Shut up about Barclay Perkins

One of the many bizarre eccentricities of the UK licensing laws, was that pub opening hours didn’t apply to trains. Not even on Sunday. Ther...

Time for another continent. One where exports faded as British influence did.  All of the destinations in Africa were volatile in terms of h...

In the 19th century, UK beer imports were almost 100% Lager. That changed after 1922 with Irish independence. Overnight, the largest import ...

Fullers continued to brew their strong Burton at the start of the war. I don’t need to tell you that this wasn’t going to last. This strengt...

You're going to have to put up with a few of these number-heavy posts. I'm off with the kids to the UK and I need to queue up some p...

Here, as promised, is a breakdown of exports by individual country, rather than by continent.  Starting with Europe.  Which was, as we’ve al...

I hope you like Stout recipes. Because you're going to get a lot of them as I try to push my wonderful book on London Stout. you wouldn...