Anthony Gladman

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A pair of dark lagers

As we teeter between winter and spring, this is a good moment for beers that tread the line between light and dark. Dark lagers are in season, particularly the Doppelbocks that would…
Heck’s Farmhouse Cider, Yarlington Mill Keeve

I’m told Yarlington Mill is the king of the Somerset cider apples. Easy to believe when you’re drinking this stuff. It just dares you to take another gulp.
Urbanaut Tropical Imperial Stout

A small can big on flavour and contradiction: dark malts and light hops, big-hitting booze in a tiny package. There’s a lot to like here.
Drink Free Days, how did I do in 2021?

I’m a drinks writer. I love booze. But I think it’s important to have regular breaks from alcohol, so I counted how many days I took off from drinking during 2021.
Vegan beers — what to look out for

It has been four years since I last wrote about vegan beer and things have changed, so I’ve decided to revisit the subject. I will answer some of the questions you might…
Don’t buy fear and ignorance

I received a sample of Drinkwell IPA over the weekend. It came in a very smelly box — really stinky ink — but that’s not why I want to write about it.…
So you want to get better at describing beer

There’s no getting round it, if you want to become a better beer taster you need to learn how to describe the stuff clearly and accurately. Flavour is wrapped up in language, and you need to identify and understand what you’re tasting.
Getting the skinny on low calorie beers

This article was first published in issue 38 of Ferment Magazine in April 2019. The best thing about a workout is the feeling afterwards: the warm glow in your muscles, the sense…
ZeroWater: let’s get this clear

Do ZeroWater filters work? Does the water taste better? Does it make better tea, better coffee, better ice? And what happens when you filter beer for a laugh?
On the importance of not drinking sometimes

The important point is to put a break to unthinking drinking. Regular drink-free days are a good way of achieving this with little effort. And if you add recording your drink-free days somewhere into the mix it helps make the habit stick.