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Green beer – good gimmick?
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007 No, I’m not talking about environmental issues for once. During the recent spell of hot weather, I ended up in Dogget’s Coat and...
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Hogs Back brewery — some of it our cup of T.E.A
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007 Various Hogsback Brewery beers Lots of people seem to rate T.E.A. (Traditional English Ale) by the Hogs Back* brewery. We’ve had...
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La Ronda #3 – Una cata de cervezas virtual
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007 English version. Delirium ha organizado esta Ronda, en la que tenemos que proponer una cata de cervezas virtual. “Suponed que lo...
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A real ale pub that doesn’t feel weird
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007 Dark Star Espresso Stout On a recent business trip to Cheshire, I got billetted in Frodsham. My taxi driver volunteered the...
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¿Cómo mantener una verdadera cultura cervecera?
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007 English version Jorge Mario, de Columbia, ha preguntado: ¿Cómo construir, consolidar y mantener una verdadera cultura cervecera?...
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How do you maintain a good beer culture?
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007 En Español La Ronda (the Spanish speaking version of the Session) takes on a weighty philosophical topic, with Jorge Mario of...
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Geeky bubble, overpriced beer
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007 People sometimes criticise ‘craft beer’ for being a bubble or niche; for being the preserve of a small group of geeks, obsessed...
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These Craft Ales We’ve Heard About
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007 While geeks and industry types have been bickering over how to define ‘craft beer’, and whether to use the term at all, an...
View ArticleVIDEO: 10 OBJECTS #4 — PUMP
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007 To accompany the publication of Brew Britannia we’re producing a series of ten minute-long films featuring objects which reflect...
View ArticleClimate Change and British Beer
The Guardian today features a story about the Cantillon brewery in Brussels which, owner Jean Van Roy says, is suffering as a result of climate change: “Ideally it must cool at between minus 3C and 8C....
View ArticleHELP: Real Ale Pubs of the 1970s
For our current Big Project we’re trying to get in touch with people who remember drinking in real ale pubs of the 1970s. We’ll unpack that term a bit: before about 1975, there were pubs that sold...
View ArticleQUICK ONE: BrewDog and Real Ale
BrewDog has just announced LIVE beer (their capitalisation) — a version of their session-strength Dead Pony Club packaged with live yeast and conditioned in the keg. Of course they are obliged to...
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Beer in Pubs, 1951
It’s always exciting to come across specific notes on how beers of the past looked and tasted, especially when those notes are from someone inside the industry. Through a footnote to a footnote in...
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BREAKFAST DEBATE: Is the Cloudwater News the End of the World?
The highly-regarded Manchester brewery Cloudwater is to stop producing cask ale — is this a portent of doom, or a drop in the ocean? The news dropped this morning in a characteristically open blog...
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News, Nuggets & Longreads 8 July 2017: London Fields, St Ives, Anywhere
Here’s all the beer writing and news from the past seven days that’s grabbed our attention, from brewery takeovers to the (literal) essence of craft beer. First, a bit of beer blogging admin: the...
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These Craft Ales We’ve Heard About
While geeks and industry types have been bickering over how to define ‘craft beer’, and whether to use the term at all, an alternative seems to have come out of nowhere: Gone are the days when going...
View ArticleVIDEO: 10 OBJECTS #4 — PUMP
To accompany the publication of Brew Britannia we’re producing a series of ten minute-long films featuring objects which reflect part of the story. This fourth film is about the decline and revival of...
View ArticleClimate Change and British Beer
The Guardian today features a story about the Cantillon brewery in Brussels which, owner Jean Van Roy says, is suffering as a result of climate change: “Ideally it must cool at between minus 3C and 8C....
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HELP: Real Ale Pubs of the 1970s
For our current Big Project we’re trying to get in touch with people who remember drinking in real ale pubs of the 1970s. We’ll unpack that term a bit: before about 1975, there were pubs that sold...
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QUICK ONE: BrewDog and Real Ale
BrewDog has just announced LIVE beer (their capitalisation) — a version of their session-strength Dead Pony Club packaged with live yeast and conditioned in the keg. Of course they are obliged to...
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