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Getting numbers for brewing in Germany in WW II isn't an easy task. I only have very incomplete information. Mostly, for the  early war ...

The division of Germany caused many problems. In Potsdam, it was one of beer supply. Before the war, the area had mostly been served by brew...

This is a bit of a weird article. Which was inspired by a 70th anniversary. One I'm a bit dubious of. A curious and interesting annivers...

I’m going to limit myself here to versions brewed in Berlin. Yes, I know many, quite possibly hundreds, are brewed in the USA, to varying de...

To celebrate the publication of my book about Berliner Weisse , here's one of the recipes from it. This recipe is based on a description...

Yes, after a couple of weeks of not really all that intensive work it's done. My book about Berliner Weisse is finished and published. 9...

The Berliner Weisse book is coming along nicely. I just need to finish off the recipes and write the section on the current situation I'...

The internet is wonderful for research. Sometimes you come across wonderful information in the oddest of places. Like the stuff that follows...

This is based on the description in Johann Heinrich Moritz Poppe ‘s "Die Bierbrauerei auf der höchsten Stufe der jetzigen Vervollkommnu...

Here's the method recommended Gumbinner. It's main point of difference is the absence of a decoction. Something Gumbinner seemed to ...

I've started the week a fun way - reading my way through an old German brewing text. It's so much fun. Really. We've bot past th...

The proportions of wheat and barley malt varied through time. At this point, the quantity of wheat malt was higher than usual. There’s a fai...

I'm back to bother you with more tables from the wonderful book on brewing in Berlin. Aren't you lucky? I'm mostly going to let ...

I used to think brewing the UK was a rollercoaster in the interwar years. Things were far more extreme in Germany. It took a few years after...