Shepherd Neame in Kent is doing a fine job of being all things to all people. Dominic Roskrow reports
If ever there was a case of having your cake and eating it, it’s Kent’s Shepherd Neame.
On the one hand its publicity people are sending out press releases showing how Britain’s oldest registered brewer is even older than they thought. The next they’re showing off a state of the art visitor centre....
By Dominic Roskrow
from Issue 9 published on 22/11/2006
The Moorhouse's Brewery in the North West of England has survived through difficult times and is now branching out. Dominic Roskrow visited it
On paper at least, it was a good enough idea: travel to the depressed North West of England and report how the community was turning its back on its traditional past and embracing the future, symbolised by the regional brewery.
That was until I spoke to my first local.
In retrospect perhaps it was...
By Dominic Roskrow
from Issue 8 published on 27/09/2006
Once the capital of British ale production, Burton-on-Trent was world-renowned for its beer-making resources. And as Glynn Davis reports, it still casts a long shadow
It is widely known that London’s St Pancras Station is undergoing a major redevelopment as it becomes the new terminus for Eurostar but what is less well known is that the beers of Burton on Trent are having an impact on this construction work.
The platforms are being raised 20 feet above street le...
By Glynn Davis
from Issue 6 published on 18/05/2006
Wadworth’s has a highly renowned ale. But as Adrian Tierney-Jones discovers, there’s much to the brewery beside
If you want brewing tradition, then Wadworth has it by the dray load. The brewery has been a fixture of the Wiltshire market town of Devizes since the 1880s, when Henry Wadworth commissioned its gorgeous looking redbrick tower brewhouse.
Wadworth was no Johnny-come-lately, eager to make a few quid ...
By Adrian Tierney-Jones
from Issue 4 published on 27/01/2006
