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Brew Day!… “When Galaxies Colloid!”

August 19, 2020August 20, 2020 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

Brewing my first genuine hazy IPA.

Lager and Low-Alcohol at BrwLDN

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

The two leading trends in UK craft beer were prominent at this rebranded East London festival.

Brew Day!… “Mosaic”

October 21, 2019November 5, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / 5 Comments

Sometimes it is good to get back to basics.

Tied Up in Notts

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

Taking in the Nottingham Craft Beer Festival, the absurdly-named hype-generating machine that is Neon Raptor Brewing, and the absurdly-built Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Inn.

Brew Day!… “Equinox”

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

As the summer lion overcomes the winter bull, the brewer turns his mind to the joyful high time of the year.

On Clones, Colour and Cassonade

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / 2 Comments

One of my Pursuit of Abbeyness XII brew-day posts received a spike of traffic from the Homebrew Talk forum. I went and eavesdropped on the discussion.

A Multitude of Sins

February 17, 2019March 16, 2019 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

London’s Beavertown Brewery celebrated its seventh birthday with seven collaboration beers. Here’s what I thought about them.

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.

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.

Sais Who?

April 30, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

An encounter with Mark Tranter, founder of the Saison-specialist Burning Sky Brewery, coincides with a homebrewed Grisette, inspiring some reflections on these rough-and-ready, Belgian workers’ ales.

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