Category Archives: Beer

Lager vs. cask. Why can’t we all just get along?

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Andrew

News of an interesting event in London A top level exploration of that perennial beer drinkers’ conundrum as to whether cask ale and real lager are friends or foes is to be made by leading UK beer writers Roger Protz … Continue reading →

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Carl Jacobsen’s lager project

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Andrew

That old man Jacobsen wasn’t too enamoured of his son’s ideas of importing lager beer to Great Britain is clear to see from the letters he sent to Carl while Jacobsen the younger was on his four-year stint around the … Continue reading →

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Letters from home to satisfy a brewer’s thirst

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Andrew

I’ve been digging into Carlsberg history again – more specifically the letters from J.C. Jacobsen to his son Carl. As a young man Carl was packed off to travel the breweries of Europe for four years as part of his … Continue reading →

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