An off-shoot of Beernomicon, Cvlt Confession will be our weekly mini-podcasts where we will review beers, bars, festivals and more.
All our podcasts are available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Acast & other Android podcast apps.
You can now listen to and follow us is on SPOTIFY too.
High Fidelity
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In this confession, Tom recounts his time at Fidelity Beer Festival in Dublin. Giving us his thoughts on the fest, the beer and the atmosphere.
He also touches on the recent beer distribution buyouts in the UK and how that may affect independent bottle shops and breweries.
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Pembury Tavern
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In this confession, Ross talks about his recent trip to The Pembury Tavern in Hackney.
Owned by The Five Points Brewery for just over a year now, the pub has garnered plenty of praise in that fairly short time.
Find out what Ross thought of the beer, the food and the building itself.
Pembury Tavern
The Five Points Brewing Co.
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Riga
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In this confession, Ross talks about his recent trip to Riga.
He tells us about the beer he tried, the bars he drank in and the breweries he visited.
Breweries mentioned:
Labietis
IndieJanis
Alkimikis
Hopalaa
Arpus Brewing
Hypnos Brewery
Malduguns
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Let Me Finish Another Chapter
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In this confession, Tom talks about Chapter Brewing and drinks their ‘La Petite Mort’ coffee porter.
chapterbrewing.co.uk/
twitter.com/chapterbrewing
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Low Alcohol Beer
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In this confession, Ross opens two low alcohol beers and gives his thoughts.
He also looks at the current market of ‘non-alcoholic’ beers, how successful they are in the UK and discusses why these beers are brewed & consumed.
Beers drank:
Thornbridge Brewery ‘Big Easy’ >0.5%
Website
Twitter
Big Drop Brewing ‘Pale Ale’ >0.5%
Website
Twitter
Articles discussed in the podcast can be found here and here.
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Mystery Beers #2
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In this confession, Tom tries his very first Mystery Beer.
Given a beer with the artwork covered, using only his sense of smell and taste he must try and figure out the style, beer and brewery.
But can he do it?
Also learn about a beer Tom has brewed for a very special occasion.
Thanks to Rob from HopZine for the beer.
www.youtube.com/hopzine
twitter.com/HopZine
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Liverpool Beer Week
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In this confession, Ross recounts a recent pub crawl around Liverpool.
Places visited:
Baltic Fleet
The Grapes
Gibberish Taproom
Hobo Kiosk
Thomas Rigby’s
Ye Hole In Ye Wall
The Ship & Mitre
Dead Crafty Beer Co.
Local breweries tried:
Chapter Brewing
Black Lodge Brewery
Gibberish
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The Lion’s Den
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In the confession, from a hot, steaming bath in the North of England, Tom gives his thoughts on the Magic Rock buyout, and weighs up the pros and cons of it.
He also talks about our recent trip to Prague, giving a few highlights of our few days there.
And of course we get a new #RateMyRating.
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Puhaste Brewery ‘LumepimeDus’
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In this confession, Ross drinks the Puhaste Brewery wheat IPA ‘Lumepimedus’ and gives his thoughts.
www.puhastebeer.com
Thanks to Honest Brew for sending us the bottle of Broken Dream.
honestbrew.co.uk
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Don’t Call It A Comeback
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In this confession, Tom gets through three beers reviews and a #RateMyRating.
Beers Reviewed:
Handyman Brewery collab with the band OVVLS ‘Black IPA’
twitter.com/handymanbrewery
twitter.com/WeAreOVVLS
Pressure Drop Brewing ‘Pfaff’
pressuredropbrewing.co.uk/
Magic Rock Brewing ‘Fantasma’
www.magicrockbrewing.com
Thanks to Honest Brew for sending us the Pressure Drop & Magic Rock beers.
https://honestbrew.co.uk/
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Verdant Brewing Co. ‘Putty’
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In this confession, Ross drinks the Verdant Brewing Co. DIPA ‘Putty’.
verdantbrewing.co/
twitter.com/VerdantBrew
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Broken Dream
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In this confession, Tom talks Siren Craft Brew’s ‘Broken Dream’ over breakfast, goes through the upcoming UK beer festivals and gives us this weeks #RateMyRating.
www.sirencraftbrew.com/
Thanks to Honest Brew for sending us the bottle of Broken Dream.
honestbrew.co.uk/
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Tegernseer Tal
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In this confession, Ross tells us about his favourite bar during his recent trip to Munich, Tegernseer Tal.
Plus some tips on finding a place to drink in Germany on Christmas Eve.
www.tegernseer-tal8.com/
www.braustuberl.de/
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Mystery Beers
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In the confession, Ross is given mystery beers. Using only his sense of smell and taste he must try and figure out the style, beer and brewery.
But can he do it?
Thanks to Rob from HopZine for the beers.
www.youtube.com/hopzine
twitter.com/HopZine
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Yell Ya Later
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In this confession, in his typically misanthropic way Tom weighs in on the on-going Yellow Belly trademark discussion.
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Brouwerij De Moersleutel ‘Two Years Dessert’
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In this confession, Ross takes us back to Sept 23rd of this year were he recorded a drunken beer review is his Rotterdam Air BnB.
The beer in question was ‘Two Years Dessert’, a spiced imperial stout from Brouwerij De Moersleutel.
brouwerijdemoersleutel.nl
instagram.com/de_moersleutel_craft_brewery
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The Dark City In All Our Hearts
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In this confession, Tom talks about his Dark City, touches upon the current rumours around Trillium Brewing Co., and gives you this weeks #RateMyRatings.
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Pigalle
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In this confession, Ross talks about one of the best bars he visited in Japan; Pigalle, a cozy bar near Shibuya, Tokyo.
twitter.com/sancha_pigalle
instagram.com/pigallebeer
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More Hate
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In this confession, Tom brings the vitriol again. He discusses his time at Craft Beer Calling, gives a few updates, looks ahead to Dark City & brings us this weeks ‘Rate My Ratings’.
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Japan Beer Scene
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In this Cvlt Confession, after a recent two-week holiday to Japan, Ross talks about the Japanese beer scene, the bars, the breweries and what he thinks the future holds.
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IMBC
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In this Confession, Tom talks about his beers and experiences at this years IMBC, gives his thoughts on the new Rainbow Project and brings you Rate My Ratings.
www.indymanbeercon.co.uk/
www.lefthandedgiant.com/rainbow-project/
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Borefts Beer festival 2018
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In this Confession, recorded on Sept 22nd, Ross talks about his day at Brouwerij de Molen in Bodegraven, Holland for the Borefts Beer Festival.
brouwerijdemolen.nl/
brouwerijdemolen.nl/en/borefts-beerfestival/
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Table Beer Talk
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In this weeks Confession, Tom talks about table beers, reviews the new Brewdog Lost Lager and gives us the latest instalment of ‘Rate My Ratings’.
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Garage Beer Co. / Stigbergets ‘Woozy’
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For this confession Ross drinks ‘Woozy’ a collab beer from Garage Beer Co. and Stigbergets, then talks about the Bury pub, The Trackside.
www.garagebeer.co
www.stigbergetsbryggeri.se
twitter.com/TheTracksidePub
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L.I.B.F.
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In this confession Tom talks about this years Leeds International Beer festival, reviews a beer from Haandbryggeriet and introduces a brand new segment.
www.leedsbeer.com
haandbryggeriet.no
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Manual Brewing Co. – ‘Tickets, Please’
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For this Confession Ross reviews a beer from new brewery, Dundee based Manual Brewing Co.
www.manualbrewing.co.uk
twitter.com/manualbrewco
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