Shut up about Barclay Perkins

Everyone brewed a Stout in the late 19th century and Harveys was no exception. Porter might have been slowly disappearing, but Stout was sti...

Cairnes grists have become simpler. Whereas in 1898 there were six different ingredients, now there are just four.      The biggest change i...

In the 1898 Cairnes grists I published a couple of weeks back contained a mystery ingredient: B.P.G.  From it's placement in the brewin...

Let’s take a look at what Cairnes beers looked like just before the outbreak of WW I.  There have been a few changes in the years since 1898...

It's a great British tradition to brew beers to celebrate royal events. Marriages, Jubilees, coronations. I always appreciated the extra...

I’m pretty sure that SB stands for Stock Beer. Pretty sure, but not certain. It certainly has the characteristics I’d expect of a Stock Ale....

It’s very obvious which country was the main source of hops for Cairnes: England. Not really surprising, seeing as it was right next door an...

The grists are notable for a couple of reasons. First, there are no adjuncts of any description. Which seems to have been pretty typical of ...

Pale Ale clearly wasn’t very important for Harveys. They only had the one – a full-strength version – and no Light Bitter. Which is quite un...

Now here's a treat for you: the beers of a regional Irish brewery. Cairnes being based in Drogheda, a town about 40 km north of Dublin. ...

I did manage to get through the two weeks without strangling one of the bastards. Didn’t even come close. The reverse probably isn’t true. T...

The closer we get to Seattle, the denser the traffic becomes. We come to a full stop a couple of times. Great. This was what I feared. A tra...

The late 19th century saw a reduction in the number of X Ales brewed by many breweries. Breaking down the standard X to XXXX set. In the cas...

It is an early start today. Our replacement bus is at 9:00. Based on getting the train a few years back, we’ll need to be at the station wel...

The kids aren’t up very early. Or up for much today. That’s fine by me. I’m happy to go along with anything the kids want. Within reason. An...