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No doubt there will be fizz this weekend, but beer will still be the backbone of most parties. And what better way to mark the occasion than with a traditional British ale?
There may be a lot of corks popping this weekend, but I suspect it will be beer at the heart of most street parties. And what could be a more traditional British drink to celebrate the jubilee?
But will yours be made in a traditionally British style? Beers have in recent years become a vehicle for so many different flavours, boosted in many cases by such high levels of alcohol that it’s hard to think of some of them as session drinks. For the beer writer Pete Brown, the trend has gone too far: “The problem is we’ve got too novelty-driven,” he says. “Some hop varieties might have a hint of, say, mango or papaya in their aroma, so brewers say: ‘Great, let’s chuck in a load of mango/papaya pulp if that’s the flavour people want.’ In the craft world, balance is boring and hints are pointless when you could go full-on awesome. But the joy of a well-made, traditional pale ale, say, is in its balance and nuance.”
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