Posts by: Roger Protz
Coming up for air
The arrival of Fullerâs Vintage Ale is a cause for celebration, the beer loversâ equivalent of the latest Bordeaux wine from France. Vintage Ale is li...
The Devilâs in the Draught Lines â review
We are still living in the shadow of the Covid pandemic and the lockdowns that followed. The sickness that gripped the country had a profound impact o...
Restoring Burtonâs pride
Expansion is underway at Burton Bridge brewery. New brewing kit is waiting to be assembled to replace vessels that are leaking and no longer fit for p...
Don't feel guilty â have a beer
Do you feel guilty supping a glass of beer? In all the years I have been writing on the subject, I have never known such a flood of one-sided and ofte...
Burton MP fights for townâs brewing future
Jacob Collier has been an MP for such a short time that he doesnât yet have an office in parliament but as the Member for Burton and Uttoxeter he has...
Action needed for cask to prosper
Iâm frightened to read the business pages these days for fear some new horror has been inflicted on the brewing industry. The global brewing giants wh...
Geoff Mumford â Burton brewing pioneer
Geoff Mumford, (above right) a pioneer of the small brewery movement, has died aged 82 just weeks after securing the future of his Burton Bridge brewe...
Standing on the shoulders of giants
A merger has been announced that, for once, is good news for beer drinkers. It will ensure the future of an acclaimed brewery and it will revive histo...
âBeautiful beastâ now brewing in Bakewell
The Burton union, a historic system of beer-making that was due to be scrapped, has been saved and is now making IPA at Thornbridge brewery in Derbysh...
Are we indifferent to our brewing heritage?
Great brewing nations celebrate the contribution beer makes to their history and heritage with museums that allow the public to appreciate that to the...
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