Shut up about Barclay Perkins

I didn't say DDR, because this is before its foundation. I find the period around the end of the war particularly fascinating. And parti...

Now it’s time for the adjuncts that I mentioned earlier.  Four of them, in total. Though two of them only appear in one beer each. The perce...

Moving on now to the ingredients. Kicking off, logically enough, with the malts. Of which there are a few. Not all that many. But that’s mad...

Here’s a special treat. A Burton Ale that was called Burton Ale. As this is before Youngs changed the name of theirs to Winter Warmer. Given...

No need to get up very early. Breakfast lasts until 10. And Peter is picking us up at 11. We enter the breakfast room at 8:30. There aren’t ...

Excerpts from my talk on the history of IPA at Fronhauser Sudwerkstatt. Fairly short excerpts, as the talk was 150 minutes. I hard to stop o...

“Do you fancy coming to Essen, Dolores?” “Why are you going there?” “I’m giving a talk.” “Are you getting paid?” “Yes.” “That’s good. Maybe....

Next, we have Young’s original Pale Ale. Which, by 1960, had become Ordinary Bitter. Such a great name for a beer, I’ve always thought. Thou...

I've published all the recipes so here's an overview of Young's beers in the early 1990s. Did I drink any of these beers? Not ex...

My trip to Essen to speak at Frohnhauser Sudwerkstatt to talk about the history of IPA.  

No rush today. I rise at 8:00 and go for brekkie. As there's no bacon, it's back to scrambled egg and cheese. With fruit for pudding...

It’s an early start. I rise at 6:45. And go upstairs for breakfast. The good news: they have bacon. And mango juice. A win-win. I slurp down...