1066 and all that - The UK brewing industry and the bitter end
Bootleggers, bargain-hunters, boozing box-watchers: British brewers are in despair. Their countrymen have discovered the pleasures of cocooning. Having a bit of a good time means sitting on the sofa, the remote in one hand and a bottle of cheap beer from France in the other. If you thought matters could not get any worse for British brewers, you are mistaken. Read on.
October 14, 1066: it was a typical autumn day. The sun was just rising above the Channel. King Harold had positioned his army at the top of Caldbec Hill along the Stenlach Ridge, a few miles north of Hastings. He expected to have clear visibility all around him. William of Normandy, his archers, infantry and cavalry would be forced to run up the hill to attack. That was the plan. An armada of white vans and pickups..
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