Posts by: Roger Protz
For brewing heritage, hop on the Eurostar
Belgium and Britain are two countries united by a love of fine beer. The Belgians treat beer with the respect given to wine and the pride in its brews...
Crooked House fiasco shines spotlight on threatened pubs
It’s rare for the plight of a British pub to grace the pages of the New York Times or newspapers in New Zealand but the shocking destruction of the Cr...
Bottled classic under threat
Worthington’s White Shield, a potent link with the India pale ales of the Victorian period, is another historic beer style destined for the brewery gr...
Global brewers are destroying brewing heritage
Global brewers are hell-bent on destroying great beers and breweries. In Britain, Heineken has closed the Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh on the groun...
Black Sheep closes three pubs
The Black Sheep brewery may have been saved from closure but the Masham-based company has been forced to axe three pubs as it rebuilds the business. T...
A healthy respect for beer
What is it about the British that we treat beer, our national drink, with such lack of respect? I spent several days in Belgium last month on a work a...
Review: Desi Pubs – good for beer, food and society
Can a book about pubs be heart-warming? It can, as Desi Pubs is about more – far more – than beer. It’s about multiculturalism and tackling racism as...
Stranger things have happened
The buzz word on Beer Street is collab. It’s short for collaboration and means a beer produced by two or more breweries that share malts, hops and yea...
Hasta la vista heritage
The American writer Mark Twain famously observed when a newspaper published his obituary “reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated” and real...
Just malt and hops make the perfect pint
One of the joys of pubs being fully open following the dread days of Covid and lockdown is the ability to enjoy fresh draught beer that’s a simple sym...
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