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Leaving Burton-on-Trent

28th September 2007 | Uncategorised

I wanted the send-off from Burton to be a bit of a celebration of the town’s brewing tradition, and we managed to accomplish this...

Power Cruising through the Midlands

28th September 2007 | Uncategorised

Before 1840, beer used to be taken from Burton to the ports by canal boat. It was slow and expensive, often costing more than...

Oceana: a rest home at sea, but in a good way

28th September 2007 | Uncategorised

Our first leg at sea was on the P&O cruise ship, Oceana. I was angry at Barry (see below) so he remained in our...

Barry the Bastard from Burton

28th September 2007 | Uncategorised

It’s one thing to give a name to an inanimate object and anthropomorphise it. It’s quite another when that object starts to take on...

Reassuringly Expensive

3rd September 2007 | Uncategorised

So I was in Burton Public Library, researching the IPA book, and I found something else interesting – in 1852 and 1875, Britain sent...

Father of Beer Writing Dead

30th August 2007 | Uncategorised

I just learned that Michael Jackson, the Beer Hunter, died this morning. He’s been ill for a long time, and the reports don’t yet...

We Brewed the Beer!

30th August 2007 | Uncategorised

(l-r: Me, Kevin the American, Steve Wellington, Jo) The India Pale Ale for my epic trip is now brewed and sitting in Burton-on-Trent. Two...

Bye bye freedom – it was nice knowing you

11th August 2007 | Uncategorised

When I’m not happily drinking beer, I’m increasingly concerned about the systematic undermining of our civil liberties in the name of the prevention of...

Losing your head?

9th August 2007 | Uncategorised

“Englishmen are like their own beer: Frothy on top, dregs on the bottom, the middle excellent.” Voltaire said that. François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694...

Leaving Burton-on-Trent

Power Cruising through the Midlands

Oceana: a rest home at sea, but in a good way

Barry the Bastard from Burton

Reassuringly Expensive

Father of Beer Writing Dead

We Brewed the Beer!

Bye bye freedom – it was nice knowing you

Losing your head?

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