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An apple a day for 75 years keeps the doctor away
By: Ian Hornsey
01/10/2013
Brewers and distillers will not need reminding that over the past decade considerable changes have occurred in the global beverage market, with bottled waters and functional beverages constituting the fastest growing sectors. Several changes in society have contributed to changes in the market, the most significant being that beverages are not only consumed to provide refreshment and hydration but also to increase well-being and to help in preventing
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Catching up with the Beer Bloke ... Inside the Lancaster Brewery
By: Roger Putman
01/10/2013
We last met Ray Penny when he was running the Wickwar Brewery in Gloucestershire which he founded back in 1990. He has now returned to the cut and thrust of technical brewing as a consultant calling himself the Beer Bloke.
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Water for brewing
By: Paul Buttrick
01/10/2013
Brewer & Distiller International • October 2013 • www.ibd.org.uk 11 Working as a production brewer in various breweries, my time was taken up brewing and packaging beer. Visits to utilities areas were infrequent and normally involved going into to a noisy, enclosed room with pumps, pipes and wires and I never really knew what was going on. This article concentrates on what brewers call ‘liquor’.
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Craft Brewing – Spanish style
By: John Dunwell
01/10/2013
Although total sales volumes of the craft beer segment in Spain are still very small, there is a growing recognition by Spanish consumers of the qualities of these beers. Younger consumers, particularly, are becoming more aware of the possibility of different choices and types of beers, especially those beers that they experience when travelling abroad.
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The new Elizabethans - A look at the last sixty years
By: Chris Holden, Stephen Oliver
01/10/2013
This year sees the 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and in the spirit of nostalgia this seemed a good time to look back on what has happened to the UK beer and alcohol industry over that time.
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Moving a well established micro along ... Mad hogs and Englishmen
By: Roger Putman
01/10/2013
The unsung driver behind the Beer Academy since its inception, Rupert Thompson bought into Surrey’s Hogs Back Brewery some eighteen months ago. It is now celebrating its 21st anniversary – and with a new repackaged range, some new products and big plans for expansion, it is well poised for the next twenty one.
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SAB Trade Brewers mentor university teams
01/10/2013
The sixth Intervarsity Beer Competition was held at SAB World of Training (previously Training Institute) at the end of August and once again showed the excellent networking that this event has enjoyed over the years between all participating universities, SAB Ltd and IBD Africa Section.
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Wasser aus der Nordsee - The first whisky from Germany’s most northerly distillery
By: Axel Hartwig
01/10/2013
The Dolleruper Destille is the most northerly distillery in Germany and is located in the small village of Dollerup, not far from the Baltic coast. It was built in 2003 by the owner Manfred Weyrauch who had previously been producing apple juice for 15 years. The distillery is well known for its many good-quality products, particularly a barrelmatured apple distillate, which it calls ‘Dolvados’ (that is Calvados from Dollerup).