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.
She’ll wear a gold ring
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Flavourings in beer are something I’m ambivalent about. A good dubbel, or a
particularly good stout, will spark off thoughts of coffee, marmalade, dark
cho...
Coming of AGe #6
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So far on ‘Coming of AGe’: I made a decision to brew commercially, I was
in a reflective mood, I got my excuses in early. I learnt that buying a
brewery ...
Scanning a brain that believes it is dead
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What is going on in the brain of someone who has the deluded belief that
they are brain dead? A team of researchers led by neuropsychologist Vanessa
Char...
A pub walk from Gomshall
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*Back in the Summer (you may remember fell on a bank holiday this year) the
lovely Lisa and I went on a pub walk around Gomshall. *
We were following anoth...
Casks in WW II (part two)
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We're back with casks in WW II. I had a little too much information for a
single post.
Some breweries had the foresight to buy in staves before the outbr...
The best pump clip ever?
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Is this one of the best pump clips you've ever seen? It's certainly one of
the biggest. The super-size artwork looms over the bar at* The Riverside *in
Sh...
Great Eastern, Hancock Street
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Great Eastern, Hancock Street, Hulme. (c) Bob Potts [1].
Opening in 1862 as a City Brewery house, the Great Eastern stood on the corner of Orvil Street an...
Not all members enjoy real ale admits CAMRA
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I received my new CAMRA membership card today complete with the
Wetherspoons vouchers that will no doubt rot away in a drawer for the next
year. There was ...
Craft Beer World - Mark Dredge
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OK, I'm biased. Mark Dredge mentioned me in his book, so I'm hardly going
to say it's pants, am I. Even if Mark has called me "bonkers"1
Over and above my...
The Answer...
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...is an emphatic 'YES!'
The question though comes from this article on Slate.com, which poses the
deep and meaningful question as to whether:
'friends le...
Prague
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It's five years since I've been to Prague and I dare say things have
changed. I'm off there on Monday for a few days with some of my more
cultured friend...
Museum at the Maker Faire
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Two of San Mateo's great cultural attractions will be joining forces as the
Zymoglyphic Museum trundles its roadshow 15 blocks up El Camino Real to the Make...
Long Articles About Beer for May 2013
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Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007
1. ‘Cain’s: the final chapter?’ and ‘Chapter 9: Full Circle’ by Chris
Routledge Ro...
Friedrich Ebert and his glass of Berliner Weisse
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A bit of light relief in between the recipes today. If you call war, food
shortages, revolution and counter-revolution light relief, that is.
I came acros...
Craft Beer World by Mark Dredge
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Apart from actually drinking the stuff, the next best thing is reading
about beer. Which brings me to this worthy little effort. My apologies for
not gett...
On the Road.
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Last year I made a book (but it's not a book, it's just a story), somewhat
awkwardly, about the life of a young peanut. The above image is from that
bo...
"There Are Planners, Plodders And Plonkers..."
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Thus spake the bloke who, in 1998, delivered defensive driving training to a bunch of Facilities staff, of whom I was one. He was talking about road sense, b...
Beer-Ritz - Bottling Success.
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This is just a little heads up about Leigh Linley's interview of, er, me,
over at Culture Vultures. It was very nice of Leigh to take the time to do
this, ...
The Pilgrimage
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I make no to attempt to hide my deference to Duvel. It is in my opinion a
beer without peers. No other beer reconciles big and strong with clean and
prec...
Our integrity
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In July 2010, Andrew Lansley, then Health Secretary, launched his reform
plans for the NHS with the ambition to ‘create the largest and most vibrant
social...
Progress at SEB
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It's taken us 6 weeks to achieve but I think it will be worth the effort.
The paddling pool in the middle is a specialist resin floor, falling gently
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Beer on the telly! Me on the telly!
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Beer has had a few favourable telly appearances recently. National
newspapers still seem reluctant to give coverage to things beery but telly
people seem...
The definition of craft beer
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Don’t worry; this isn’t a return to blogging. You are not going to have to
read lots more drivel from this load of toss. It’s just that miserable old
Mud...
The Ales of Summer
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Time to review some Summer beers. I was recently sent a couple bottles of
Newcastle Summer Ale (which I would link to, but I have no bloody idea how
to nav...
1 comment:
Nice one, you seem to be on a roll.
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