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The art of craft beer

01/12/2014

It is a fair statement to make that Spain has been, for a very long time, a lager-drinking country. However, the past couple of years have seen a modest shift in the paradigm of the Spanish beer market. Spaniards love their food and they love their wine. However, that same affection is yet to be shown to beer. To even suggest that beer could be equal, if not better than wine, in terms of food pairings is near blasphemous to the ears of many.

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Muntons inward mission - Brewers visit from across the pond

01/08/2015

In 2007 Muntons Malt organised a North American craft brewers ‘inward mission’ to the United Kingdom. On that trip the company invited 20 American and Canadian craft brewers with the objective of taking them through UK barley breeding programmes, malting processes and British brewing practices. Wind forward eight years and June this year brought a return trip fi nanced by Muntons with support from the AHBD (formerly the HGCA) - with 24 breweries being represented; the spread in location and demographic of the brewers was far and wide with representatives from California, New York, Missouri, Utah and Louisiana among them.

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Are you checking?

01/03/2017

A look into nitrates and Apparent Total N-Nitroso Compounds (ATNC) to remind brewers why they should be testing for these as part of their complete food-safety measures.

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A new world, a new way: Shene Estate and modern distilling in historic Australia

01/03/2018

In the small town of Pontville, Tasmania, lies one of Australia’s oldest buildings, now home to one of its newest distilleries. The picturesque drive to the Shene Estate, located just 25 minutes north-west of Hobart city centre, follows the River Derwent and takes you past the world famous Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) and on to the open landscape of Pontville. The distillery is housed in lovingly restored buildings on a 200-year old estate.

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Parisian Musings - FrogPubs and FrogBeer

01/07/2015

Starting a trend is often hard work – and pioneering does not appeal to everybody – but for those who dare enter the fray, reward and respect is often the result. Brewer and Distiller International’s Shane McNamara and the team at FrogBeer report on the FrogPubs story.

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Icelandic pioneer: A visit to the island’s oldest brewery

01/01/2017

Brewing consistently high quality beers is no easy task. Now try and complete that task in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean on an island where the closest large land mass is Greenland. For over 100 years this has been the task of Ölgerdin Egill Skallagrímsson (Ölgerdin). Recently, the company began exporting its wide range of beers to Europe and North America.

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YSS 4.0 – three days of malting, brewing and distilling

01/12/2014

Just as the industrial world has claimed its fourth phase of evolution (Industry 4.0*), the Young Scientists Symposium was in its fourth form of reincarnation during October at Ghent in Belgium.

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London Calling! Five Points Brewing

01/11/2015

In the 70s it was The Clash beginning to make their mark on the world music scene. Now, almost forty years later, it is the 70s of a different kind that are making their mark. With London now home to more than 70 independent breweries (and counting), it is clear where the nation’s brewing capital lies. One particular hot-bed area for breweries is Hackney in East London. Here you may find one of the most socially responsible and community engaged breweries of the capital – The Five Points Brewing Company

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Farmhouse freestylers - Artisanal brewing in Australia

01/11/2016

Next to a small creek in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, lies a hidden treasure. A place where nature and nurture interact and where farmhouse-style brewing has flourished. The name of this place? La Sirène Brewery located next to the Darebin Creek and National Park in Alphington.

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