Posts Tagged ‘Andrew Morgan’
Beer Hawk (B2B) created on foundations of The Bottle Shop
From the remnants of the sadly failed The Bottle Shop business has emerged a new ABI-owned operation, Beer Hawk (B2B), which has the objective of bringing some professionalism to the craft beer industry in the UK. This is the aim of The Bottle Shop founder Andrew Morgan who is now head of Beer Hawk (B2B)…
Read MoreCalling time on The Bottle Shop
As someone who has been writing about beer for 25 years I’m stating the blindingly obvious when I say there has been a revolution in the industry. Anybody who has been interested in drinking beer will have enjoyed riding the wave. Lots of businesses have jumped in to satisfy demand – maybe too many…
Read MoreCommercial versus Craft
Head over to any fan-boy beer/brewing forum and you’ll easily find a discussion about how evil the big, commercial breweries are and how craft beer is awesome. But somehow the world can’t agree what actually defines craft – or mainstream in any meaningful way. For what it’s worth – here are some of my thoughts…
Read MoreMore focus needed on freshness and fridges
The desire for fresh beer is something that’s important to every American beer drinker yet, as residents of the British Isles, it’s not something that’s part of our beery landscape – but why? The main reason is because of refrigeration (or lack of it) in the UK and Europe. Many British breweries actually brew beer…
Read MoreThe standard unit of measure
For many years, dispensing beer in pints has served us well and we knew that anyone drinking less than the standard unit of measure simply wasn’t playing the game. However, times have moved on and we’re now saddled with a legally defined unit that’s simply unfit for purpose as most drinkers see a half pint…
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