http://blog.breweryhistory.com Welcome to the Brewery History Society blog, the forum to discuss British brewery history. We are NOT a campaigning group so no offensive remarks please. Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:46:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en BHS to be mentioned on TV http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/29/bhs-to-be-mentioned-on-tv/ http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/29/bhs-to-be-mentioned-on-tv/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:46:27 +0000 admin http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/29/bhs-to-be-mentioned-on-tv/ A message from Ray Anderson. I look forward to seeing what he has to say.
Cheers
Jeff

I have it on good authority that a somewhat less distinguished brewing historian (than Peter Mathias, who we were talking about) will appear on TV this week. If you switch on your TV at the antisocial hour of 9.15 a.m. on Wednesday 2nd May and tune in to BBC1 you will be watching a programme called ‘Heir Hunters’. At some point in the show a familiar figure will appear rambling on about brewery history in a semi-coherent manner- with the BHS getting a mention. 

Cheers

Ray

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This is available online, along with hundreds of others, a number of which are beer related

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnx3

Jeff

]]> http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/24/bbc-the-food-programme-the-new-beer-frontier/feed/ James Sumner’s talk, ‘’How should a chemist understand brewing?’ Beer and theory around 1800’ http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/24/james-sumner%e2%80%99s-talk-%e2%80%98how-should-a-chemist-understand-brewing-beer-and-theory-around-1800%e2%80%99/ http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/24/james-sumner%e2%80%99s-talk-%e2%80%98how-should-a-chemist-understand-brewing-beer-and-theory-around-1800%e2%80%99/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:40:36 +0000 admin http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/24/james-sumner%e2%80%99s-talk-%e2%80%98how-should-a-chemist-understand-brewing-beer-and-theory-around-1800%e2%80%99/ BHS member, James Sumner, gave a fascinating talk at the Royal Society a week ago and BHS Journal editor, Tim  Holt, has now sent the following-

Dear All,

James Sumner’s talk, ‘’How should a chemist understand brewing?’ Beer and theory around 1800’ can be found here http://royalsociety.org/Podcasts-of-Library-events/

Cheers,

Tim

Dr TJP Holt
Senior Publishing Editor

]]> http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/24/james-sumner%e2%80%99s-talk-%e2%80%98how-should-a-chemist-understand-brewing-beer-and-theory-around-1800%e2%80%99/feed/ BHS AGM Weekend http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/23/bhs-agm-weekend/ http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/23/bhs-agm-weekend/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:24:23 +0000 admin http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/23/bhs-agm-weekend/ What a great series of events for the 40th BHS AGM weekend

My thanks to Chris Marchbanks and Ken Smith for all their efforts in making arrangements; All the Fullers team for the AGM on Friday, Professor and Mrs Peter Mathias for joining us as our special guests; all at Camden, Brodies and Twickenham for the additional brewery visits.

We rounded  the series off with a fascinating tour of North Kent looking at the brewery related remains still to be seen, led by Ken Smith

]]> http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/23/bhs-agm-weekend/feed/ Talk - Brewers & Bankers http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/23/talk-brewers-bankers/ http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/23/talk-brewers-bankers/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:19:10 +0000 admin http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/23/talk-brewers-bankers/ We have received the following information from BHS memebr, Alan Greenwood-

Alan Greenwood will be giving another talk on the Fascinating World of the 19th & 20th Century Brewer at the Hoop & Grapes, 80 Farringdon Street, London EC4A 4BL

7.00 pm on Monday May 14th.

The talk title is: Brewers & Bankers

The talk is open to all; admission is £3.00, offset by a 50p a pint discount off Real Ale to CAMRA members by Landlord Mike Stokes.

Reserve tickets from the Hoop & Grapes or from Alan Greenwood at beertalks@hotmail.co.uk

Good Pub, Good Beer, Good Talk, it’s a good evening

CAMRA Membership cards needed for beer discount or sign up on the evening. (Let us know if time is too early for you.)

Nearest stations: Blackfriars (0.3 miles), Chancery Lane (0.3 miles), Farringdon (0.4 miles)

 

Hoop & Grapes thehoopandgrapes@hotmail.co.uk www.thehoopandgrapes.co.uk

Alan Greenwood beertalks@hotmal.co.uk www.beertalks.co.uk

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Dear Jeff

I hope you don’t mind me writing again but we are hoping to make some more pub digs this summer and I am once again on the hunt for pubs steeped in archaeology.

The last series has proved a big success (and is now on Channel 5 at 8.00pm, Tuesdays).

http://www.history.co.uk/shows/pub-dig/the-pubs.html

We have found that the films worked well when the pub and the archaeology could be linked to significant events or periods of British History.

The last series looked at Roman St Albans, The Tudor Dockyards and the Spanish Armada, The civil war in Banbury and Smuggling in Sussex.

We are now keen to look at pubs that could provide a window into the following:

1)      Henry VIII and/or the Tudors and Dissolution of the Monasteries

2)      The Vikings and the Saxons

3)      The Industrial Revolution

4)      The War of the Roses

5)      The Norman Conquest

6)      The Jacobites/Judge Jefferies

7)      Scotland –ie battles between the Scots and the English/ Hadrian’s or Antonine Wall/Clan Wars/Glencoe

8)       Battles between the English and the Welsh/Offa’s Dyke

9)      Anything else!

Apologies for casting such a wide net but if you know of any pubs or experts in the field that I should be contacting about any of the above or if you know of any other pub/story that we should look at then please get back to me.

Thanks so much

Rob Neil

07798780621

rneil@oxfordscientificfilms.tv

]]> http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/04/12/pub-dig-tv-show/feed/ Shropshire Maltings, Shrewsbury open days http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/24/shropshire-maltings-shrewsbury-open-days/ http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/24/shropshire-maltings-shrewsbury-open-days/#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:10:43 +0000 admin http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/24/shropshire-maltings-shrewsbury-open-days/ A message from Colin Bridgland-

The next open days at the Shropshire Maltings, Shrewsbury (or flaxmill, as some people insist on calling it) has been announced on their website - Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th May 2012. Attached is their flier for the event.

http://www.flaxmill-maltings.co.uk/news/open-days-may

Cheers again,
Colin

]]> http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/24/shropshire-maltings-shrewsbury-open-days/feed/ Red Cow in Caversham http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/21/red-cow-in-caversham/ http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/21/red-cow-in-caversham/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:46:18 +0000 admin http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/21/red-cow-in-caversham/ Hello

We are taking over the tenancy of the Red Cow in Caversham and wondered if you might have some knowledge or photo’s on this pub?

We believe it was a Simonds Brewery pub at some stage .

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Kind Regards

Sara King
2 Model Farm Cottages
Bath Road
Sonning
Reading
Berkshire

Telephone 01189691470 or 07760420923

]]> http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/21/red-cow-in-caversham/feed/ Burton - A Talk on Regeneration of Brewery Buildings http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/21/burton-a-talk-on-regeneration-of-brewery-buildings/ http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/21/burton-a-talk-on-regeneration-of-brewery-buildings/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:30:11 +0000 admin http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/21/burton-a-talk-on-regeneration-of-brewery-buildings/ We have had the following from the Burton Civic Society. Many members will know Malcolm and have enjoyed seeing him speak in the past

BHS member Malcolm James will be giving a talk after the Civic Society’s AGM

Malcolm James was awarded the Harold Samuel Prize for the Best Dissertation in July 2006 on “Brewery Buildings of Burton on Trent” as part of his RICS Postgraduate Diploma on Conservation of the Historic Environment.  His talk will reflect the culmination of his subsequent 6 years of research into the use and re-use of brewery buildings.

I wonder if this talk would be of interest to members of your society in the local area?

It takes place at about 8 p.m. on Wed 27th June at the Worthington Suite of the National Brewery Centre, after the Burton Civic Society AGM.

Its our Golden Jubilee Year (1962 - 2012) and we’re hoping to get a good crowd.  We also have some specially brewed beer from the Burton Bridge Brewery to give away in exchange for a donation.

]]> http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/21/burton-a-talk-on-regeneration-of-brewery-buildings/feed/ Job opportunity http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/18/job-opportunity/ http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/18/job-opportunity/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:53:13 +0000 admin http://blog.breweryhistory.com/2012/03/18/job-opportunity/ We have had the following email sent in and thought it appropriate to flag it up to our readership. Good luck.

A job opportunity that has come up at the National Brewery Centre, Burton on Trent for a Museum Guide. It is a paid position (hourly rate), part time mixture of weekly and weekend working.

It is a chance for someone with a good knowledge of brewing and breweries to engage with our visitors and enhance their visit to the Museum!

If anyone is interested please can they contact info@nationalbrewerycentre.co.uk either Paula White (General Manager) or Vanessa Winstone (Collections Officer) for further information.

Many thanks

Vanessa Winstone

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