Shut up about Barclay Perkins

I'm often asked about the lining of casks. Something which was common on the Continent and which many assume was also practised in the...

Why am I posting a areport of an industrial accident court case? Because it gives some interesting details about the pitching of lagering ...

What sort of condition was Burton Ale in down the pub in the 1920's? It's the sort of answer I wouldn't expect to get an answer ...

Good old Sydney Nevile. He also wrote about draught beer in the 1930's. You may find some of what he has to say quite surprising. Th...

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 occasionally have arguments on the interweb with people who claim British casks were regularly lined with pitch of some other sunstance du...

Here's the rest of the article about the Wrexham Lager Beer Brewery. It starts witth a description of one of the most important pieces...

Time for the final instalment of a thrilling description of Scottish domestic brewing. Today it's the turn of fermentation. It's f...

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...

Like zooming in on a fractal picture, I keep finding ever more levels of detail. This is about the wood used to contract casks. Pale Ale c...

Pitch. And the age-old question: were British beer casks lined with pitch? Some swear blind that they were. What do I think? I'll tell y...

Here's a question I've never found a deefinitive answer to: were British casks lined with pitch? The only mentions of lining casks...