Posts by: Roger Protz
Looking for the exit?
Jennings brewery has opened an Escape Room – a wise precaution if you’ve been bought, closed and rescued from the clutches of Carlsberg. Visitors to t...
Sheps commits to cask future
Shepherd Neame is committed to brewing cask beer despite social media claims it was selling its soul and cashing in on its current site when it reveal...
Demise of a legend
The planned closure of Marston’s in Burton-on-Trent is like a death in the family. I have been to the brewery many times and delved deep into its hist...
Gen Z gets a taste for cask
I have a word of advice for the doomsters anxious to write the obituary of cask beer: you should have dropped in to the St Albans beer festival at the...
Howzat for a Vintage return?
The launch of the latest Fuller’s Vintage Ale is one of the great beer moments of the year. Beer lovers await the new vintage with all the pent-up exc...
Liquid gold rises from the depths
A 162 year-old bottle of Guinness rescued from a shipwreck is being analysed by brewing experts to see if the beer can be brought back to life. If suc...
Cask is a beer only available in pubs
CAMRA’s chief executive Tom Stainer put it well: “It’s frustrating that media, which usually ignores everything positive we do and generally ignores b...
The Crooked House - a modern tragedy
The destruction of the Crooked House pub, a much-loved Black Country tavern that was a victim of arson on 5 August 2023 and then bulldozed, is told in...
Green brewery pioneer dies
Brendan Moore, who died in July, was a pioneer of small independent breweries who also campaigned in support of the environment and used the finest ra...
Looking on the bright side
There’s been much talk about the year 1976 of late – and it’s nothing to do with football, you will be relieved to hear. It was the year when a bliste...
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