Shut up about Barclay Perkins

Beer Nouveau as an easy stroll from our hotel. All we need to do is follow the railway line running from Manchester Piccadilly. It tak...

Can you believe that there are still Barclay Perkins brewing records that I haven’t processed yet? But it’s true. Somehow I got stuck in t...

It's almost time for me to grab my bags and head towards the airport for the first intercontinental leg of my Macbeth Tour. I'm ...

Proof that Köstritzer was about more than just it's famous Schwarzbier. And an excuse for not writing anything complicated. Or long. ...

More milk Stout, you lucky kids.  Remember mackeson's genius idea of licensing others to brew Milk Stout? The evidence shows that th...

Gig number two of the trip is in Manchester itself. At Beer Nouveau which, conveniently, is within walking distance of our hotel. But we k...

Continuing my Milk Stout series, here’s an enchanting little Mackeson recipe from the middle of WW II. Whitbread started brewing Mackeso...

At 12:45 we head over to Five Clouds , the beer shop where I’ll be speaking. There are a few people milling around inside, which is a good s...

Milk Stout seems to have spread throughout the whole of the UK almost immediately. I'm starting to get an inkling why. below is a l...