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The story of beer and food matching
By: Rupert Ponsonby
01/10/2014
Beer is our national drink. It defines us Brits. Fruity, understated, complex, earthy – our beer styles hold a mirror to our soul.
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The IBD Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference 2014
By: Steve Curtis
01/10/2014
The return to Glasgow for the IBD Worldwide Spirits Convention 2014 could not have come at a more critical time for the future of Great Britain. With a Yes/No referendum on Scottish independence due to be held a week later, the second most talked about topic of conversation, beyond distilled spirits of course, was the implications of either result on the future of the nation.
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Bottles or cans?
By: Colin McCrorie
01/10/2014
Brewer & Distiller International • October 2014 • www.ibd.org.uk 15 Quo vadis: Whither bottles or cans? Over countless decades this argument has been simmering, to the point where in the early 1990s the future of bottled beer was in some doubt, until the sudden advent of alcopops and front-of-shelf premium lagers. Before this watershed the march of can products appeared irresistible.
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Australia’s only rye distillery
By: Peter Bignell
01/10/2014
You could describe the Belgrove distillery operation as sustainable, closed loop, small carbon footprint, green, farm based, value adding, craft as well as low food miles. Here is Australia’s only rye distillery and one where all the grain is grown at home and all the whiskey bottled on site. Moreover it is powered by spent cooking
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Heineken’s ‘Little gem’ - Bracki Browar Zamkowy in Poland
By: Ian Hornsey
01/10/2014
The history of brewing in Poland is as complicated as the country’s history, and, over the last two centuries, brewers have absorbed elements of Czech, German, and British traditions.
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Getting into the malt and hops - Scotland’s first experiential brewery
By: Roger Putman
01/10/2014
Drygate Brewery standing hard by the mighty Tennents plant in the east end of Glasgow bills itself as the UK’s first experiential brewery. Does the term mean that there is a big picture window to view the production operations or can you actually get your hands on?
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Distilling on an island with five thousand deer!
By: Billy Mitchell
01/10/2014
After a drive of 130 miles from Central Scotland to the ferry terminal at Kennacraig on the West of Kintyre peninsula, a two-hour ferry crossing from Kennacraig to Port Askaig on the East coast of Islay, an overnight in the well-appointed Islay Hotel in Port Ellen, a fiveminute ferry crossing from Port Askaig to Feolin on Jura followed by a further 18 miles on a single-track road along the southeast coast of the island, I finally reach my destination.
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Brewing in the sunny Seychelles
By: Pavan Moolraj
01/10/2014
Seychelles Breweries was initiated by English immigrant Robert Wells in 1967. The brewery obtained its licence to operate in 1968. Wells formed a partnership with Joachim Haase from the German family-owned Brauhaase brewery and signed a co-operation and planning agreement.
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Wits prepares for the Intervarsity
01/10/2014
Johannesburg is known as the city of gold as it was built by those consumed by the search for the precious metal. The early miners had a distinct thirst for beer leading to the establishment of many breweries which grew and consolidated, leaving only the mega-breweries remaining.