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One of the world’s most influential beer writers.

Roger Protz

Roger Protz

Regularly named as one of the most influential beer experts in the world by data led reviews and drinks insiders, Roger Protz has been writing about beer for over 5 decades. He has charted the rise and fall of many trends and developments and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of beer, breweries and influential people within the industry across the globe.

Roger is one of the most prolific writers in his field and has contributed to magazines, newspaper, radio and television and has written over 20 books on beer and won countless awards for his writing, including the first ever lifetime achievement award from the British Guild of Beer Writers(BGBW). Roger is passionate about beer and continues to post on his website protzonbeer, twitter and within the last two years has published a book capturing the history of the independent Family Brewers of Britain (BGBW Award†) and is currently publishing a World Beer Guide referencing and charting the global status of beer, its traditions and the new trends in brewing.

 

One of the world’s most influential beer writers.

Our new book from one of the world’s most influential beer writers, Roger Protz is being published this month. (29th Oct 2021)

Regularly named as one of the most influential beer experts in the world by data led reviews and drinks insiders*, Roger Protz has been writing about beer for over five decades. He has charted the rise and fall of many trends and developments and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of beer, breweries and influential people within the beer industry right across the globe.

Sample chapters from World Beer Guide: Northern Europe

CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide 2019

CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide is fully revised and updated each year and features pubs across the United Kingdom that serve the best real ale. Now in it’s 45th edition, this pub guide is completely independent….

Britain’s Beer Revolution

UK brewing has seen unprecedented growth in the last decade. Breweries of all shapes and sizes are flourishing and the range of home-grown beers available in pubs and shops has never been so diverse.

The Family Brewers of Britain

Britain’s family brewers are stalwarts of beer making. Some date back as far as the 17th and 18th centuries and have survived the turbulence of world wars, bomb damage, recessions, floods, and the hostility of politicians and the temperance movement. This book, by leading beer writer Roger Protz, traces the fascinating and sometimes fractious histories of the families still running these breweries.

300 Beers To Try Before You Die

From Belgian fruit beers to hoppy cask ales, small-production microbrews to Czech Republic lagers, this is a personal and comprehensive portfolio of international beers compiled by one of the world’s leading beer writers.

Highlights

Roger travels widely in search of good beer. He is a frequent visitor to the United States and mainland Europe – with many trips to Belgian breweries – and has travelled as far as Finland, Russia and Australia. He has been to all six Trappist breweries in Belgium and has stayed in two of them — Achel and Westmalle. In Britain he has done a number of collaborative brews with craft breweries, including a Burton Ale with Otley in south Wales and a Ruby Ale and a Flanders Ale with the Chiltern Brewery in Buckinghamshire

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