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In addition to their standard Pilsner, Ny Carlsberg also brewed an export version. It’s very similar to the domestic version in terms of gra...

I spent a few hours today trawling through Carlsberg records. From the late 19th- and early 20th-century. As research for my book "Free...

More from the correspondence between Jacobsen father and son. It's such fun. For me, if for no-one else. The following is taken from a l...

Even more from J. C. Jacobsen's letter of 14th April 1869. He's now writing about Scottish barley. This is the barley that he asked ...

More from J. C. Jacobsen's letter of 14th April 1869. Jacobsen senior was keen on finding out more about mashing in the UK and the compo...

In this, Jacobsen senior asks his son to make some calculations as to the efficiency of mashing at William Younger. 14 April 1869. Dear Carl...

More from J. C. Jacobsen's letter of 22nd March 1869. this time discussing mashing and malting. It is not my opinion, however, that you ...

A special treat today. With a discussion with the Burton method of brewing IPA. Starting with something about the weird way IPA was aged. Mo...

More correspondence from Jacobsen. Because you lot seem to like this stuff. This time two short letters. The first shows how keen Jacobsen s...

Or, more accurately, Jacobsen correspondence. This time, from Jacobsen Senior to Jacobsen junior. Dated 22nd March 1869. After some time at ...

The J. C. Jacobsens Arkiv ( https://jcjacobsenarkiv.carlsbergfondet.dk/dokumenter ) has the correspondence between the elder and younger Jac...

Is it a coincidence that Carlsberg’s Stout has the same name as William Younger’s? I don’t think so. Given that Carl Jacobsen had served a b...

I've started with Lagers, so why should I stop? Another 19th-century Carlsberg beer. Carlsberg were very nice about letting me photograp...

It's always nice to publish some Lager recipes for a change. So I'm sticking with Carlsberg. A massive percentage of the brewery’s o...

A bit of a change of pace here. As we cross the North Sea to Denmark for a  recipe.For a beer which is still around today. Pilsner was far ...