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louthy on March 9, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Clone Mineral Water (2012)

I grew up not far from Burton-on-Trent and never realised the significance of the water to the brewing industry. In hindsight it's obvious, but I guess, I never really thought about it.

Anyway, found this nice write up [1] on the history of the town.

[1] http://allaboutbeer.com/article/burton-on-trent%E2%80%94the-...

jbrooksuk on March 9, 2018 [–]

Heh, I'm in Stoke-on-Trent and even though I've been through/past it loads, I've never realised B-O-T is so important either.

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