Shut up about Barclay Perkins

Here's a special treat for Mild Month. Schönfeld's description of Mild Alefrom "Die Herstellung Obergähriger Bier". The bo...

Did I mention that I've finally been paid? Just 10 weeks after starting my new job. Oh the joys of contracting. Now there's somethin...

I've been so impressed with the standard of debate on RateBeer that I want to try and emulate it here on the blog. That's why I...

Counterintuitive is my middle name. (I don't actually have a middle name. My parents could only afford one. Times were hard in the 1930...

It's ironic that many in the American craft beer community, which prides itself on innovation and new ideas, should be so conservative w...

Of course I mean German Top-fermenting beers. Just a little windup there with the title. I thought I might give you my classification of the...

I don't out much during the week, especially not on Monday. Yesterday was an exception. There aren't many who could drag me out. But...

Standing on the shoulders of midgets. That's what modern beer writers are doing. We need a year zero. I was lucky enough to be young dur...

I'd like to share some personal memories with you. Memories of the time I've spent boozing in the USA. That's right. I've ru...

I always deliver on my promises. I told you I'd be posting some Mild recipes. Here they are: Whitbread 1881 XXX: Barclay Perkins 1925 X:...

We bear collective responsibility. Humanity is a sum of us all. If there's a theme to my life, I like to think it's learning. There...

I have to share this with you. One of the Homebrew Twats I was arguing with about Kölsch came up with a great response: "In addition, y...

Mild might have lived a long and (mostly) happy life, but what is its future? Here are a few of my thoughts on how it might live on. As colo...

I try to stay out of arguments with certain American homebrewers. The ones who lurk on beer forums. That's where you find all the self-a...

Great news. I've received confirmation from Blogger that I am human: "Your blog has been reviewed, verified, and cleared for regula...

I've been asking myself this question a lot of late. When is a Dortmunder Imperial? Logic would say that it would need to be brewed in a...

When I was younger. Much younger. Much, much younger, I used to homebrew. I started while I was still at school. It was my elder brother tha...

I had a surprise when I first posted today. I had to type in word verification to prove I was human . . . I've just checked and I'm...

It's still May. Time for another of my Mild series. Or should that be Mild Lager? Whatever. I've always tried to recreate the Mild e...

It's so long since I started this series that I've forgotten the first half dozen posts. Not to worry. This is the final installment...