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The Oxford Companion To Beer
home about forum tasted features A-Z directory books links sign-up wine whisky features The Oxford Companion to Beer By Roger Protz, 11/11…
Added: Tuesday, November 1st 2011
Strong Beer; Big Tax
"In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes," said Benjamin Franklin, one of the founders of the United States and a devoted beer…
Added: Thursday, September 1st 2011
The History Of CAMRA
And now: CAMRA the Movie! You're probably aware that the Campaign for Real Ale is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and to emphasise the…
Added: Monday, August 1st 2011
Great British Beer Festival 2011
A traditional dark mild with a Cockney rhyming slang name has won the title of Supreme Champion Beer of Britain at the CAMRA Great…
Added: Monday, August 1st 2011
O-Roger, It's A Burton Ale
I helped launch a Burton Ale in Burton-on-Trent. Nothing remarkable about that, you might think, save for the fact that the beer in question was…
Added: Monday, August 1st 2011
Farewell To Tetley
Carlsberg UK, the British subsidiary of the Danish brewing giant, has closed the Tetley brewery in Leeds and transferred production to Banks's brewery in Wolverhampton,…
Added: Friday, July 1st 2011
New Trappist Breweries In The Pipeline
Two new breweries run by Trappist monks could be brewing soon. One brewery would mark the first monastic brewery in France in modern times, while…
Added: Wednesday, June 1st 2011
Arctic Ale, 1845
I got that tingle of excitement in February that only history can create. I was present at the opening of a bottle of beer that…
Added: Tuesday, March 1st 2011
Rochefort
Reddish-brown colour, with a fruity and slightly herbal aroma and palate and a finish dominated by rich malt, a pleasing hint of chocolate (in keeping…
Added: Tuesday, February 1st 2011
Budvar - Lager As It Should Be
What does the word "lager" mean to you? A cold, bland, fizzy drink knocked out in vast volumes by global brewers - or a beer…
Added: Saturday, January 1st 2011