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Wednesday 29 August 2012

Bottle Conditioned Beer: How Will You Eat Yours?

Bottle conditioned beer presents the drinker with a choice. Essentially, it comes down to one point: Do you want the yeasty sediment or not? I actually think this is oversimplifying it. If you were to opt for the extra oomph in your glass, would you want it distributed evenly throughout your drink, or do you want the first clear draft to be followed a heartier serving? Wikipedia is, as usual, of no help:

Tuesday 21 August 2012

"What if the dinosaurs come back while we're all asleep?"


The Kernel Centennial Columbus IPA,
The Pig and Butcher, Islington

A nearby pub was closed, but about to be open. Posters slapped across its windows heralded the arrival of Daily Fish and Something About Meat Being Butchered On The Premises. It also said Something About Beer. 20 kinds, right? Impressive. Although it sounds like they’ll have had more kinds of fish after a month or so. Maybe it won’t always be the same 20 kinds of beer. Hold on.

Friday 10 August 2012

nineteen eighty five

Beer blogger Alan McLeod posted yesterday calling out the press for heralding all-too-loudly the 27th consecutive year of global beer growth. He is right to do so, and ends with some piquing industry-level questions around the beer you love being "the child of the beer you hate". Nice. However, there was one bit that irked me:

Tuesday 7 August 2012

Crafty Bud

graphed beer - via huffpo
There has been much in the press lately of the success of craft brewing. But what does this tell us about the future of beer in general?

For the US, craft beer sales are rising while overall beer market is weak, to say the least. For here in the UK, several articles have documented the characters behind beer's recent renaissance. These include not just local articles, but high profile pieces in both the New York Times and Washington Post.

There has been mention before - as discussed in an earlier post of mine about larger UK brewers and their forays into "craft territory" -  that big companies are taking note. But lets look at Really Big Beer for a second (e.g. Not Fullers). Surely, they can't ignore what's happening to their market?

Monday 6 August 2012

On Red Stripe

Today Jamaica celebrates 50 years of independence. Although my love for the island started entirely with the music, I thought that I couldn't let today pass without writing a brief piece on its relationship with beer.

Sunday 5 August 2012

Five Italian Beers Of Note

Blog has been quiet. Have been snooping around central Italy, trying beers. Here is my record:

Birra Moretti
Let’s get this one out of the way.  This beer is everywhere in Italy. You cannot ignore it. From the obscured osteria behind a hilltop church, to the Florentine cathedral-front sandwich sellers, this beer is as common as the roadside Madonna.