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Former Grocer journalist and Carlsberg PR, turning lager historian

Lager arrives after WW II

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Andrew

Still on the hiatus from blogging (is nearly three years still a hiatus?), there’s some great stuff being blogged about the origins of the lager boom in the UK. From the ever-excellent ‘Shut up about Barclay Perkins’: “In 1947 there … Continue reading →

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Reassuringly tasteless

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Andrew

Lovely piece from SVT via Pete Brown about the taste – or otherwise of Stella Artois. http://petebrown.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-mischievous-swede-and-truth-about.html

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More on the origin of Lager

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Andrew

Czech this time. A lovely bit of ‘proper’ research done by someone who speaks the language, Evan Rail in Prague. And a summary and further comment by Martyn Cornell. Great reading.

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