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Community Owned Pubs: Yr Heliwr

Series: Community Ownership

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Community Owned Pubs: Yr Heliwr

A Pint of Love: Yr Heliwr Yr Heliwr had been closed for a decade, and the Nefyn community rallied together to save their precious local pub in 2018. After an impressive fundraising campaign the pub reopened in 2021, becoming the community’s vital hub...

American Heirloom Cider Apples Part Three

Series: American Heirloom Apples

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American Heirloom Cider Apples Part Three

Illustrations by Christine Jopling

Ruvani de Silva

Community Owned Pubs: The Travellers Rest

Series: Community Ownership

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Community Owned Pubs: The Travellers Rest

Where Community Grows Here is our second film in their community owned pub documentary series, this time focusing on the Travellers Rest in Skeeby, North Yorkshire. The Travellers Rest was bought by volunteers and the Skeeby Community Pub Society in...

Government & Hospitality – Government Ale

Series: Regulatory History

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Government & Hospitality – Government Ale

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Steve Dunkley brings you the third part of this Regulatory History series, with this article on Government Ale. He takes you through about the how the grain shortages properly impacted the production of beer during WW1, and what the Government attemp...

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Community Owned Pubs: The Antwerp Arms

Series: Community Ownership

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Community Owned Pubs: The Antwerp Arms

Antwerp Arms: More Than A Pub This is the first episode of our new three-part community pubs documentary series, celebrating people who have banded together to save their much-loved locals. The first installment focuses on the Antwerp Arms in Tottenh...

Government & Hospitality - The Carlisle Experiment

Series: Regulatory History

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Government & Hospitality - The Carlisle Experiment

Steve Dunkley takes you through the alcohol temperance movement, and how that impacted government decisions during World War One around alcohol consumption in pubs. Illustrations by Christine Jopling

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Government & Hospitality - Dark Matter

Series: Regulatory History

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Government & Hospitality - Dark Matter

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Leading up to 1802 England was at war with France, again, and the country was being run by Pitt the Younger. He was really good with taxes, taxing the rich more than the poor, wax candles which gave a clean light were taxed more than the smelly and s...

Steve Dunkley

American Heirloom Cider Apples Part Two

Series: American Heirloom Apples

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American Heirloom Cider Apples Part Two

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Illustrations by Christine Jopling

Ruvani de Silva

Common ground: Can there be a relationship between cask beer and sparkling wine?

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Common ground: Can there be a relationship between cask beer and sparkling wine?

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I have always been a big believer that cask and sparkling wine have more in common than one may think and I am intrigued by the fact they are often interacted with so differently. Not everyone introduced to cask is innately blessed with a sound knowl...

Rachel Hendry

Cask: A social perception

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Cask: A social perception

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It is useful to know the technical intricacies of our favourite drinks, to be well educated on the vocabulary and methods that form it. It is also useful, I think, to take the time to understand why our drinks are drunk in the way that they are and b...

Rachel Hendry

Government & Hospitality – Not the Best of Bedfellows

Series: Regulatory History

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Government & Hospitality – Not the Best of Bedfellows

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Beer and pubs are familiar and integral features of our communities and social lives. But how did the brewing and drinking landscape evolve into what we experience today? How did the laws and economics of the 1800's onwards influence the production o...

Steve Dunkley

Orchard Evolution for Connoisseurs

Series: Community Orchards

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Orchard Evolution for Connoisseurs

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There is something so magical about an orchard. They speak not just of place, but of people. The history, wisdom and heritage fruit trees have carried with them through the circles of time is astounding. There are whole worlds to be discovered within...

Rachel Hendry

Community Orchards for Beginners

Series: Community Orchards

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Community Orchards for Beginners

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There’s a recent addition to my home town. It’s not a new housing estate or a big supermarket chain as we’ve become accustomed, but a collection of fruit trees planted in a park by our local council. The trees include some traditional varieties to th...

Rachel Hendry

American Heirloom Cider Apples: A Complex Journey From Culinary Colonisers to Craft Cider Revivalists

Series: American Heirloom Apples

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American Heirloom Cider Apples: A Complex Journey From Culinary Colonisers to Craft Cider Revivalists

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Illustrations by Christine Jopling

Ruvani de Silva

International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day

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International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day

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The International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day (IWCBD) is an annual event that takes place concurrently with International Women’s Day (IWD). Brewers take the opportunity to invite local women and women’s groups along to brew a beer that is either...

Laura Hadland

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Community Owned Pubs: Yr Heliwr

American Heirloom Cider Apples Part Three

Community Owned Pubs: The Travellers Rest

Government & Hospitality – Government Ale

Community Owned Pubs: The Antwerp Arms

Government & Hospitality - The Carlisle Experiment

Government & Hospitality - Dark Matter

American Heirloom Cider Apples Part Two

Common ground: Can there be a relationship between cask beer and sparkling wine?

Cask: A social perception

Government & Hospitality – Not the Best of Bedfellows

Orchard Evolution for Connoisseurs

Community Orchards for Beginners

American Heirloom Cider Apples: A Complex Journey From Culinary Colonisers to Craft Cider Revivalists

International Women’s Collaboration Brew Day

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