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Endangered beers
Beers, like animals, can be endangered species: some can even go extinct. Nobody’s seen West Country White Ale in the wild for more than 125 years. Camra, I’m very pleased to say, has rece… more →
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Endangered beers
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wrote 1 week ago: Beers, like animals, can be endangered species: some can even go extinct. Nobody’s seen West C … more →
The Woman Between the Lines
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Alas, that such a seminal document is in private ownership. It hails all the way from . Ur, that is. … more →
Why men love Beer
wrote 2 weeks ago: Fun facts! … more →
How Brazil's favourite beer arrived from Scotland
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wrote 3 weeks ago: ‘If the man who invented the censorship bar had drunk Skol, it wouldn’t look like this … more →
"¿Dónde estaríamos sin la cerveza?"
wrote 2 months ago: De nuestros amigos de onlinebachelordegreeprograms.com llega esta hermosa e interesantísima infograf … more →
How Beer Saved the World!
wrote 2 months ago: Thanks to Beer Street Journal, here is an awesome info graphic about where we would (or wouldn … more →
Hi everybody!
wrote 4 months ago: Our first infographic will be uploaded soon. … more →
Book Review - The Barbarian's Beverage: A History of Beer in Ancient Europe
wrote 4 months ago: Beer has a long history with much of it not recorded. As such, this history is scattered with legend … more →
The most notorious brewer in history
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wrote 4 months ago: Antoine-Joseph Santerre In the autumn of 1775, Henry Thrale, owner of one of the biggest porter brew … more →
Caught on the horns of a yard of ale
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wrote 4 months ago: You’ve read the stories, I’m sure: you’ve probably got, as I have, a mental pictur … more →
Roast beef, plum pudding and ale
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wrote 5 months ago: I blame Charles Dickens. If he hadn’t ended A Christmas Carol with the by-then thoroughly refo … more →
The origins of pils: a reality Czech from Evan Rail
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wrote 5 months ago: If there is one blessing the Oxford Companion to Beer has brought us, it’s the beginnings of a … more →
A short history of water
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wrote 5 months ago: An artesian well dug at Christie & Co's brewery, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire around 1926 In No … more →
How they brought the good news from 1700 to today
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wrote 6 months ago: Now I understand why those nice people at Brains Brewery wanted to invite me to be on their table at … more →
London's brewing, London's brewing …
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wrote 7 months ago: The London Brewers Alliance beer festival at Vinopolis, by Borough Market, a couple of Saturdays ago … more →
Beer, not just a guy thing
wrote 7 months ago: Decisions, decisions A woman’s dilemma: You walk into a bar/social gathering/party. The time has com … more →
The Oxford Companion to Beer: a dreadful disaster?
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wrote 7 months ago: My copy of the Oxford Companion to Beer is currently on its way to me from the US, but, alerted by t … more →
The lost art of extreme-aged cask ale
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wrote 8 months ago: In September 1841 the “magnificent mansion” of Wynnstay, near Wrexham in North Wales, sa … more →
The Lager Yeast
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wrote 9 months ago: About 600 years ago, the German lager was born, but it is a mystery how the yeast (responsible for m … more →
