It looks lovely.

Conical fermenters in the DDR In one of my Brewing in the DDR slides I mentioned the adoption of conical fermenters. I thought that I'd expand on that a little. Based on ...

Conical fermenters in the DDR. I'm getting a bit too mainstream, I think.
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If by traditional, you mean 19th-century, that's definitely true. Pretty sure that Orval was an attempt to copy Bass Pale Ale.

Oddly, the Highland Laddie was a pub I visited at lunchtime with workmates when I was working in a bus garage on Kirkstall Road. A very working class place back then.

It's just like IPA being romaticised and East India Porter - the beer ordinary soldiers in India drank - totally forgotten. Despite far more of it being shipped to India than IPA.

Well said. Was having a discussion with a brewer friend from the US recently about how the UK doesn't value and celebrate its brewing traditions the way Belgium does. The only explanation I can come up with is that it's a class thing. Beer is too working class to be seen as culturally important.

Amsterdam April 2026 YouTube video by Shut up About Barclay Perkins

I wander around a few Amsterdam pubs.
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A revived London Mild recipe - 1996 Youngs Best Malt Ale.
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I've written five blog posts today. You can tell I'm off travelling next week.

Charles Guerrier interview part two YouTube video by Shut up About Barclay Perkins

I chat with Charles Guerrier about Asian beer.
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Dutch Beer Challenge 2026 You may have seen my video report on my day out in Rotterdam. Here's the boring, old wordy version. Mostly, I judge in exotic places: Brazi...

I go to Rotterdam and judge beer. The wordy version.
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I'm going through the 12995/1996 Youngs brewings. Found three examples of their Mild. All of them have different grists. And one was parti-gyled with Oatmeal Stout.

Let's Brew - 1995 Youngs DD Now this is a confusing one.  A Pale Ale with a brevity about halfway between Ordinary and Special Bitter. What the hell was it? What was it...

Some sort of Pale Ale recipe - 1995 Youngs DD.
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DDR beer production, imports and exports 1955 - 1989 During the brief life of the DDR, beer production increased considerably. Beer export, too. Which I find somewhat more surprising. Between 1...

Some DDR beer numbers. Got to love that label.
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Dutch Beer Challenge March 2026 YouTube video by Shut up About Barclay Perkins

I do some beer judging in Holland.
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The real Premiership Table. Time from the ground to the nearest Greggs* From @ketchell on Twitter Deputy Editor FourFourTwo Spurs comfortably mid table here…..

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"Go outside & come back" Such sensible rules.

Dignity of labour? Fuck that.

For me, lunch time lasts from 10 until 4. Or whenever I feel like. Because I've finally freed myself from the yoke of work.

I can't believe how quick these replies were. Do you have nothing else to do? (Not that I'm complaining.)

Impressive. Those Hardy Ales should be well drinkable.

If you're a home brewer, I'm posting the recipe tomorrow on my bog. It's for Ram Rod, but an identical Victory Ale was parti-gyled with it.

It's great not having to do my own research. Any idea what another Youngs 1995 beer called DD in the brewing records might have been?

I realise now that I've seen shitloads of beers at .8 across various breweries. Another example of tax-system distortion.

I get it now.

Victory Ale did cross my mind. But I thought the year was too off. What victory is it celebrating?

It's the same as Ram Rod, anyway.

Just realised that a lot of Youngs gravities end .8º. Is that the highest you could have the gravity and declare it for excise at the the lower end. e.g. 1036.8º as 1036º. How have I not noticed this earlier?

Don't think so. It was 1050.8 OG, if that's any help.

Anyone any ideas what a 1995 Youngs beer called VA might have been?

My son Andrew was offered a beer there when he was 12. He is tall, mind.