A recent survey suggested that 8.5 million people in the UK are following a gluten free or reduced gluten diet. This ever-growing market is proving increasingly tempting for brewers and with a few simple tweaks to the processing, brewers can achieve beers with less than the required 20 ppm of gluten with little or no noticeable difference in ...

As I sit writing this article, I find myself searching for a clever metaphor to sum things up. Unfortunately, there is no sugar-coating things: Let’s face it, the World, at the moment, is pants.  Whilst some in the brewing fraternity bravely soldier on, for many of our brethren the most rational way forward would seem to be a temporary pause ...

There is nothing more satisfying than the frothy mouth-watering theatre of a beautifully dispensed beer cascading from the tap with all its promise of tasty goodness.  Whether a nitro stout, crisp pilsner or a weisse, getting the foam right, with a head that gently follows the beer to the bottom of the glass, is a vital part of the perception and ...

National Collection of Yeast Cultures NCYC has served the brewing industry for over 70 years, providing secure and confidential storage of the commercial brewing yeast strains as well as molecular typing of brewing yeasts. NCYC houses the largest public available collection of brewing yeasts. British ale strains are the largest group of strains ...

[intro]When some very enterprising German brewers decided to store their beer in the frozen Bavarian Alps through the summer time in the early nineteenth century, little did they know of the impact there new “Lager” creation would have on the world of beer. Some of these brewers were so moved by the potential of this wonderous brew that they ...

[intro]Since its launch,  Super F has proven invaluable to many of the top craft breweries worldwide, providing great results for beer produced for keg, can and bottle whether filtered or unfiltered.[/intro] What is it? Super F is a rapid action fining, made using our own special formulation of silicate and polysaccharide for rapid ...