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4 days ago · Katie Mather has been in Cologne and her write up is a joy both in terms of the writing (she’s cut loose a bit here) and the pleasure at experiencing new things and places she conveys:. It’s illegal, or at least impossible as far as we could work out, to park a van in the centre of Cologne, so I booked a very cheap hotel for two nights.
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1 day ago · SOURCE: Finest Beer Shop/Martin Brewers. One of Kevin Kain’s special areas of interest is glassware – something that doesn’t often attract forensic attention. This time he’s been asking when and why the ‘thistle glass’ came to associated with Scottish beer, at least from a US perspective:. The popularity led an English importer in Antwerp to create his own brand for the Belgian market.
Our golden pints for 2024 | Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
Dec 29, 2024 · Our latest book is Balmy Nectar, a collection of the best of our writing from here on the blog and across various magazines since 2012.It's available via Amazon worldwide. Our book 20th Century Pub was released in 2017 and is an award-winning rattle through the development of the English pub from beerhouses to micropubs. A new edition of Brew Britannia: the strange rebirth of British beer came ...
News, nuggets and longreads 23 November 2024: The Enchanted
Nov 23, 2024 · SOURCE: Quare Swally. Roy at Quare Swally has an impassioned piece about the importance of the Belfast Beer and Cider Festival to a place whose indie beer scene has struggled to establish itself in the past half century:. It was a time pre-Covid, pre-Ukraine war, pre-Liverpool winning the Premier League. It was also a time when you could get a decent beer in Belfast for well under £7.
News, nuggets and longreads 30 November 2024: Birding
Nov 30, 2024 · A Wirtshaus. SOURCE: Tempest in a Tankard/Franz D. Hofer. At Tempest in a Tankard Franz D. Hofer has been exploring an important Austro-Bavarian institution – the Wirtshaus, or village inn.It starts with a typically delightful anecdote from his travels: A small group of burly men with broad grins joined us at our table, curious to hear about these two wanderers who clearly weren’t from ...
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Nov 17, 2024 · For Bon Appétit Kate Bernot has written about the decline in draught beer drinking in the wake of the pandemic:. For Gen Zers who turned 21 during the pandemic’s shutdowns, staying home became the default social mode… The decline in draft beer is a decades-long story, though COVID-19’s temporary closure of bars and restaurants accelerated the pace of …
Stats on our Bristol pub visits in 2024 | Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
3 days ago · Our latest book is Balmy Nectar, a collection of the best of our writing from here on the blog and across various magazines since 2012.It's available via Amazon worldwide. Our book 20th Century Pub was released in 2017 and is an award-winning rattle through the development of the English pub from beerhouses to micropubs. A new edition of Brew Britannia: the strange rebirth of British beer came ...
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Dec 28, 2024 · By way of contrast, a story that did break out of the bubble was Mark Blacklock’s forensic investigation into Samuel Smith’s brewery, and Humphrey Smith’s influence in particular, for The Guardian.We get an attempt at an article like this every now and then, usually recycling the very limited information that’s available, but this piece has …
On the brief lives of beer brands | Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
Dec 1, 2024 · As recently as the early 00s, I remember finding Holt’s bitter (sic for capitalisation) a seriously challenging beer, the kind of ‘acquired taste’ where you couldn’t leave it for more than a day or two without having to acquire it all over again.
Brand codes and beer packaging | Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
Nov 17, 2024 · Our latest book is Balmy Nectar, a collection of the best of our writing from here on the blog and across various magazines since 2012.It's available via Amazon worldwide. Our book 20th Century Pub was released in 2017 and is an award-winning rattle through the development of the English pub from beerhouses to micropubs. A new edition of Brew Britannia: the strange rebirth of British beer came ...