While changing around our fementer coolers, I managed (don't ask) to let some dirty water out of the cooling loop into FV2 , full of our West Coast Blond which I was going to rack tomorrow. Accordingly, I've had to dump the contents of FV2 to the drain. So if anyone wants WCB, and we haven't confirmed your order - you can have it, but not until the 16th Dec at the earliest (i.e. we'll be making some more tomorrow). Becky says this is coming off my wages.
This is Jon's personal "blog" - I work at an independent microbrewery (a small-scale, artisanal producer of “real ale” and other beery treats), based in the Furness area in Cumbria (or N. Lancs if you'd rather). Or a "Craft Brewer", if you like. We're known as "Stringers", or "Stringers Beer". I don't just make beer - I also sound-off in half-informed rants on a variety of subjects. Like here.
Background work
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[image: A Cerveza Caracas beer label featuring a drawing of an heraldric
lion.]
I finally bit the bullet yesterday. Adding an extra column to my main beer...
How not to write about autism
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The National Autistic Society has a useful checklist called “How to talk
and write about autism“. Unfortunately it’s a bit hidden away on their
website. It...
Uncertain Times
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Purple haze
As befitting my approaching status as an Official Old Man, I remember the
Old Days here in Preston. 2013 to be exact, and it's longer ago tha...
Time to put the dog down?
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*The rise and fall of craft beer in Britain has been an interesting, and at
times irritating, thing to watch. *The same could be said about Brewdog,
the ...
Fancy a day out?
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Some of you might remember me talking about a trip by train, to a *UK
destination *that I’ve never been to before. As I get older, the
realisation that t...
Location, Location, Location
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Last week, on a visit to London, we decided to walk over Tower Bridge to
the *Hand and Marigold* in Bermonsdsey, and hence along Tooley Street to
the *Su...
Old Friends: Boddingtons Pub Ale
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I am starting to think that my eldest brother has an awful lot to answer
for, and not just the horse racing I mentioned in the last post. Fun fact,
when my...
By ‘eck, it’s…
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Boddington’s Bitter: a story in three parts 1. That Was Then I came to
Manchester in 1982. You very rarely saw Boddington’s in south and central
Manchester...
A mutual path for water?
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It was a privilege to present in Whitstable, Kent, recently to the People’s
Commission on Water, whose report is released today. It relates to a topic
that...
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*Green Hop Season 2024*
This year we're celebrating the Green Hop season to its fullest, with two
events at our Taproom.
*Green Hop Launch*
*Save the...
Last night at the JT
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*Yesterday evening, I went to the Jerusalem Tavern. It was the pub's last
night.*
The operators, St Peter's Brewery, haven't renewed their long lease, an...
A final pint
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My last blog post was a bit of a downer. I’ll try to cheer up on this one.
I seem to have created a theme of chronicling end of pubs. The travails of
the...
A Tale Of Two Weekends
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The never ending tour of Manchester continues. With a lot of places either
still closed completely or not opening early in the week, it's easier to do
a ...
The Session: Where I'm/It's At.
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Well, it has been a while. Since there was a proper Session. Since I wrote
a thing on this blog. Glad to be prodded. I think about blogging often, but
the...
The Positively Unknown
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New book announcement! "The Positively Unknown: A Kid's Guide to the
Zymoglyphic Museum" is now available. Pick up a copy while you are
visiting the mu...
Letting go
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It is often difficult to accept defeat. Indeed, when one has been working
on something for a long time it can be almost impossible to actually make
that fi...
We are taking a break
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Dear Reader.
Due to various unforeseen circumstances, 'A Swift One' is taking a short
sabbatical. We apologise to all for the lack of content but we hope t...
Passive-aggressive hate mail
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Way back in 2001, my brother and I opened a specialist beer bar in London.
You can read more about it *here*.
The way we were doings things proved fairly n...
Caxton Inn / XX Inn, River Street
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Caxton Inn, River Street, Hulme, 1921. (c) Bob Potts [1]. The Caxton Inn
was a Carlton Brewery house that stood on the corner of River Street and
Welcomb S...
Brooklyn Comes To Dalston
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Brooklyn Brewery are on the road again, taking their 'Mash' concept out to
nine countries. This week, they've been in London, with events like a DIY
dinner...
Thomas Hardy's Ale Reborn
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This beauty arrived by post yesterday so I thought it was time to end my
silence.
The rights to the Thomas Hardy Ale name have now passed to a company in...
Recipe for
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Busy days, busy days. I had an hour in departures this week with no
wireless and a useless phone so my 150 e-mails per day couldn’t find me.
During my co...
His name is "Stay!"
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I'm lucky enough to get a call every so often from the Endress+Hauser
Corporation to make something out of their spare parts. They give me full
creative...
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