Fundamentals #122 — St Mars of the Desert Làska Pils
According to Sheffield brewery St Mars of the Desert, Làska means love in Czech. It’s also the name of its latest lager, and trust me when I say this lager...
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Fundamentals #120 — Burnt Mill Get The Onyx West Coast IPA
Bitterness is one of the most enjoyable, and most crucial, elements in beer. In my opinion, anyway. When implemented correctly, bitterness sends a signal to your brain, telling you that...
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Fundamentals #119 - Holy Goat Dragonaut Tropical Sour
Serious question: where have all the brett beers been hiding? Time was, about six or seven years ago, that you couldn’t move for small breweries releasing their latest bretted beer...
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Fundamentals #116 — Sureshot Bring Me The Head of John the Accountant Double IPA
The term “nature is healing” has perhaps been a tad overused during the past couple of years – although the other week, a new brewery opened in Manchester, which after...
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Fundamentals #115 — Utopian Doppelbock Strong Lager
For the last few years, beer folks like myself – assorted writers, bloggers, podcasters and influencers, not to mention retailers like HB&B – have been trying to make lager happen....
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Fundamentals #114 – Howling Hops System Auto DDH Pale Ale
One of the greatest things about relocating to the northwest of England has been the shift in perspective it’s given me. As a former Londoner of 15 years, my time...
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Fundamentals #113 – Fierce x New Zealand Beer Collective Hokey Pokey Stout
I’m someone you could describe as being highly Kiwi-adjacent. My partner of the past 13 years is a proud New Zealander, and HB&B supremos Jen and Glenn also hail from there,...
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Fundamentals 112 - Alpha Delta Xevza Fresh Hopped Pale
I awoke on New Year’s Day this year with a strange, slightly unfamiliar sensation in the pit of my stomach, one that took me a few moments to put my finger...
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Fundamentals #110 – Floc Brewing Pleasure Theory V2 NEIPA
Pleasure is undoubtedly one of the most fundamental things about beer, and why we drink it. In fact, I explore this topic as much in my book, Modern British Beer,...
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Fundamentals #109 – Brick x Hop Burns & Black HOP East Coast IPA
Back in the early days of this column, the principle of each month’s feature was to focus on a single element within the brewing process, be it an ingredient or...
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Fundamentals #108 – Drop Project x Tate Haze NEIPA
Should craft beer be considered an artform? A lot of beer these days could perhaps be described as “artisanal”, and some breweries are so confident in what they make – and...
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Fundamentals #107 – Polly’s Floret Pale Ale
Over the past couple of years I’ve become a little obsessed with the idea of legacy, and what it means to modern craft brewers. With the explosion of new breweries...
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Fundamentals #106 — Burnt Mill Polar Energy IPA
The New England IPA has been the source of much debate since it emerged from innovative breweries in the North-Eastern US over the past decade or so. Should beer really...
