The Pub Curmudgeon

Potentially the greatest restriction of the freedoms of drinkers we have seen so far in this country is the proposal by the Scottish governm...

There seems to be something about the smoking ban that encourages intolerance between pub users. Perhaps it is because it panders to the reg...

More depressing news , that over 60 pubs are now closed and boarded in five East Lancashire boroughs with a high proportion of small, wet-le...

According to a survey by Deloitte , 20% of adults now visit pubs less often following the smoking ban. I suspect any licensee could have tol...

The recent CAMRA National Conference decided to set up a Task Group with the remit to “research and build extensive evidence on the importan...

Someone complained to me that he had gone out into the rather limited outdoor drinking area of one particular pub and found it full of smoke...

This is an interesting report on comments by the chief executive of Mitchells & Butlers in which he says we have now reached a tipping ...

Not so long ago, it was axiomatic that beer prices in the South-East tended to be at least 50p a pint more than those around here. But recen...

I see Heineken are now looking at introducing 24 oz glasses so they can serve their beer with a “genuine Continental head”. It would be iro...

I see that Stella Artois is now being advertised with the slogan "Only four ingredients - barley, hops, maize and water". Maize???...

Well, it's only a modest proposal, and falls far short of the complete repeal of the public smoking ban which I would advocate. But anyt...

I can’t help thinking that this article entitled Cask Ale Bouncing Back represents a large dose of special pleading. The overall market for...

On occasions, such as family social gatherings, I have tried canned versions of premium beers such as Abbot Ale. However, compared with bott...

Yum, yet another post about food! In many ways I’m a staunch defender of the traditions of the English public house, but I would not lif...

While we are often told that food has been the saviour of the pub trade, I am more and more coming to believe that it has ruined it. The ori...