The Pub Curmudgeon

Somehow I doubt whether Sir Ian Gilmore and Don Shenker will be latching on to this piece of research that shows that teetotallers suffer h...

I recently concluded a poll which asked the question: “Should children be allowed in all areas of pubs?” There were an impressive 61 respons...

A report from market research consultancy Mintel claims that people in Britain are drinking more than they think because of “stealth increas...

It’s reported today that Irish firm C & C Group, makers of Magners Cider, have acquired the Tennent’s lager brands and the associated W...

It’s long been a British tradition to give people directions using pubs as landmarks. But, sadly, nowadays it’s more likely to be “turn left...

One of the biggest recent mysteries in the brewing world was InBev’s cancellation of the launch of the 5.5% ABV Stella Black , when everythi...

Regular readers of the blog will be aware of my appreciation of the architectural and beery delights of the city of York. On my most recent ...

It seems that cigarette, alcohol and junk food sales have soared in the London area while spending on fruit and vegetables has fallen. The ...

One of the reasons given by Alcohol Focus Scotland for their complaint to the Portman Group about BrewDog’s Tokyo* was that it was being “ma...

The Tories’ plans to triple duty on “high-strength” beers and ciders are ill-considered, indiscriminate and unlikely to achieve their state...

As usual, the Filthy Smoker tells it as it really is , and completely destroys the very weak argument that minimum alcohol pricing might in ...

Over the past few years, CAMRA has devoted a lot of campaigning effort to getting the piece of legislation known as the Sustainable Communit...

In CAMRA’s quarterly magazine BEER , veteran cookery writer Prue Leith has proposed that pubs should provide school dinners for children wh...

Last week, the BBC reported that alcohol was responsible for a 26% rise in cases of mouth cancer . This immediately had the whiff of dodgy s...

The Daily Mail reports that a disabled pensioner has been convicted of riding his mobility scooter while over the drink-drive limit . I had...