Barley

Beer

The magic of Maris Otter: 'It's 5% of all malting barley, but it's in 10 of the last 16 Champion beers of Britain'

29-Sep-2015 By Pete Brown

Barleys come and go through cross-breeding and a yearning for bigger yields but one variety has reached its 50th anniversary.

A flood of baffling beer coverage

18-Aug-2010 By Roger Protz

Brit brewers are unlikely to be held up by lack of grain from the East, says beer expert and MA columnist Roger Protz.

BrewDog wins consent for brewery move

27-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team

Brewer BrewDog has won planning consent to build a new brewery that will allow it to increase its production by eight times. Councillors have...

Birthday blitz for Bushmills

13-Mar-2008

Diageo is celebrating 400 years of Bushmills Irish whiskey with a string of events and promotions. The celebrations will include advertising, rugby...

Chris Maclean: the price is right

28-Aug-2007 By Chris Maclean

Yesterday morning I met up with a group of lads who belong to our little rough shoot. It is a diversion I enjoy. Many licensees care passionately for...

Beer and Food - The Maltsters' charms

01-Apr-2004

Two beer dishes for the price of one this month when Keith Floyd's one-time pub, the Maltsters Arms, on a narrow creek at Tuckenhay near Totnes,...

A tale of two dreams

20-Nov-2003

Andrew Jefford enters the debate on malting barley origins and variety You pour a pint. You set it down. The customer looks at it approvingly, sniffs...