On a recent Saturday shopping trip, I encountered what seems to be a growing phenomenon in the UK: a newly refurbished pub advertising craft beer and cask ale respectively. As someone who recently questioned if it was time to stop using the term “real ale”, this trend fascinates me greatly. In my article, I brought the Transatlantic
Craft beer in North America is a relatively simple proposition. The term was created to differentiate mass-market American light lager, from the growing number of smaller brewers flying the flag for flavor, tradition, and relentless innovation. For the US, this made perfect sense; the market was dominated by three huge mega-corps that turned post-prohibition America into
London’s craft brewing scene has exploded over the past few years. In-fact, the number of breweries inside the M25 has doubled over the past year or so. A very different picture to that of 2006, which saw just a handful of breweries left in London when Young’s vacated its brewery in Wandsworth for a partnership with
‘Warm & flat’ British beer is an interesting misconception, and a commonly asked question from North Americans. It is a myth, but it’s one that’s quite easy to see the origins of. British Beer is NOT warm, neither is it flat. However, many people from the US and Canada believe this to be the case. So where
IPA’s or India Pale Ales have been the focus of much press in recent years; mainly due to the revolutionary craft brewing scene in the US. The origins of this iconic beer style lay at the heart of the British Empire, and it was first brewed between 1780s and 1823 in London. India Pale Ale was the
