28/02/2011 by Jeff Sechiari.

We have had the following request - do please get in touch if you have a related interest. Jeff

Some members of our History group are starting research into the general topic of ‘Drink’ in Cornwall.

I have found some articles from your journal, which I have ordered from the Library, and am also buying the history of the St Austell Brewery, but I should very much like to get in touch with any member/s of the Society who may live in Cornwall, or be engaged in Cornish research themselves.

Your help would be appreciated

Dawn Walker, Secretary

Penwith Local History Group (Penzance)

swalker804 AT btinternet.com

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27/02/2011 by Jeff Sechiari.

We have been sent the following note concerning beer found on an early 19c shipwreck:

Hi Jeff - I just found this article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12393875

All about a shipwreck from 1800 - 1830 discovered last year near Sweden in the Baltic and the 145 bottles of champagne that they’re trying to bring to the surface, of which one turned out to be a bottle of beer!

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27/02/2011 by Jeff Sechiari.

My thanks to Sue Bell for sending the following:

Sunday lunchtime listening was excellent today.
“Sheila Dillon investigates the role malt plays in our drinks and diet. Malt has been around for millennia and is a natural ingredient in many but many people won’t realise how ubiquitous it is. As well as being the foundation of beer and whisky, its flavour and richness makes it a favourite for uses in bakery, breakfast cereals and confectionary as well as being an important export for the country. Sheila talks to a distiller, a baker and a brewer about malt’s remarkable properties and visits a traditional maltster to find out how malt is made.”

Robin Appell at Warminster Maltings and ‘The MeanTime Brewery’ provided star turns.

The programme is to be repeated tomorrow afternoon. Monday 28th February, 16.00hrs. Radio 4. NB - There will also be a podcast available on the BBC Radio 4 web site

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27/02/2011 by Jeff Sechiari.

Reminder -only 2 weeks to go

A Day Conference at Burton-upon-Trent on Saturday 12 March 2011

Presented by the Brewery History Society and English Heritage

See http://www.breweryhistory.com/2011_Conference/2011_Conference01.htm for full details, or email: Conference@BreweryHistory.com

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13/02/2011 by Jeff Sechiari.

The following link to a BBC item available on the web has been sent to me

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00f15dg

The associated description is as follows:

Master brewer Alastair Hook aims to put traditionally brewed beers at the heart of our drinking culture.

He’s at the forefront of a liquid revolution.

We go behind the scenes of his micro brewery in Greenwich and look at its history.

Tim Fitzhigham also discovers how an ancient beer recipe is being given a modern twist.

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29/01/2011 by Jeff Sechiari.

The Last Drop: England’s Surviving Brewery Heritage

A Day Conference at Burton-upon-Trent on Saturday 12 March 2011

Presented by the Brewery History Society and English Heritage

See http://www.breweryhistory.com/2011_Conference/2011_Conference01.htm for full details, or email: Conference@BreweryHistory.com

Recent years have seen an acceleration in the rate of change affecting the brewing industry, which has seen mergers, acquisitions and associated closures that pose urgent questions for all with an interest in the archives, artefacts and architecture of the industry.

This event has been arranged to launch the important report on England’s brewing heritage prepared by Dr Lynn Pearson and the Brewery History Society as part of English Heritage’s SHIERs (Strategy for the Historic Industrial Environment Reports) programme and to consider ways forward for the conservation of this historic resource.

We will look at the report’s findings for breweries and archives, and its recommendations. After lunch, we will turn to the conservation of brewery heritage by way of three case-studies:

• the significant findings of an excavation at the Royal Clarence Yard in Gosport,
• the recent fate of Burton’s brewing heritage
• the conservation aspects of the adaptive re-use of two Newark breweries

After a short break for tea, conference will conclude with a panel discussion to identify priorities for future action.

Time, Place and Cost

Coffee and registration will begin at 10.30 am.   The conference will begin at 11.00 am and finish at 4.15pm.

We will be in the Worthington Suite of the National Brewery Centre (formerly the Bass Museum/Coors Visitor Centre), Horninglow Street, Burton-upon-Trent DE14 1NG. 

The fee for the day, which includes coffee, a buffet lunch, tea and a copy of the SHIERs Report on disc, is £24.00.   A cash bar will be available.

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20/01/2011 by Jeff Sechiari.

Seeing Tony’s news item on the Hull pub oral history project reminds me to fly the flag for our own BHS project

We (our editor Tim and I) are trying to put some recordings on to YouTube but there is a time limit of about 10 minutes so this has created problems - we probably need to create some edited sound bites for this and point people to our own web site for the full recording.

Meanwhile we are always keen to hear from people who would like to conduct interviews or would be happy to recount their brewing connections for the archive.

We are also very keen to hear of brewing related recordings in other archives so that we can ensure that researchers are aware of these.

Jeff

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20/01/2011 by Jeff Sechiari.

Tony Crosby has sent the following:

Thought this may be of interest if you have not already heard about it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/humberside/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_9365000/9365243.stm

Best wishes

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20/01/2011 by Jeff Sechiari.

We have had the following query from Clive Whichelow
“I am trying to find out more about the Whichelo Arms in Whichelo Place, Brighton, which I beleive was a Tamplins pub. I would be grateful for any information you could provide or even if it was possible to let me know who else to contact.

From what I understand the Whichelos had interests in other pubs apart from the Whichelo Arms - e.g. The Bent Arms at Lindfield, The New Inn at Brighton, etc. as well as brewing connections.”

Clive would welcome details of any other Whichelo connections (we have seen the entries on A2A)

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18/01/2011 by Jeff Sechiari.

We have had the following query from the USA. Is anyone familiar with the term? We look forward to hearing from you

If you saw a listing in the victuals for a sea voyage of “beer, brewed specially in special time,” would that mean anything to you?

Does this phrase have any unique meaning to you with regard to the era of the mid 16th century?  The context would be most like in preparation for a long trip and stocking supplies.

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