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Best brews
5:31pm Friday 28th March 2008
T ipples Brewery, which is just a few miles from Norwich, was founded in 2004 by Jason Tipple. The brewery uses a traditional full mash method to create an exciting range of bottle conditioned beers.
Ginger ABV 3.8% £1.95 Fresh ginger is added to this light amber ale during the last stages of brewing, so the first sip delivers an amazing rush of ginger, mingled with a positive bitter flavour. Named after a First World War pilot, this light amber ale is delighfully refreshing.
The Hanged Monk ABV 3.8% £1.95 This traditional dark mild is named after a monk, executed in the time of William the Conqueror, whose ghost is said to appear at St Benets Abbey, Ludham. It has a sweet mild flavour, with the merest suggestion of chocolate and liquorice.
Elm Hill Gold ABV 4% £2.05 Named after the cobbled street in Norwich, that dates back to Tudor times, in which Tipple's Brewing Shop now stands, this rich, full bodied golden ale is beautifully smooth, with fresh hoppy notes and a superb dry finish.
Order these beers by visiting the website: wwwtipplesbrewery.com
Editor's choice
The Mole and Chicken, Easington, near Thame
One of the pictures on this page gives a good impression of the delights to be enjoyed at the Mole and Chicken on one of those sunny days that now seem as far as can be from our present situation.
Early taste of Christmas wine
Next week is The Oxford Times Wine Club Christmas Tasting and, with just four weeks to go until Christmas Day, it is an excellent opportunity to sample a specially-selected range of wines for the festive season.
Dylan Moran: New Theatre, Oxford
‘I was the first person to discover that if you infected a person with Marmite, he would stand up and bark at the moon.” “Everybody under the age of 35 has the intelligence of raspberry jam.” “Children can hear vegetables hiding.”
Sleeping Beauty, Chipping Norton Theatre
There’s nothing King Couer-de-Loup likes more than a good battle: “We’ll march on King Florizel’s wet and wicked army,” he proclaims. His Queen is not so sure, however. She would rather her husband stayed around: there’s the christening of their daughter Princess Aurora to arrange for a start. And he certainly can’t go out and fight looking like that: “Your chain mail’s got a ladder in it,” she wails.
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