Don't fight: Just choose ten great beers from Germany MAY 12, 2003
Standing up to be counted |
The empire strikes back MAR 3, 2003
Ethnic beers in Britain |
A diplomatic drink JULY 9, 2002
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Kisses, oats and stouts FEB 19, 2002
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New York and London say it with beer DEC 10, 2001
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Can a Pils have an American accent? NOV 1, 2001
Judging at the world's best beer festival |
How Bert Grant Saved The World AUG 3, 2001
Bold beers were the perfect weapon |
Beyond the barmaid's smile ... my quest for a visionary's beer APR 1, 2001
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Coming for the holidays... NOV 6, 2000
America's first 'Cave Beer' |
Judging at the GABF OCT 10, 2000
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Estonian, Finnish...and Orcadian SEPT 1, 2000
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Going for Gose AUG 31, 2000
Reporting live from Leipzig, on a major new brewpub reviving a classic style |
The new beer-drinkers JAN 18, 2000
The story behind a quiet revolution and a look at 10 hop spots |
On the trail of Santa's brew DEC 1, 1999
The agricultural tradition of winter and Christmas beers has enjoyed a revival in recent years |
Belgium's Great Beers JULY 30, 1999
Your guide to enjoying the country and its beers |
Nothing ordinary about elderberry brews MAR 21, 1999
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On dark beers and aphrodisiacs FEB 13, 1999
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How to save a beer style JULY 1, 1998
There is no set procedure, but it starts with writing about it |
Black Brit beers take top gongs in Moscow MAR 1, 1998
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High on Low Country beer FEB 28, 1998
Michael Jackson's expert guide to Belgian brews |
Bread of heaven beer in Russia's post-red snows FEB 1, 1998
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Heavy gravity, man JAN 10, 1998
Michael Jackson comes on strong about barley wine. |
Brown ale and bike-barmy Belgians OCT 1, 1997
What were once very local beers are now widely sold as something special |
Tasting a new Lambic on the Belgian Cam SEPT 1, 1997
Willem joins the ranks of blenders making an endangered beer style |
Lassi comes home AUG 9, 1997
IPA is so-called from the days when shiploads of British beer were sent to expatriates In the Indian empire |
Top glass AUG 2, 1997
Of all the bars in all the world - here's what's best to drink. |
Let them drink beer JULY 12, 1997
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Ginger spice JUNE 21, 1997
How herbs and spices ginger up beer |
Belgian breakfast MAR 29, 1997
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Joys from the black stuff MAR 1, 1997
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Why beer is best FEB 22, 1997
Ale is probably the world's most misunderstood drink |
Winter's ale DEC 28, 1996
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Salty trail of Germany's link with wild beer OCT 1, 1996
Leipzig is said to have boasted 80 Gose houses in 1900 |
A pint of cloudy, please MAY 25, 1996
British brewers take to making wheat beers |
Japan's beer turns turtle - even in the land of Ninja MAY 1, 1996
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Copper-bottom ales halt lager tide in Germany APR 1, 1996
For Diebels, an "old" style means new business |
The birth of lager MAR 1, 1996
Brewed in March, matured until September |
Ale and hearty FEB 24, 1996
Where France and Belgium meet, grapes, apples and cherries rub sholders with malting barley and hops; haute cuisine embraces Germanic heartiness; wine smooches with beer. |
Sahti - rural beer with a great Finnish JAN 1, 1996
It's very drinkable, indeed, at the only pub in the world it's offered on draught |
The road to red Oktober SEPT 1, 1995
What color were Anton Dreher's first lager brews? |
Ale lovers must learn to say the dreaded 'L' word SEPT 1, 1995
'Traditional' beer has different meaning in different beer cultures |
Prague: twinned with Burton-upon-Trent JUNE 3, 1995
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Why Germans celebrate a Bock's Fizz APR 1, 1995
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Sweating up a suitable thirst APR 1, 1995
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The brewer's Lenten fare MAR 4, 1995
With Lent upon us, I have been seeking a beer appropriate to this observance, and found it in the high street |
Porter casts a long shadow on ale history MAR 1, 1995
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Make mine a magnum of handsome ale DEC 3, 1994
Bigger bottles make stylish presents for a beer-lover |
Trad ale in Finland keeps its Pedda up NOV 1, 1994
World's oldest beer style is back - thanks to a Lammi vegetable grower |
Enjoy chocolate by the pint OCT 29, 1994
Chocolate in beer, beer in chocolate, and points between |
Finns get all steamed up over sahti OCT 1, 1994
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Bavarian beers for all seasons SEPT 17, 1994
Munich's Oktoberfest is a good excuse to visit the city and its Alpine hinterland |
Appellations of a different nature MAY 21, 1994
In the British Isles, regional differences may surpass importance of designations of origin |
Indulge in the Bavarian Weiss APR 2, 1994
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Smoke 'em of you got 'em JAN 22, 1994
Michael Jackson travels from Alaska to Sainsbury's to toast a strange brew that gets its flavour from smoking over a log fire |
Holland's giant cleans up its act - on the quiet NOV 1, 1993
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Barking up the right tree with Alsatian beers JUNE 1, 1993
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Original Bock: the beer the doctor ordered MAY 1, 1993
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Bock brings the Germans rushing to the beer garden APR 1, 1993
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Real Guinness may die - but the yeast lives on ... MAR 1, 1993
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The beer drinker's malt whisky FEB 6, 1993
Michael Jackson reports on the flavour of the month. |
Last word in ale in land of rising yeast SEPT 1, 1992
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Europe's stylish summer whites JUNE 6, 1992
Hoegaarden is "white," spiced and fermented from wheat -- in the medieval fashion, says Michael Jackson |
Apples and black treacle in a real winter warmer NOV 2, 1991
Michael Jackson selects, as his beer of the month, Gale's Prize Old Ale; strong and spicy, hinting of calvados and full of earthy perfumes |
Bavaria's best advice is -- try the Weiss SEPT 1, 1991
Michael Jackson visits Erdinger to taste weiss for all seasons |
How Scot's yeast made a Belgian classic ale AUG 1, 1991
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It was a draught idea to put it in a can MAY 4, 1991
Tasting notes on a new range of canned beers and ales that attempt to capture the flavour of the local pub |
Would Minnie like wheat ale? MAY 1, 1991
Lovers of British mild will also enjoy a drop from Bavaria |
A seasonal search for the phantom of brewing APR 1, 1991
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A saintly glass with the brothers of barley MAR 1, 1991
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Chastity, poverty and a pint FEB 2, 1991
They don't talk about it much, but Trappist monks have been brewing good strong beer for ages, writes Michael Jackson |
The perfect pint for a chilly night DEC 1, 1990
Michael Jackson explores the cellars of Suffolk in search of the secrets that make winter ales a seasonal special |
Flexing my mussels in the Rare Fox OCT 1, 1990
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Spices can catch you on the hop ... MAY 1, 1990
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It's up, up and away to drink smoked porter out on the ice FEB 1, 1990
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Younger, Milder image for the workers of beer MAY 1, 1989
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Trying to find a pearl of truth in oyster stout MAY 1, 1988
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