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New approach to barley breeding AGOUEB – The Association Genetics of UK Elite Barley project

By: Tom Bringhurst, James Brosnan, Bill Thomas

01/01/2012

The Association Genetics of UK Elite Barley (AGOUEB) project, led by the Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI and now the James Hutton Institute) is an important strategic development in the search for new malting, distilling and brewing barley varieties, and has been strongly supported by the Scotch Whisky Research Institute (SWRI), the Maltsters Association of Great Britain (MAGB) and other stakeholders in the barley supply chain.

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Beers that cheer: A commodity for emergency treatment

By: Jens Eiken

01/01/2012

There is something deeply satisfying and sensual about a great beer. The savour goes beyond what you have words to describe. It resonates the past, the present, and the future in one fulfilling mouthful.

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Intro to ERAB - The European Foundation forAlcohol Research

By: Janet Witheridge

01/01/2012

The European Research Advisory Board (ERAB) was established as an independent charity in Brussels in 2003 to fund European biomedical and psychosocial research into the effects of beer and alcohol. It is funded by the brewing sector in Europe and its independence is guaranteed by a Board of Directors made up of a majority of public members along the lines of the ABMRF/ The Foundation for Alcohol Research in the United States (see panel). In the past eight years it has funded 45 European research projects from 11 countries.

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A chat with Jack - A visit to the Jack Daniel Distillery

By: Emma Dawson

01/01/2012

Two years ago I embarked on a trip to visit eleven Scottish distilleries across from Speyside to Islay (B&DI January 2011). During this visit I tried to decipher the varying techniques used at each distillery to work out how exactly they created the defining style of each of their malts. It was a fascinating process and one that led me to question how their shared methods may compare to other international whiskies.

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Learning to brew amongst the lakes - Canada’s first Teaching Brewery

By: Julie Greco

01/01/2012

Twenty-five-year-old Brett Corbiere made a shocking discovery on his first day in class at Niagara College’s new Teaching Brewery – he didn’t know how to taste beer properly. Since he began the college’s Brewmaster/Brewery Operations programme however, he has been acquiring new skills every day to reach his ultimate goal – opening a brewpub in his home town.

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Brewing records north of the border - The Scottish Brewing Archive Association

By: Harvey Milne

01/01/2012

I hope to give you a flavour of the Scottish Brewing Archive Association (the SBAA) and indeed, the Scottish Brewing Archives (SBA) which are housed in Glasgow within Glasgow University Archive Services (GUAS). I shall consider our objectives and origins, something of our own history, a little bit about GUAS, and what we have achieved over the years and conclude with a few words about our future strategy.

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A lager reborn Wrexham rises again

By: Roger Putman

01/01/2012

The town of Wrexham in North Wales is said to have had some 35 breweries at the end of the nineteenth century although the Brewery History Society handbook lists only 13. After Carlsberg Tetley closed the Wrexham Lager Brewery in 2000, it had none and only the lone but prominent stack of the old Soames plant attached to the Nags Head pub to show for a proud tradition. It had numerous coal mines, steelworks and brickworks and it has none of those either but that is another story.