Shut up about Barclay Perkins

When Allsopp was converted into a public company im the late 19th century, the shares were eagerly snapped up by investors. Anticipating reg...

Here we are back down South. Looking at another set of Bitters. Fun, isn't it? Well, maybe mot. But we can pretend, can't we? There ...

While on my quest for information on Formby brewers, I came across this lovely advert for fizzing up your beer. "THE "SPECIAL” BEE...

You can guess where we are again: advertorial country. Just outside London, to be precise, in Essex. Once again, a brewery with a large ...

I was looking for some statistics on UK beer exports. So I had a dive in "The British Brewing Industry 1830 - 1980". Didn’t find...

There are indeed a couple of more types I’ve not done yet. Isn’t this fun? Just you and me a pile of dead beer brands. Well, mostly dead. ...

Brands: don’t you just love them? Saves having to think too hard about your purchases. Which is presumably why big breweries were so keen ...

Time to look at the rest of Ind Coope’s bottled beers. Which tell us a little about brewing of the period. I’ll go through the styles al...