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My recent trip to Romrod castle in Hessen to speak at the Heimbrau Convention.  

After disappearing sometime in the 1960s, Oatmeal Stout made a comeback in the 1990s. To many people’s surprise. This beer is quite strong f...

I rise at 6:30 feeling much better than yesterday. After a solid eight hours of kip. It’s amazing what a good sleep can do. Just waking up i...

Me and Dolores take the train to Düsseldorf, eat Korean food and drink Alt in Schuhmacher. 

The kids keep taking the piss out of me for not learning any Portuguese. Totally incorrectly. “I know enough.” “Like what?” Andrew asks. “Sa...

I rise at 6:30 after a shit sleep. A shower livens me up a little. A little. A coffee helps some, too. But I only get the one before the cof...

A very special beer, this. The last London Burton Ale. Which, by this point, had been a seasonal beer for quite a long while. I’m so pleased...

I rise at 6:30. Feeling just about human. And quickly head downstairs. As I want to have a leisurely breakfast. At my age, everything takes ...

Dolores has asked that more than once. I asked it myself last week, when I had an incredibly stressful journey back from Brazil. All my own ...

Strongest of Young’s regular beers was Old Nick. Another of the casualties of the move to Bedford. Though I’m not sure if it disappeared imm...

 Me in Uberlandia in Minas Gerais, Brazil, , where I judged the Concurso Brasileiro de Cervejas.

I rise just after 7:00. And, after my morning ablutions, go downstairs for breakfast. It's the same as yesterday: scrambled egg and baco...

I rise at 8:30. Potter around a bit, then nip downstairs for breakfast. It's not a bad buffet. I go for bacon and scrambled egg. Followe...

I've fairly early start. my flight is at 10:40. I rise at 6:45. And am in an Uber by 8:05. The formalities go pretty fast tanks to pushi...

A short video report of my time in Rio de Janeiro recently.

The stronger of the Black Beers was, naturally enough, Stout. With an OG in the low 1050ºs, it fits nicely into the strongest category of be...

Even more DDR fun. Sort of. The source is from the DDR, at least. This time with a more high-tech brewhouse. A two-vessel system. Which, if ...