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Sweet taste of success - Steve Curtis visits Ragus Sugars
By: Steve Curtis
01/12/2015
Sugar has had a lot of bad press in recent years; refined sugars in our diets are apparently the cause of obesity and heart disease, it is claimed that sugar in soft drinks rots away our teeth - and is apparently ‘toxic’ and the cause of the rise in diabetes in the developed world. Yet sugar is a naturally occurring substance – and fruits, milk and honey have been part of the human diet since our early evolution. So as part of a healthy lifestyle and a balanced diet, its consumption is not necessarily the ‘evil’ it has been described as by some of the anti-sugar lobby.
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Respect for beer - IBD President Charlie Bamforth muses on craft brewing...
By: Charlie Bamforth
01/12/2015
It has been argued that beer is the basis of static civilisation and a major contributor to the survival of humankind through the ages. For thousands of years it has been at the heart of society – but I believe that its status is being diminished. These days, the product is too frequently abused, whether by drinkers behaving badly, brewers disrespecting one another and (in some ways) their customers, or by governments and their advisers seeking to attack the industry. But there are some encouraging signs...
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IBD Southern Section Belgium Study Tour 2015
By: Ian Hornsey, Claire Botwright, Sarah Marshall, Aaron McClure
01/12/2015
Back in May the Southern UK section organised a study tour to Belgium. Here follow reports on the tour written by Claire Botwright, Sarah Marshall and Aaron McClure, and collated by Ian Hornsey.
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Northern crop reports
By: Paul Corbett, Zoe Robinson, Mark Ineson
01/12/2015
A round up from the Northern Hemisphere, here are our annual summaries of malting barley and hop crops from Europe.
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Roll Up, Roll Up: The greatest beer show on earth
By: Dave Thomas
01/12/2015
“Bigger, Better, Beerier” was the slogan used this year for the 29th Great American Beer Festival (GABF) held in the Denver Convention Center, Colorado in September. Ian Hornsey reports from the judges table, Dave Thomas from the Festival Fringe.