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Beer history videos

VIDEO: 10 OBJECTS #4 — PUMP

To accompany the publication of Brew Britannia we’re producing a series of ten minute-long films featuring objects which reflect part of the story.

This fourth film is about the decline and revival of the traditional beer hand pump.

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Beer history videos

VIDEO: 10 OBJECTS #3 — GUIDE

To accompany the publication of Brew Britannia we’re producing a series of ten minute-long films featuring objects which reflect part of the story.

This third film is about the arrival in 1974 of a pub guide which really prioritised beer for the first time.

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VIDEO: 10 OBJECTS #2: MAGAZINE

To accompany the publication of Brew Britannia we’re producing a series of ten 1 minute films featuring objects which reflect part of the story.

This second film is about Which? magazine’s April 1972 report on keg beer.

Footnote: it wasn’t the first time they’d written about beer — we understand there was a similar report in 1960.

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VIDEO: 10 Objects #1: TIE

To accompany the publication of Brew Britannia we’re hoping to produce ten of these 1 minute films featuring objects which reflect part of the story.

This first film is about the official tie of the Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood, founded in 1963.

(Consider this a pilot — we’re still getting to used to the sound of our own voices, being bookworms at heart…)

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real ale videos

VIDEO: Ben the Real Ale Dog, 1983

Ben the pub dog would only drink ‘real ale’, as shown on BBC consumer show That’s Life in 1983. Also featuring Barry Malone from Shropshire CAMRA: “Yes, that is a good quality real ale, yeah.”