Shut up about Barclay Perkins

The Excise rules were very strict regarding all sorts of substances, but especially sugar. I wonder if it's still illegal to have suga...

I told you we'd learn what happened to the managing director and head brewer of Edinburgh United Breweries in court. It was quite a ...

Things weren't going well at Edinburgh United Breweries. First the Customs and Excise put the company into liquidation by demanding the ...

I've been gathering information about this for a while: the largest duty fraud of the 20th century. When Edinburgh United Breweries fina...

Petty bureaucrats. Everyone loves them. This is a great example of paying way too much attention to tiny details. "Charge Against...

Time to return to Food and Sanitation. This time for a story of cruel entrapment "DISGRACEFUL INLAND REVENUE DODGERY. At the Hands...

A highly significant piece of legislation was adopted in 1880: the so-called Free Mash Tun Act. It introduced a new method of taxing beer an...

Someone asked the other day about how long watering and adulteration continued to be practised. I think I've found the answer. Increased...