January 1, 2013 | Travel Features
In Ireland, history catches you by the coattails at every turn. Towns, cities and countryside reflect centuries of invasion, foreign domination and massacre, the unbearable horror of the Great Hunger of the 19th century, and the long and bloody struggle ...
May 1, 2011 | Culture
Real ale is also known as cask-conditioned beer and is now an accepted dictionary definition for warm-fermented ale that is not filtered, pasteurized or artificially carbonated. At the end of fermentation in the brewery, the unfinished beer is run into ...
May 1, 2011 | Culture
In April 2010, as the world’s airlines were grounded by volcanic ash, all the signs indicated that the Campaign for Real Ale’s annual conference would be poorly attended. It was due to take place on the Isle of Man, halfway ...
November 19, 2010 | Brewstyles
It’s every beer lover’s dream, to jump in the Time Machine, spin the dials and travel back to discover what iconic brews were really like centuries ago: the IPAs of Victorian England, the porters and stouts of 18th-century London, and, ...
November 1, 2010 | Brewstyles
Trappist monks are properly known as the Order of the Strict Observance, a branch of the Cistercians. The name Trappist comes from their abbey at La Trappe in Normandy, northern France, from where they were driven out at the time ...
May 1, 2010 | Book Reviews
I hesitate to call Jeff Evans a veteran beer writer for fear he points a bony finger at the date on my birth certificate. But Jeff has been around the beer scene since the early 1990s and earned his spurs ...
September 1, 2009 | Travel Features
The 50-minute flight from Melbourne to Adelaide takes you to a different time zone. This is a big country, the world’s largest island, with a land mass almost as big as the United States but with only 16 million people: ...
September 1, 2009 | Travel Features
If you’ve ever had the misfortune to pass through London’s Heathrow airport, you’ll have experienced the grim-faced passport control officials. Without a word, they grab your passport, look at the photo, glare at your face, hand back the document and ...
November 1, 2008 | Learn Beer
Krakow U Piwersow 32 Ul. Florianska EB Specjal Pils and Zywiec Porter U Kacpra 2 Ul. Slakowska EB Specjal Pils and Zywiec Porter Fischer Pub 42 Ul. Grodzka Zywiec Porter Alchemia 5 Ul. Estery Zywiec Lager and Porter Square Pub ...
November 1, 2008 | Learn Beer
The Big Three They all produce vast quantities of uninspired pale lagers but there are a few gems. Carlsberg: Carlsberg-Okocim. Has three breweries and produces Bosman, Kasztelan, Okocim, Piast and Zakrzow. Its 5.5% Okocim Jasne Pelne is a full-flavored, hoppy ...