Nineteen-ninety-five was a bad year for cask ale. The summer’s unexpected, prolonged period of hot weather undermined all the good
Real ale was the term used by the Campaign for Real Ale in the early 1970s when it set out
Earlier this year, while at the Chicago Real Ale Festival, I started thinking about the first time I tasted cask-conditioned
What would England―and the wider world of beer―lose if her native beer styles vanished? These nine distinct styles, each with
5 gallons at 1109 OG, 48 IBU 8 pounds pale ale malt 1047 16 pounds amber malt (see text) 1062
Belhaven Rabbit (serves six) Rabbit cooked in beer at the Boathouse, Ayr, Scotland. St. Andrew’s Ale is brewed by Belhaven.
I recently had the pleasure of acquiring what was described to me as a “300 year-old beer bottle,” unearthed from
Pub food in England was for years the butt of comedians who told jokes about pub-goers singing “happy birthday” to
Until the arrival of the “iron way”⎯the railroad network⎯in the 19th century, people traveled by horse-drawn coaches that also carried
Scottish Sparkling Ale 5 gallons at 1080, 50 IBU 11 pounds pale ale malt (English or Belgian preferred) 1 pound
