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The Hook Norton Brewery & the Brexit Bacillus

February 5, 2018February 19, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 2 Comments

Hook Norton no longer uses its magificent copper coolship because a heat exchanger does the job far more quickly and with much less risk. So what's all this about "E.U. rules"?

France… via Bristol

October 23, 2017February 19, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

How catching the opening hours of Bristol Beer Week and walking across the Clifton Suspension Bridge got me thinking about French beer.

Bamberg: No Smoke Without Fire

October 9, 2017February 19, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

Bamberg, with eight breweries in its centre and dozens peppering the surrounding region, lives and breathes beer as if it were air. And that air carries the meaty aroma of beechwood smoke.

Culture, Craft and Touring for Tradition

September 23, 2017February 19, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

Wondering why Munich isn’t awash with Mango-Juice Double IPA, Espresso Coffee and Vanilla Stout, or Arugula Brett-Spiked Saison, is like complaining that the Italian Alps don’t look like the Cotswolds, or that the Vietnamese don’t eat roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.

Munich: Highway to Hell

September 12, 2017February 19, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 8 Comments

With the Oktoberfest on the horizon, I consider the birth of Mӓrzen and Hell at the festival, explore Munich beer offerings away from the Theresienwiese, and pay tribute to Georg Schneider, patron saint of Weiβbier.

Munich, Nuremberg and a Darker Side to Beer

September 6, 2017February 19, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

The Reichsparteitage schedule of drinking, communal singing, political speeches and celebration of the Volksgemeinschaft was an amplified version of an evening in Munich’s beerhalls in the 1920s and 30s.

A “Word to the Weiss”

June 19, 2017July 25, 2017 / pursuitofabbeyness / 3 Comments

Why was Dany Prignon – the George Best of Belgian brewing, its Richard Feynman, its Doctor Who, if you will – enquiring after my drinking habits?

Beer Without Borders

June 12, 2017February 19, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

Whereas Belgian beer embodies the togetherness-in-diversity of the national football team, German beers assert their regionalism with all the heat and aggression of a local derby.

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