wine Cohort (7.5%)

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BeerCast #67 – BOTY 2011. So it comes down to this - our annual Beer of the Year Show. We re-taste the top four highest scoring beers from our podcasts in 2011, and pick a winner. On the panel today - Richard, Shovels, MrB and Grooben. Stand by for a bonus feature at the end, as we blind-taste four extremely unusual French beers - each containing a mystery ingredient. How many will the panel correctly identify?

1. Rogue St Rogue Red Ale (5.2%)

2. Kernel IPA Citra (7.2%)

3. Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest (6.7%)

4. Thornbridge St Petersburg (7.7%)

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