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Roger Protz

World famous beer writer Roger Protz gives his forceful thoughts and opinions on the brewing world. You can also visit his own website at www.protzonbeer.co.uk

Protz: Spot the difference in Old Ric

29-May-2008 - Bearded beer-lover Ric Sainty has transformed the Old Spot from smelly pub to award-winning haven — and had an ale named after him, says Roger Protz

Protz: Bateman's bucks the trend and sets plenty of new ones

22-May-2008 - A great survivor and innovator, Lincolnshire brewer Bateman's continues to go from strength to strength Successful breweries pop up in the most unlikely places. Wainfleet...

Protz: Back to black: Baltic porter is heading for pole position

16-May-2008 - MA's beer expert Roger Protz asks is dark beer the new black?

Protz; Hey Rhodri, take a drink on the mild side. Do, do, do, do...

01-May-2008 - Roger Protz did a double take in Cardiff at the Camra annual conference

Protz: If it ain't broken then don't fix it

17-Apr-2008 - Brewing companies seeking success and profit interfere with well-loved and unique beer brands at their peril, says Roger Protz Brands rather than breweries are the...

Protz: Coors to dim Burton's shining light

11-Apr-2008 - Journalists are supposed to be a hard-bitten crowd but occasionally even we can shed a tear. Last Friday I had a piece in The...

Protz: Time to celebrate our heritage

28-Mar-2008 - London would be the perfect place for a beer museum, says Beer writer Roger Protz

Protz: Dark arts winner for Wychwood

06-Mar-2008 - Beer expert Roger Protz considers the turnaround in modern brewing fortunes

Protz: Betjeman lives on

28-Feb-2008 - Beer expert Roger Protz tells of his trip to St Pancras station

Protz: Breaking the silence

21-Feb-2008 - Beer expert Roger Protz considers why bad pub news is better than good pub news

Protz: Beer news blackout

14-Feb-2008 - Beer writer Roger Protz says the media should have made more of the SIBA report on soaring cask sales

Protz: Hoppiness is next to Britishness

31-Jan-2008 - Beer expert Roger Protz considers the hops of Britain

Protz: S&N - the global microcosm

24-Jan-2008 - Beer expert Roger Protz considers the consequences of Carlsberg & Heineken's bid for S&N

Protz: Proving the doomsayers wrong

17-Jan-2008 - Wells & Youngs is going great guns, says beer expert Roger Protz

Protz: Things are looking up in Wadworthshire

10-Jan-2008 - Things are looking up at the Wadworth brewery, says Roger Protz

Drink-driving limit won't kill rural pubs

14-Dec-2007 - "Parliamentary privilege" gives rights to MPs that lesser mortals such as journalists can never enjoy. Last week the Labour MP John Grogan described the boss...

Brewing innovations revive cask market

07-Dec-2007 - As two women walked past the Campaign for Real Ale's (Camra) stand at the BBC Food Show in Birmingham last week, one said: "Ah, Camra - they've been around a long time.

Protz: Time to focus on the hard facts

22-Nov-2007 - Award winning beer writer considers the media onslaught against alcohol

Competition report is divorced from reality

09-Nov-2007 - Competition Commission got it wrong on supermarkets, says Roger Protz

Ringwood: victory for Marston's, says Roger Protz

19-Jul-2007 - When, some 30 years ago, I set out to write an article about the new Ringwood Brewery, in Hampshire, the term "micro" was in its...

Wake up and smell the beer, says Roger Protz

12-Jul-2007 - Does your beer taste better now that the smoking ban has arrived, asks Roger Protz?

Farewell to one of the very best

05-Jul-2007 - The first time I met George Bateman, he took me on a tour of his brewery in Wainfleet, in Lincolnshire. The gesture was typical of...

The tide is starting to turn, says Roger Protz

21-Jun-2007 - Hawk-eyed readers may recall that I wrote recently about beer and pubs living in two parallel universes. There's one inhabited by the global brewers...

31-May-2007 - Is the BBC's Panorama losing its touch? Six months have gone by and it hasn't had a programme about binge drinking that proves Britain is going down the pan and up the spout at the same time.