Shut up about Barclay Perkins

I have a large collection of brewery histories. They are often a frustrating read, concentrating on owning family members or the company...

With my head stuck firmly up the arse of the seventies, this is a question which has crossed my mind often of late. Who were all the new cov...

Another wartime Heineken recipe. A beautifully watery one. But isn't low-alcohol beer all the rage? Heineken’s other Lagerbier suffered ...

I'm so glad that I have some Heineken brewing records from WW II. If only to demonstrate that things weren't all that bad in the UK ...

More early 1970s pricing fun. This time, it's the turn of Lager. How will this type turn out in terms of value for money? Crap, obviousl...

Being trendy is not something I've often been accused of. Having determinedly kept my finger as far away from the pulse as physically po...

To go with yesterday's post of an advert listing various beers on sale here are analyses of most of them. The ones described as "a...

If you're wondering about that title, it comes from the advert below. And is obviously a joke on the campaign of the brewing industry at...

While in the late 1940's beer in the UK was still getting weaker, things were picking up in Holland. In 1948 there was even some full-st...

I've just renewed my annual subscription to the British Newspaper Archives. Best start making sure that I get my moneys worth out of  it...