Obviously, London gets a lot of love in the UK craft beer scene. Only really rivalled domestically by Manchester, the capital is one of the best places in Europe to sample varied and delicious beers from local independent brewers. In fact, 36 new breweries opened… Read More
The Breweries had to evolve over time, with changing market conditions and tastes. The growth of competition has resulted in many of the smaller operations being brought down and purchased by the larger and more successful companies. This has meant that in order to remain… Read More
Evidence of beer brewing in the UK goes back as far as 3000 BC. Although, the prehistoric beer brewers of Orkney in Northern Scotland probably wouldn’t appreciate your pint of Carlsberg. Palaeontologists have discovered evidence that they brewed a rudimentary beer using plants such as… Read More
Brewing is the process of sugars being exposed to yeast that produces alcohol, with the sugars coming from either cereals or fruits. Distilling is a secondary process during which the alcoholic liquid is boiled in a still, with the steam being syphoned off to turn… Read More
Breweries weren’t the only things churning this week in the craft beer world, as rumours abound that Dutch brewing giant Heineken may be buying a large stake in successful London based craft brewery, Beavertown. Founded in 2011 by Logan Plant, the son of legendary Led… Read More
The brewery industry over the years has provided many jobs and there have been many areas that have come to rely on people’s appetite for beer in order for their working population to make a living. Some people feel that if a country drinks less,… Read More
The often-sour tasting world of UK politics and the enticingly passionate craft beer community have collided this year, leaving all concerned with a less than lovely taste in their mouths. At the annual meeting of the Campaign for Real Ale, held on the 21st of… Read More
A microbrewery is a brewery that produces less than 15,000 beer barrels a year. These breweries will often have a pub on the premises and will concentrate on the quality of the beer as opposed to the price of the product. The modern picture… Read More
As the brewing industries have become more and more popular throughout the 20th century, one or two companies have grown faster than the others buying out the less successful companies making the products they sell greater and of a wider variety. The five biggest beer… Read More
