54th Delegate Meeting 

Monday 9th September Ireland has a diverse and exciting beer scene, one which has sprung back to life in the last couple of decades after a century of consolidation and closures at the hands of multinational brewing concerns. Today, almost every county has a brewery,...

Hops are grown in the Midlands and South East of England. They are harvested during September and early October. The cones are separated from the bine and then dried immediately on a kiln, and pressed into bales to be stored until used – maybe for more than a year....