It’s harvest, time to bring in the barley. Malted barley gives beer its colour, malty sweet flavour, dextrin to give the beer body, protein to form a good head, and perhaps most important, the natural sugars needed for fermentation.   Find out more: https://nbcarchives.co.uk/explore-the-collections/farming/

 

 

 

 

And don’t forget, it’s also getting close to Christmas and we have sets of coasters for sale depicting most well known old brewery beer bottle labels. See our shop page but if you cannot find what you’re looking for contact us at info@nationalbreweryheritagetrust.co.uk and we’ll do our best to find you what you want.