CityLife

> Burton-brewed using the Derbyshire town’s famous soft water Huh? Burton water is as hard as nails! It's stuffed with gypsum and is very hard indeed - and this is exactly the reason why Burton was *the* place to brew pale ales (the hardness is permanent hardness from the gypsum beds the water runs through, not temporary, furr up your kettle hardness from chalk). For soft water, the best example is Plzen in the Czech republic which is why they brewed such excellent pilsners. > geared to surviving a three year-voyage out to our brave boys in Victorian India And no - it was a 3 to 6 month journey - nowhere near 3 years. I recommend Pete Brown's book "Hops and Glory" for a read.