Brewery’s historic trussing in

For the first time in a generation, a trussing in ceremony, where an apprentice barrel maker graduates to become a journeyman cooper, took place at the Yorkshire brewer T&R Theakston. In a ceremony largely unchanged for hundreds of years and tracing its roots back to the 14th century, apprentice Euan Findlay, was trussed by fellow barrel makers, who gathered from across the country, before completing his initiation into the Federation of Coopers....