Where to find Britain’s Viking brewhouses

Merryn and Graham Dineley, she an archaeologist specialising in exploring ancient ale-making, he a craft brewer specialising in actually making ancient ales, have produced a fabulous downloadable poster on the visible remains of Viking brewhouses in Britain, which you can find here. The poster points out that structures which have been interpreted as Viking “bath… Read More Where to find Britain’s Viking brewhouses

The Graveney Boat, a hop history mystery

In the history of brewing in Britain, the Graveney Boat is an archaeological anomaly almost as great as finding the skeleton of an Anglo-Saxon warrior with a hole in his skull that could only have been made by a 17th-century musket ball. The boat – actually a clinker-built cross-channel cargo vessel, reconstructed as some 44… Read More The Graveney Boat, a hop history mystery