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Sussex Steak with Port and Porter
When I started this blog I promised to give recipes with beer as one of the ingredients. There’s not been enough of that, so here’s a great dish for winter evenings – Sussex Steak. Port and porter are...
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Extreme beers in the 19th century
Burton, legendarily associated with strong drink Once more serendipitous synchronicity works its magic, as hacking through glades of old newspapers for something else entirely turns up fascinating info...
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Imperial Stout – Russian or Irish?
A very early Russian Stout ad from 1922 It was terrific to see a positive story on the BBC about beer, with the coverage of the Great Baltic Adventure, the project to take Imperial Russian Stout back...
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Courage IRS: a 40-year vertical tasting
Very few beer brands survive today that have modern examples to put into a worthwhile four-decade vertical tasting. That’s simply because forty years ago there were hardly any beers being brewed that...
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The nine beers every 16-year-old needs to try
This post has its roots in something my 14-year-old daughter said to me this morning, about how she would never drink tea or coffee. “You will,” I told her, thinking that, as with so many pleasures,...
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It’s Baltic Porter Day — a good excuse for punching a few Baltic Porter myths...
Today is Baltic Porter Day, an event started by the Polish brewer and porter fan Marcin Chmielarz, and that gives me an excellent excuse to try to kill some Baltic Porter myths. A few facts: ● Baltic...
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