I wanted to create a high gravity beer that was special to me. I’d read about a mostly forgotten beer style in a book by Martyn Cornell called a Burton Ale, which seemed like the perfect thing to try. What I came up with is undoubtedly not a traditional Burton Ale, but my take on the … [Read more…]
A few months ago I came across an old English style of beer, the Burton Ale, that seems to be all but forgotten these days, excepting a few blogs, such as Martyn Cornell’s Zythophile and a 2011 article in Zymugry (co-written by the Martyn Cornell and the late Antony Hayes). While details are scarce about this style, everything … [Read more…]