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As you may already be aware, UK brewers used almost exclusively Memel oak from the Eastern Baltic to construct their casks. The discussion w...

Today we’re going to see a couple of examples of just how much was under government control during the war and its aftermath. First wood. ...

This is turning into another long series. But it's all good stuff, well worth learning. We'll begin with isinglass. Pretty impo...

We're back with casks in WW II. I had a little too much information for a single post. Some breweries had the foresight to buy in st...

In the days when barrels were still made of wood, a supply of oak for building and maintaining them was essential. English oak was in sh...

I've been meaning to post the second part of the Brewers' Journal article on American oak for some time. But, as you know, I'm e...

Britain's brewing industry ceased self-sufficiency long before the 20th century. I've already catalogued the dependence on imported ...