Boasting a culture and heritage at least as rich and varied as wine or spirits, beer is no longer seen as merely a crude intoxicant knocked back on a Friday night to help blot out the everyday. It has become not only something you drink, but something you taste, appreciate, cook with, brew yourself and celebrate! In the absence of a single UK beer information resource, BeerExpert has been brewed up by a team of aficionados with the aim of aiding navigation through the heady waters of the beer world.
Amongst beer lovers, it is widely assumed that local breweries being locally owned is always for the best, but are they right to think so? The British Drinker’s Loss It is a sad moment for beer lovers when their local brewery is taken over by large outside organisation. Time and …
Once you get accustomed to its unusual strong wheat taste, few beers can quench a thirst in the heat of the summer like the German Weissbier. The Home of Wheat Beer Recent enthusiasm across Europe and the USA for the distinctive ‘summery’ charms of wheat beer belies the fact that …
Where once Czech beer production was richly diverse, it is now 99.9% lager, but there are promising signs that the beer market is starting to diversify once again. Golden Lager Nation The Czech Republic is justly celebrated across the world for the superior quality of its beer, but in ‘beer’ …
It may be the capital of a renowned brewing nation but Berlin is no beer mecca, but there are promising signs that homegrown beer production is starting to improve. German Capital is no Beer Capital As Germany is one of the most celebrated beer nations on earth one might expect …
Beer lovers making a pilgrimage to one of its historic heartlands, the Czech Republic, would be recommended to tour both its famous breweries and its burgeoning culture of microbreweries. Historic Pilsen and Budweis Two destinations that are a given on any Czech brewery tour itinerary are Ceské Budejovice (Budweis in …
With a recent report highlighting that several pubs across the UK are closing every day, what can we do to save our beloved local from extinction? Sacred British Institution The public house, Great Britain’s historic and social institution, is under threat. At its traditional best the pub combines classless social …
The pub is a British institution under threat. With a handful of pubs closing every single day, will it not be long before we hear last orders called on one of our great historical and social traditions? A British Way of Life Under Threat Loved and envied the world over, …
With no legislation demanding a list of ingredients for alcoholic beverages, many UK beer drinkers are concerned about what strange substances might be floating in their pint. No List of Ingredients As we are more conscious about our health than ever, we naturally we want to know exactly what we …
Germans have long been proud of their historic beer purity laws. But are these rulings really responsible for the high quality beer or are they actually doing more harm than good? German Beer Purity Laws First drawn up by a Bavarian duke in 1516, the Reinheitsgebot is claimed to be …
Brewing honey beer is an excellent way to combine the two passions of home brew and bee keeping. Your raw sweet nectar fresh from the hive will offer a distinctive ingredient that will add its own colour, aroma, rounding effect and flavour to the final brew. What’s more being a …