DRAFTMag.com feature: Burton-on-Trent — The Soul of British Brewing
By Noah Davis • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: DRAFTMag.com feature
In this week’s feature on DRAFTmag.com, Jay Brooks invades the English town of Burton-on-Trent, which used to boast one pub for every 45 people. It’s since fallen on hard times, but Brooks searches high and low to find where the green sprigs of brewing are returning.
Recently, several more brewing upstarts have begun brewing in Burton, like a Phoenix from the ashes — in some cases literally, as some new beermakers adopt the discarded buildings of Burton’s once great breweries.
