Author: Adrian Tierney-Jones
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Web OnlySour Brits: UK Brewers Experimenting with Sour Beer
April 24, 2015 - Adrian Tierney-Jones An American beer importer was taking a tour of Elgood’s Brewery, a long-established family brewery in the East Anglian town of Wisbech, here in the United Kingdom. Toward the end of the tour, upon entering a room, the importer blurted out, “You’ve got a coolship,” to head brewer Alan Pateman. The brewery did indeed have... View Article -
A Closer LookFalling in Love with Italian Beer
January 1, 2015 - Adrian Tierney-Jones The Italian brewing industry has grown up. Ten years ago it was a boisterous infant, noisy and colorful in the beers it made, spices, herbs, fruit and vegetables chucked into the mix with willful abandonment. It was not all tantrums, though. Some of the beers, packaged in wine-sized bottles with prices to match, were calmer... View Article -
Web OnlyUK Family Brewers Find Treasures in Archives
May 13, 2014 - Adrian Tierney-Jones London Pride. It’s a familiar cask beer on bar-tops up and down the breadth and length of the British Isles; amber in color and malt forward with a floral hop character courtesy of Northdown, Target and Challenger. It’s also a seasoned Transatlantic traveller with kegs and bottles available in English-style pubs in the likes of... View Article -
A Closer LookCraft Beer on the Rise in Czech Republic
April 9, 2014 - Adrian Tierney-Jones Something’s going on in the Czech brewing world. Whether it should be called a revolution, evolution or just plain curiosity is still up for grabs, but there’s no denying that there’s a new wave of Czech craft brewers emerging and eager to expand their horizons. Alongside the pale pilsner-style lagers so beloved of the Bohemian... View Article -
Travel FeaturesLondon is Brewing
March 1, 2013 - Adrian Tierney-Jones It’s Friday lunchtime at the Dean Swift, a smart but casual corner pub on the south side of the Thames and a few minutes’ stroll from Tower Bridge. Inside the open-space bar, the lunchtime crowd of young professionals and serious barflies scuff the battered oak floorboards as they enter in search of good food and... View Article -
Full Pints - Packaging/ServingCraft Keg in the United Kingdom
January 1, 2012 - Adrian Tierney-Jones What’s in a name? Everything it seems when it comes to casks and kegs in Britain. In the last year or so, a select crew of beer fans and brewers has begun proselytizing about what they regard as British beer’s cutting edge—craft keg. But the word keg sends shivers down the backs of members of... View Article -
Packaging/Serving - SidebarsCraft Keg Tasting Notes
January 1, 2012 - Adrian Tierney-Jones Fuller’s London Porter (5.4%)—the nose features a dusting of mocha coffee and chocolate sprinkles, while the deep-throated notes of creamy chocolate and cold coffee on the palate are kept in line by a firm but subtle bitterness. Brewdog Punk IPA (5.6%)—a turbo blast of resins and grapefruit on the nose; prickly but pleasing carbonation and... View Article -
Full Pints - Styles FeaturesRediscovering Pils
July 1, 2011 - Adrian Tierney-Jones It’s a sleepy Sunday lunchtime in Dobrany, a small town a few kilometres southwest of Pilsen. This is Bohemian beer country, deeply embedded in the lager lands of central Europe. Pivovar Modra Hvezda is a small brewery based in a comfortable hotel opposite the town square. A copper-faced brew-kit stands on show in the bar,... View Article