Magic Spells Brewery are a new East London brewery, very firmly at the ‘craft’ end of the beery spectrum. They have a familiar enough backstory, starting with (a rather substantial 1/2 barrel) homebrewing background 3 years ago and finally going commercial at the start of this year. At the moment they’re still ‘gypsy brewing’ in… Read more »
The London brewery scene continues to grow at a breathtaking rate – the brewery count recently crossed the 100 mark – and it’s nice to see that the full range of brewery types are well represented in every flurry of openings, from wannabe-Brewdogs, through brewpubs, all the way to a couple of men in a… Read more »
Whenever I’m travelling, I always eager to hunt out local beers. It seems odd to fly across oceans to foreign parts, only to seek out something familiar to drink. Not, of course, that other countries’ local beers are always unfamiliar; Japan’s national beers – Asahi and, to a lesser extent, Kirin & Sapporo – are readily… Read more »
Today’s Tour is another Dorset brewery, but at the other end of the brewing spectrum from our previous brewery in the county, 8 Arch. Beer has been brewed on the Palmers Bridport site since 1794, although it didn’t take on the Palmer name until the 19th Century. Today it is run by the 4th generation of Palmers…. Read more »
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