In recent decades, beer lovers have had a challenge in France as most people there are really focused on drinking wine, but I think we can all agree that wine ultimately tastes like a small handful of grapes that have been squeezed into a cup of acid. Fortunately, it’s 2025 and grain is making a long-awaited renaissance in what once […]
Czech beer is basically perfect. Their totally neutral water profile means they concoct Pilsners that are almost unrecognisable from the macro gunk we drink in the UK, with heavenly clouds of foam and aromas of central European forests that will haunt your dreams (important distinction from haunting your nightmares). These beers are to be found everywhere in Prague, so our […]
They’re saying Baltic Porter’s not a thing, but you should tell them no – it is a thing, and Riga will prove it. With a rich history of brewing that stemmed from some banter and tension between the UK and the Russian Imperialists in the 1800s, the UK weren’t allowed to do much trade with the region at the time […]
It’s like they forgot Germany and Czechia are either side of them. The indie beer scene in Vienna is, in a word, Scheiße. We dug around for the dregs in case you need a switch up from Schnitzel and Sachertorte, but there’s clearly a reason Marx and Freud used to hang out in cafes and not pubs. AmmutsØn Craft Beer […]
Experiencing a new city in Europe during December is always a quaint idea, given they tend to take on a unique character that in no way aligns with their usual feel. While most people gravitate towards famed Christmas markets in your Berlins and your Budapests, beer nerds can rejoice since many winter-wonderful yet under-visited European cities are beer odysseys, in […]
“You wouldn’t believe the number of tourists who stick to the bars in sight of their cruise ship. We get barely a trickle up the hill, so we started this shuttle”. Matt, of Alaskan Brewing, stroked his predictably long beard. “I love bringing people up on it, though. Means I can play tour guide a bit too. Did you know […]
I have it on good authority that the Chicago musical was originally about the craft beer scene here.
It’s a richly immersive little bit of the USA, is New England. Maybe because it’s closer to old, O.G. England? It has culture, it has “history” (by North American colonial standards) and it has the softest of water which means they make the softest of beers. It also has a very, very long coastline full of edible sea creatures, all […]
Yeah, we went there. Sue me if you don’t like the list (US law is not applicable here in the UK so you will lose). New York City is probably the stupidest place to write about when it comes to indie beer, given there are as many bars serving good beer as there are bars serving…well, bad beer. NYC has […]
Yeah, we went there AGAIN. Sue me if you don’t like the list (US law is not applicable here in the UK). New York City is probably the stupidest place to write about when it comes to indie beer, given there are as many bars serving good beer as there are bars serving…well, bad beer. NYC has had something of […]