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The situation was continuing to deteriorate rapidly. Seing what happened even in the early war years, I'm surprised the brewing industry...

Back with the disaster that was Belgian brewing during WW II. Over the two world wars, the Belgian brewing industry was probably more damage...

The minutes of the CBK (Dutch brewers' organisation) aren't just packed with useful stuff aboput Holland. There's plenty about t...

Actual real Nazis. Not just people I disagree with. Ones with swastika armbands and NSDAP membership cards. Because in the countries occupie...

I'm sticking with my favourite Polish trade magazine, Which is certainly delivering in terms of numbers. Lovely, tempting numbers. Drawi...

More fun from Holmes' Brewing Trade Gazette about Belgian brewing in the late 19th century. First a little something about Belgian b...

The last set of bosts about 19th-century Belgian brewing went down well. So here's another, rather smaller, article. Though this one...

This is a sort of companion post to my recent series about Belgian beers in the 19th century. Turns out I have rather more Lambic analys...

The final part today. With some more desriptions of Belgian brewing methods. His contempt for which the aouthor makes no attempt to concea...

We now get onto the precise reason why Belgian beer was so bad. It waws all to do with their excise laws. I did already know a little ab...

Our British brewer friend is far from done with sticking the boot into Belgian beer. He really doesn't have a good word about anything...

We're back with that very unimpressed British brewer taking a look at Belgian beer. He lays out his opinion of Belgian brewing very ...

I love those descriptions of British brewers' and drinkers' encounters with Belgian beer. They're unanimous in their views: th...

The newpaper archive is such a great resource. I keep finding fascinating insights into various aspects of WW II. Like this little artic...

Between the wars UK beer exports trundled along at between 200,000 and 350,000 barrels  annually. Which was about half the level it had be...