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.
Youngs X Ale boiling and fermentation 1939 - 1945
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[image: A Young's Brown Ale label featuring drawings of a ram and hop
flowers.]
Finally, we come to processes. They’re always fun.
Both coppers were boil...
Making it Real
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I've been on my travels west again.
Last week I was working at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of
America, in Denver, where the organisatio...
Faversham revisited - Pt. 2
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Next up was the *Anchor,* a pub that wasn’t on my original list, but I’m
pleased now that I took a punt on this lengthy oak-beamed building that is
over ...
First Pint is the Sweetest
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I've been suffering from dental problems which are ongoing and likely to
continue expensively for some time. It looks like the many years of neglect
by t...
Crowing about Crowlas
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*A rainy day when you're on a climbing trip is not ideal*. But when life
gives you rain, go to the pub.
On my way to Bosigran I'd spotted The Star Inn an...
Beer Scoring: Your Questions Answered (part 2)
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Q: So CAMRA have changed their beer scoring system… A: That’s not a
question, but yes. (I talked about the old system in the previous post.)
The National B...
Humph
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Humphrey Smith, owner of the Samuel Smith Old Brewery Tadcaster, has gone
to the great Employment Tribunal in the sky at the age of 81. The reaction
...
MoMics - The Museum of Microphones
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We are excited and a little bit proud to announce the launch of MoMics.Org,
our little on-line Museum of Microphones.
The museum of microphones is and w...
Golden Pints 2025
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Happy new year everyone, and here are my Golden Pints of 2025. It’s been
another year in which I’ve drunk a lot of beer and been fortunate enough to
have...
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...
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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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