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Sven's Friends was the name of the English mini beer festival at the Stockholm pub Oliver Twist. An interesting thing was the variety of styles, also non traditional Britsih styles, that were offered. Third place for instance was one by Rebellion White, a Belgian style wheat beer. It was beaten only by the powerful black Freeminer Deep Shaft Stout and another wheat beer, although more British/American in style, the spicy, refreshing Skinner's Cornish Blonde.

Beers rated April 2002

POS

BEER

COUNTRY

SCORE

JZ

PS

FH

OH

FN

ABV

STYLE

126

Skinner's Cornish Blonde

England

4,13

3+

4+

5-

4+

4+

5,0%

Wheat beer

269

Freeminer Deep Shaft Stout

England

3,94

4

5-

3

4-

4+

6,2%

Porter/Stout

327

Rebellion White

England

3,88

4

4+

4

3

4

4,5%

Wheat beer

434

Rebellion Red

England

3,82

4-

4+

4-

4

3+

4,5%

Ale, British style

534

Rother Valley Blues

England

3,73

3-

4+

4-

4

4+

5,0%

Ale, British style

578

Hardy & Hanson Old Kim, cask

England

3,70

4

3

3+

4+

4+

4,5%

Ale, British style

619

Wickwar Old Arnold

England

3,68

4

4

3

4-

4-

4,8%

Ale, British style

752

Rother Valley Hoppers Ale

England

3,59

3

4

3

4-

5-

4,4%

Ale, British style

887

Church End Rugby Ale

England

3,49

4-

3

4+

3+

3+

5,0%

Ale, British style

1088

Hop Back Red Devil, cask

England

3,38

3+

4-

3+

3-

4

4,3%

Ale, British style

1250

Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody's Golden Ale

England

3,30

4+

2+

4

3-

3+

4,2%

Ale, British style

1305

Ventnor Sand Rock Smoked Ale

England

3,27

3+

4-

2+

4

3

5,6%

Special

1405

Ventnor Sunfire Bitter

England

3,22

3

3-

3+

4-

4

4,3%

Ale, British style

1555

Titanic Brewery White Star

England

3,17

4

2+

3+

3+

3

4,8%

Ale, British style

1627

RCH On The Tiles

England

3,13

4+

2

2+

4-

4-

4,0%

Ale, British style

1701

Cotleigh Peregrine Porter, cask

England

3,08

3+

3+

3+

2

3+

4,4%

Porter/Stout

1756

Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody's Wholesome Stout

England

3,05

4

3+

3-

2-

3+

4,6%

Porter/Stout

3254

Wood's Shropshire Lad Spring Bitter

England

2,07

2-

2

2+

2-

3

5,0%

Ale, British style

Rated by: Johan Zetterlund, Per Samuelsson, Fredrik Huldt, Oscar Hansson and Fredrik Nyström

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Updated 2002-05-23 Per Samuelsson