Shut up about Barclay Perkins

As you can probably tell, I'm working away on the next volume of my mega series on the history of UK beer. 60,000 words or so, currently...

I’ve renewed enthusiasm for this never-ending series. Especially when we’ve got to the fascinating subject of devices for closing beer bot...

"Background to the Crown" is a frustrating booklet in some ways. The end is rather anticlimatic and brief. There's no real d...

By the 1880's two camps had emerged in the search for the perfect stopper. On the one side were the adherents of internal devices lik...

I'm continuing with the very informative account of the history of beer bottle stoppers. I know. This blog has hit a new low. The really...

Nothing to do with the monarchy. The crown meant is a crown cork and the title of a booklet produced by the Crown Cork Company. I'd ...

I never realised just how fascinating a topic bottling was. What did I use to write about? It's hard to remember, in a world dominat...