Let's Brew Wednesday - 1990 Youngs Old Nick Strongest of Young’s regular beers was Old Nick. Another of the casualties of the move to Bedford. Though I’m not sure if it disappeared imm...

A recent Barley Wine recipe - 1990 Youngs Old Nick.
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Love that place.

Uberlandia February/March 2026 YouTube video by Shut up About Barclay Perkins

A video of my time in Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Uberlandia bound I rise just after 7:00. And, after my morning ablutions, go downstairs for breakfast. It's the same as yesterday: scrambled egg and bacon. A...

Uberlandia bound.
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Rio relaxing I rise at 8:30. Potter around a bit, then nip downstairs for breakfast. It's not a bad buffet. I go for bacon and scrambled egg. Followed by...

Relaxing in Rio.
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The book, by Hrabal, is also great.

Let's Brew - 1932 Youngs Stout The stronger of the Black Beers was, naturally enough, Stout. With an OG in the low 1050ºs, it fits nicely into the strongest category of be...

A pre-war London Stout recipe - 1932 Youngs Stout.
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Rio February 2026 YouTube video by Shut up About Barclay Perkins

A video report from Rio.
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to, of & at as well.

What else?

Knocked out over 3,000 words today. Some of them good ones.

Almost got myself stranded in Rio yesterday. My own stupid fault messing up the planning. Checked into my return flight with 1 minute to spare.

I hate dimpled mugs. Unwieldy and far too heavy. Only useful as a club.

Zoigl 2012 YouTube video by Shut up About Barclay Perkins

In this video, I go on a bit of a Zoigl crawl. Visiting Falkenberg, Neuhaus (Oberpfalz), Windischeschenbach and Neuhaus an der Pegnitz.
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Barnikel stopped brewing not long after my visit. Gold-Ochsen does still seem to be going.

Glad you like it.

It's me. And the tune is Hoppy Head.

A DDR dual decoction with an adjunct mash.

A DDR dual decoction with an adjunct mash.

DDR Helles Vollbier decoction mash I spent a couple of days this week writing a talk about beer in the DDR that I'll be giving in Germany next month. It's been a lot of fun. M...

1960s DDR Helles Vollbier decoction mash.
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No thanks. It's a Watneys pub.

That's a shame.

A diagram of open Lager fermenters showing the cooling arrangements.

A 1960s open fermenter in the DDR. Note the attemperator in the fermenter.

Does it have any acidity?

Inconsistent fermentation at Youngs I'm currently processing the Youngs records from 1990. They're fun, because they are so complete. Loads and loads of information crammed int...

Inconsistent fermentation at Youngs.
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George Thompson interview part two YouTube video by Shut up About Barclay Perkins

George Thompson continues to talk about continuous fermentation, including details of cleaning and maintenance. With a couple of disturbing accounts of industrial accidents. And a discussion of Watney's yeast and yeast harvesting.
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I think "appears cheaper" would be a better summary. Part two of the interview goes into that.

Continuous fermentation (part two) I’d always laboured under the assumption that the main reason for dropping continuous fermentation was that it produced beer that tasted shi...

More on continuous fermentation.
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It was a very long time ago.

Was it impressive?

A Weisswasser Vollbier Gold Hell label.

Been researching DDR beer a bit again. Specifically, looking at brewing methods. Really fascinating.