Roger Protz

Roger Protz (* 1939 ) is a British journalist and author.

Life

After Protz had become a member of the youth section of the British Labor Party , he took over their newspaper New Advance . As a Labor Party member, he was also involved in the Socialist Labor League (SLL). During the 1960s he was the editor of the London Evening Standard newspaper .

In 1961 he moved from New Advance to the sheet of the SLL youth organization Keep Left . In 1964 he was the editor of Militant , the club journal of the Trotskyist group Militant Tendency and from 1968 to 1974 of Socialist Worker .

In 1976 Protz became a member of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA); since then he has written a number of books on beer, breweries and pubs. From 1978 to 1983 he was the editor of CAMRA's Good Beer Guide and also of all editions since 2000. However, he has already announced that he will only continue this activity until 2018. In addition to these book editions, Protz writes regular columns for Publican's Morning Advertiser , a monthly column for What's Brewing and also articles on Beers of the World and All About Beer . Until 2006 he also wrote regularly on beer topics for The Guardian . In 2007 he edited a work on the history of beer at the Smithsonian Institution .

In 1988 Protz founded the British Guild of Beer Writers , of which he was chairman from 2000 to 2003.

Fonts (selection)

• The Complete Guide to World Beer. 2004. ISBN 1-84442-865-6
• Classic stout and porter. 1997. ISBN 1-85375-220-7
• The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Beer. 1995. ISBN 1-86309-142-4
• 300 Beers to Try Before You Die. 2005. ISBN 978-1-85249-273-1
• 300 More Beers to Try Before You Die. 2013. ISBN 978-1-85249-295-3

Web links

• Roger Protz beer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Phil Mellows: Roger Protz: beer and the brickbats . September 21, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
2. ↑ Gerry Healy - Chapter 6 . www.whatnextjournal.co.uk. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
3. ^ The RSL (Militant) in the 1960s - a study in passivity . archive.workersliberty.org. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
4. ↑ http://www.marxists.org/history/etol/critiques/locust/app04.htm Letter to IS Branches from National Secretary, April 10, 1974 in Jim Higgins, More Years for the Locust .