Author: Roger Protz

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  Brewing Features - Full Pints

  Beer Made By God’s Hand

  November 19, 2010 - Roger Protz It’s every beer lover’s dream, to jump in the Time Machine, spin the dials and travel back to discover what iconic brews were really like centuries ago: the IPAs of Victorian England, the porters and stouts of 18th-century London, and, when the church once held sway, the robust ales made by monks.
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  Brewing Features - Sidebars

  In the Beginning…

  November 1, 2010 - Roger Protz Trappist monks are properly known as the Order of the Strict Observance, a branch of the Cistercians. The name Trappist comes from their abbey at La Trappe in Normandy, northern France, from where they were driven out at the time of the French revolution in the 18th century. They settled in the Low Countries—today’s Belgium... View Article
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  Book Reviews - Full Pints

  Good Bottled Beer Guide

  May 1, 2010 - Roger Protz I hesitate to call Jeff Evans a veteran beer writer for fear he points a bony finger at the date on my birth certificate. But Jeff has been around the beer scene since the early 1990s and earned his spurs as a distinguished editor of the annual Good Beer Guide.
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  Sidebars - Travel Features

  Five Generations of Cooper’s

  September 1, 2009 - Roger Protz The 50-minute flight from Melbourne to Adelaide takes you to a different time zone. This is a big country, the world’s largest island, with a land mass almost as big as the United States but with only 16 million people: most of the interior is desert. On my way to Cooper’s Brewery, I drove down... View Article
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  Full Pints - Travel Features

  A Brit Down Under

  September 1, 2009 - Roger Protz If you’ve ever had the misfortune to pass through London’s Heathrow airport, you’ll have experienced the grim-faced passport control officials. Without a word, they grab your passport, look at the photo, glare at your face, hand back the document and wave you silently on your way.
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  Full Pints - Learn Beer - Styles - Styles Features

  Poland: Lively Lagers and Threatened Porters

  November 1, 2008 - Roger Protz Poland has a cruel nickname: “The country on wheels.” For most of the 19th and 20th centuries, it was ruled by Austro-Hungary, Russia and Germany, and then became a satrapy of the Soviet Union for 50 grim years. Its modern borders bear little relation to the ones it enjoyed a century and a half ago.... View Article
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  Learn Beer - Sidebars - Styles

  Polish Brewers

  November 1, 2008 - Roger Protz The Big Three They all produce vast quantities of uninspired pale lagers but there are a few gems. Carlsberg: Carlsberg-Okocim. Has three breweries and produces Bosman, Kasztelan, Okocim, Piast and Zakrzow. Its 5.5% Okocim Jasne Pelne is a full-flavored, hoppy pale lager. Future of Okocim Porter in doubt. Heineken owns Grupa Zywiec. Its EB brands... View Article
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  Learn Beer - Sidebars - Styles

  Selected Polish Bars

  November 1, 2008 - Roger Protz Krakow U Piwersow 32 Ul. Florianska EB Specjal Pils and Zywiec Porter U Kacpra 2 Ul. Slakowska EB Specjal Pils and Zywiec Porter Fischer Pub 42 Ul. Grodzka Zywiec Porter Alchemia 5 Ul. Estery Zywiec Lager and Porter Square Pub 51 Ul. Grodzka EB Specjal Pils and Zywiec Porter C.K. Browar 6-7 Ul. Podwale Brewpub... View Article
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  Learn Beer - Sidebars - Styles

  IPA: Importing an Export

  September 1, 2007 - Roger Protz IPA, a beer brewed for export, arrived in Britain by default. In 1827 a ship carrying some 300 giant hogsheads—a hogshead is a cask containing 56 imperial gallons or 63 U.S. gallons—was wrecked in the Irish Sea, bound for India. The salvage company auctioned the beer in Liverpool and word soon spread that a remarkable... View Article