Posts by: Tim Webb
Ask the expert - is the UK the only place where beer is drunk full of live cultures?
No. Â Bottle-conditioned beers are commonplace around the world and in some countries, most prominently Belgium, but also the Netherlands, France and...
Ask the expert – what is the most well-known mild outside the UK?
No mild has reached great prominence largely because the style is hard to categorise. Â Unlike porter, stout, pale ale, double brown, barley wine and...
Ask the expert – why isn’t mild promoted as naturally lower in alcohol?
The term mild originally applied to beers that were not kept in oak for very long and thus lacked the traditional lactic acid tang of an aged beer. By...
Ask the expert – kölsch in UK
There is no specialist maker of kölsch yet, but several UK breweries have had a good try.  Kölsch is a style of beer created around Köln (Cologne) in...
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Q: When shopping for bottled live beer, are unfiltered and unfined good indicators that a beer is bottle conditioned?Â
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