Note : For those you read my previous post, certain sections have been recycled from that article. I’m writing this in the lull between Christmas and New Year where at this stage, if you are like me, despite appreciating their beer and cider, have got to the stage of being thoroughly sick of alcohol generally. [...]
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Caldercask – Winter 2011 – State of Play at CAMRA
Posted: 20th December 2011 by admin in Caldercask, WritingTags: Abbeydale, Acorn, Black Sheep, Brass Monkey, CAMRA, Cask Marque, copper dragon, Craft Ale, elland, greene king, Halifax Steam, Molson Coors, real ale, Salamander, sharps, SIBA, thwaites
This article is a re-edit of two previous articles I wrote for Pubpaper, but targeted at CAMRA members. You can find the original articles here and here. The PDF of the published magazine can be found here The world of real ale is reaching the crossroads. We have travelled far enough up the road that [...]
Pubpaper 632 – Real ale going forward and an alternative future for CAMRA?
Posted: 17th November 2011 by admin in Pub Paper, WritingTags: Abbeydale, Acorn, Black Sheep, Brass Monkey, Brewdog, CAMRA, Cask Ale, Castle Rock, copper dragon, Craft Ale, elland, future, Halifax Steam, real ale, Salamander, SIBA, thwaites
Following on from last weeks discussion of CAMRA, with all the benefits it confers to the industry as a whole, and it recent shortcomings. We now need to discuss how we take real and craft ales into the next 40 years. What is for certain is that we will need our big “brand name” real [...]