The Pub Curmudgeon

It's reported in the Sunday Times today that the government have backtracked on reported plans to reduce the drink-drive limit: Ministe...

I see Orkney Brewery's Skullsplitter strong ale is the latest target of the politically correct brigade. This post by Mr Eugenides sum...

I'm sure many struggling British pubs wondering when the promised post-ban influx of non-smokers was going to arrive could put up a sign...

Spending a few days away recently unfortunately reacquainted me with the lamentable standard of service prevailing in restaurants in Britain...

I’m a Northerner, and in many respects a strong defender of the North of England, but one thing I have little time for is the “traditional N...

In one of the most ludicrous examples of anti-drink political correctness I have yet seen, Wiltshire County Council have joined forces with...

A few years ago I commented on pubs keeping their doors open on chilly September evenings in a futile attempt to make people believe it was...

My previous post on the tendency to level down beer strengths led me to ponder on the morality of selling super-strength lagers such as Carl...

InBev, the makers of Stella Artois, have recently announced that they are going to “harmonise” the strength of the premium lager at 5.0% AB...

It seems from various reports that, while the Cains brewing and pub business has gone into administration, the Dusanj brothers still own th...

It becomes a bit tedious endlessly repeating bad news, but here’s yet another report confirming the sharp downturn in the pub trade over th...

I’ve seen a couple of drinks products recently described as “mid-strength”, such as this new version of Magners . Now, I would have thought ...

This is a pretty coruscating attack on the rationale behind plans to reduce the drink-drive limit in the UK. (Warning: swearing alert!) Why...

I see the licensee of the Prince of Orange in Ashton-under-Lyne has banned his local MP from the pub on the grounds that he supported the s...

One of the major trends in the drinks market over the past thirty years has been the move from drinking in the pub to drinking at home. Sure...