This week we filled our first former Te Mata Wine barrel with beer.  The first barrel was filled with Southerly Front our historic Burton Ale topped up with some ESB and a good dose of the wild yeast brettanomyces. The...

The Rat, meanwhile, was busy examining the label on one of the beer-bottles. “I perceive this to be Old Burton,” he remarked approvingly. “Sensible Mole! The very thing! Now we shall be able to mull some ale. Get the things...