Shut up about Barclay Perkins

Barclay Perkins’ strongest regular draught beer was KK, their Burton Ale. It remained an important part of their range. Though this vers...

Me talking to Brad Smith about brewing in WW II. LOts of fun facts in it. The book should be available sometime this year. There'...

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This is a particularly weird article. It's based on something written by the American consul in Newcastle-upon-Tyne about the prospec...

I can remember a conversation I had once with Dann Paquette about liquoring back. It drove him crazy when he worked at a cask brewery in t...

I'm back working on my mext book for the first time in almost a month. It's a strange feeling. All the travelling and writing trav...

Having started the war using all UK hops, there was little likelihood that the war would have changed much. And that was indeed the case. ...

It was quite late last night. Feeling a bit knacked this morning. I trail down to brekkie at 9:15. Yippee! The first bacon sighting. I get...

I awake with a sore throat. And phlegm on my chest. This is a bit worrying. I reassure myself that I've been in Brazil for more than a...

I'm up much earlier than I would have liked. 7 AM. As the car taking me and Martyn to where we're talking is scheduled for 7:50. And...

It was a bit late last night. We were out until 01:30. I'm feeling slightly rough. Maybe the Bowmore nightcap was a mistake. Or one of t...

We're now looking at the brewing process of Lager. What fun. I few years back I collected descriptions of as many different methods of...

Today is mostly free. I'm in no rush to rise. After a quick shower I'm down in the breakfast room by 8:30. Because I do have one a...

I rise late. I've a little time before 9:30, when I've arranged to Martyn in the breakfast room. In the 20 minutes I have, I start w...

You may have noticed that I have a bit of an obsession with Lager. Especially early British descriptions of it. Though this article isn...

When I get down to the breakfast room everyone is wearing green. We're having a photo taken and are supposed to be wearing the judge shi...