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Time to look at what went into these beers. Which, it turns out, wasn’t a whole lot. Only two types of malt were employed: pale and black. T...

Let’s take a look at the beers Boddington was brewing at the turn of the 20th century. There were ten of them, in all. Ranging from Table Al...

Moving to the next strength category we find BA. Which, in the 1897 price list, is described as “No. 3 Bitter Ale”.  The recipe isn’t quite ...

400 posts in 2025!  Yeaah! Meaningless goal, whacked into the back of an empty net. While the opposition has a fag break after their 36th go...

Hops. Fremlin used loads of them. Pretty much all of them English. Every beer contained at least two types of hops. Except for the Pilsener,...

Finally, we come to mashing. Always one of my favourite bits to interpret in brewing records. Not really. They’re a right pain in the bum. A...

Another Guinness bottling controversy. This time about the use of corks. Which Guinness wanted to phase out in favour of crown corks.  The b...

 Here's a reminder of when Guinness was bottled by publicans. In this case, using corked crockery bottles.    At one time, this was how...

Time for boiling. Which was quite different for the different types of beer. The shortest boil times were for the “Br” Shilling Ales. Where ...

As you’ll see as we go through Fremlin’s Pale Ales that there were variants of the same basic beers. In this case, I’m pretty sure that the ...

Sugar next. Rather a lot of different types, as you’ll see in the table. Six types of sugar in total. Greenock being the commonest. I suspec...

  18:11  Time for a roast dinner. Duck, spuds and sprouts. Stuffing, too, of course. Very nice. And went very well with the wininess of the ...

  16:  16:38  Time to do some cooking. Which matches so well with cooking. The duck is coming along nicely. Smells dead good. The turkey is ...

 15:42  Between courses, time to watch some shit. Alexei has put White Christmas on. I'm impressed by the quality. Of the images. The pl...

 15:08  The birds are in the oven. Time for a pastry starter. The sort of pastry I like (not a Stout). What does the white wine do? Wet my t...