Shut up about Barclay Perkins

When Whitbread introduced a Brown Ale in 1932, it wasn’t much like the modern idea of an English Brown Ale. Especially not one brewed in t...

Mild was one of the first topics I researched in the archives. Right after Porter. I didn't find what I expected. Because I had no i...

Barclay Perkins made a few trial attempts at Lager brewing during WW I. It obviously opened their eyes its possibilities, as they started ...

The first couple of years of WW I weren’t that cruel to beer. Gravities of the more popular beers had a few points shaved off their gravit...

Not every brewer was keen to embrace the exhilarating freedom of a free mash tun. Whitbread continued on much as before. Though they did e...

More on the history of Porter. Because I'm feeling lazy.But also because it is interesting to see how Porter grists evolved. How nee...

Porter was a hot new beer style in the early 18th century. It was a fairly simple beer, brewed from 100% brown malt and a development of t...

You may have noticed that I've been posting stuff on the history of Porter. There's a good reason for that. I'm busy writing...

The first years of WW I were the last hurrah for strong Mild, unfortunately. Since dropping the stronger XK in 1905, Whitbread were down...