Author: Roger Protz
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Roger Protz
October 24, 2016 - Roger Protz Roger Protz is the author of 300 Beers to Try Before You Die and 300 More Beers to Try Before You Die. Respected beer authority and editor of the CAMRA Good Beer Guide and protzonbeer.co.uk. -
Web OnlyExploring Edinburgh
June 2, 2016 - Roger Protz The revival of brewing in Edinburgh, the Scottish capital, has been brought into sharp focus by the decision of one of its major players to appoint a senior executive with the task of building sales in the United States. Innis & Gunn has been the pacesetter in Scotland for developing oak-aged beers matured in casks... View Article -
Web OnlyRaising a Proper Pint to the Magna Carta
June 15, 2015 - Roger Protz There’s no better way to mark the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta than to raise a glass of ale to the key role it has played in supporting liberty and the rule of law. It not only laid down the right to trial by jury, habeas corpus and an end to... View Article -
Web OnlyIndependent Brewing in Scotland
November 18, 2014 - Roger Protz Scotland drew back from declaring independence from England in September and the two countries remain united by the fast-moving brewing revolution on both sides of the border. There are now 68 breweries in Scotland. They are watering a beer desert that for most of the second half of the 20th century was dominated by a... View Article -
HistorySecrets in the Cellar
August 1, 2014 - Roger Protz Buried deep in the cellars of Britain’s oldest brewery, records of recipes from Victorian times stored in a dust-covered box were found to be written in a code that would baffle modern spy masters. The brewers’ books—large leather-bound tomes like those used by Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens’ A Christmas Carol—were discovered by John Owen, historian... View Article -
Full Pints - Travel FeaturesMay Your Glass Be Ever Full
January 1, 2013 - Roger Protz In Ireland, history catches you by the coattails at every turn. Towns, cities and countryside reflect centuries of invasion, foreign domination and massacre, the unbearable horror of the Great Hunger of the 19th century, and the long and bloody struggle for Home Rule in the 20th. -
Culture - Sidebars
Real Ale
May 1, 2011 - Roger Protz Real ale is also known as cask-conditioned beer and is now an accepted dictionary definition for warm-fermented ale that is not filtered, pasteurized or artificially carbonated. At the end of fermentation in the brewery, the unfinished beer is run into casks where additional hops may be added for aroma and flavour, along with finings that... View Article -
Culture - Full PintsCAMRA Turns 40
May 1, 2011 - Roger Protz In April 2010, as the world’s airlines were grounded by volcanic ash, all the signs indicated that the Campaign for Real Ale’s annual conference would be poorly attended. It was due to take place on the Isle of Man, halfway between Britain and Ireland in the Irish Sea. The island’s capital, Douglas, is a short... View Article