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Sais Who? (Part Two)

November 19, 2018November 20, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

A Saison controversy reminds us that there is a difference between oral history and oral tradition, that there is power in both induction and deduction, and that absence of evidence is not always evidence of absence.

Collaboration x Cannibalisation

November 14, 2018December 31, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

The collaboration beer is a novel solution for marketing and distribution at scale―a challenge that used to necessitate ruthless consolidation.

Brew Day!… “My Cherry Amour”

October 29, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 2 Comments

My first attempt at a fruit beer had me grappling with a mathematical formula and a lot of questions.

Can We Read a Beer in the Same Way We Read a Book?

October 23, 2018October 3, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

Beers have a discursive role in our cultural system. Let’s read them with all of our critical faculties.

“Memento Mori”: Another Lesson in Serendipity

October 2, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 4 Comments

If you stumble blindly and incompetently into your brewing masterpiece, will you ever be able to revisit that triumph?

Four Reasons Why We Should Question the “£22 pint”

September 24, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

Why do we defend beer that is economically unjustifiable and the product of unsustainable late-cycle excess?

A Tale of Two Breweries

September 11, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 4 Comments

A mere three years and three kilometres separates Cornwall’s Rebel and Verdant Brewing Companies, but their fortunes have been continents apart.

Store in a Quiet Place, or Tweeting in Tynt Meadow

September 1, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 3 Comments

This summer, England got its first certified Trappist ale. While not yet perfect, it already shows signs that it will honour Belgian abbey ale traditions in an authentically English accent – confident in its own quiet authority.

Brew Day!… “Espress Yourself”

July 23, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 2 Comments

A coffee-bean stout saw me put two new bits of kit from Speidel to work: the Kellermeister conical fermenter and the Braumeister stainless steel wort chiller.

La Lune Sous L’Eau

July 13, 2018May 13, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

Why Au Poêle de la Bête in Toulouse might just be one of the best beer bars in the world.

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