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Cloned Beer Reviews: Titanic Plum Porter

Published on 28 April 2023 in Beer, Homebrew, Cloned Beer Reviews

Two bottles of beer with a stemmed glass next to each beer bottle. Each glass contains beer.

Pitting Titantic Brewery's Plum Porter against my own concoction. But how does it compare?

Historical Cloned Beer Reviews: Boddingtons Bitter (1945 edition)

Published on 5 December 2022 in Beer, Homebrew, Cloned Beer Reviews

A can of Boddington's Draught Bitter next o a stemmed glass containing some of the beer.

I've never been a fan of Boddingtons Bitter. But if I went back to a recipe from 1945, would it be any good? And how would it compare to the Boddingtons you can buy today?

Cloned Beer Reviews: Guinness Original

Published on 28 November 2022 in Beer, Homebrew, Cloned Beer Reviews

A can of Guinness Original next to a plain, unbranded brown glass bottle

There was a time where, if I was in a pub and there was no real ale, or if there was and it was absolutely terrible (gone off, poorly looked after, or whatever), I'd go for a pint of stout. And that usually meant Guinness. Recently I tried to brew my own version of the black stuff, because why not?

Cloned Beer Review: Fullers London Pride

Published on 1 October 2020 in Beer, Homebrew, Cloned Beer Reviews

Recently I tried to brew a clone of Fuller's iconic London Pride ale. Would it taste anywhere near similar?

Cloned Beer Reviews: Black Sheep Ale

Published on 29 February 2020 in Beer, Homebrew, Cloned Beer Reviews

The first in an occasional series, comparing a homebrew clone of a beer you can buy in the shops.