spotted online - news that the former Usher's Trowbridge brewing plant has resurfaced in North Korea (another article said that the plant was brewing ale & lager styles) cheers MikeMcG ________________________________________________________________________________
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N Korea buys Brit brewery Seoul - In impoverished North Korea, many go without basic necessities. But for the privileged population of Pyongyang, good beer is always on tap, thanks to the totalitarian regime's decision to buy a brewery from England and transport it home, vat-by-vat. Taedonggang Beer, named after the Taedong river flowing through the communist country's capital, now rivals popular brews from Japan and Europe, which are priced outside the reach of usual consumers. "Our people like Taedonggang Beer a lot," Ri Hae Nam, assistant chief engineer at Taedonggang Brewery said. "All the managers and workers of this brewery are trying to improve quality to international standards, upholding the instructions of General Kim Jong Il to achieve the highest quality." Many bars in the capital now provide beer on tap, sometimes from their own microbreweries, but more often from the Taedonggang Brewery, located just east of the city. North Korea bought the entire brewery from the British Ushers company in 2000 and imported it complete. It was outfitted with the latest German-made, computer-controlled brewing technology and started production in 2002. The brewery says it uses locally grown barley and produces both lager and bitter beers. It even drew a rare visit by the country's Dear Leader Kim Jong Il the year it opened. ________________________________________________________________________________