The Pub Curmudgeon

This is just an open thread about the current poll “What gives you a positive feeling about a pub?” It’s interesting to see that the obvio...

Well, the poll on “What do you personally find offputting in pubs?” has finally closed, with no less than 115 responses, which is by a large...

The Sunday Telegraph reports that, in the forthcoming budget, Alistair Darling is planning to increase alcohol duties by even more than the ...

Bolton pub licensee Nick Hogan has been gaoled for six months for allowing smoking in his pub . “Allowing smoking” – what kind of crime is t...

There’s a quite astonishing statement from Home Office Minister Gillian Merron that the smoking ban has not resulted in pub closures . Merr...

A leading economist has warned that minimum pricing in Scotland could lead to cross-border shopping. Doh, you don’t say! I’d never have im...

The current poll asks the question “What do you personally find offputting in pubs?” As a point of clarification, since a commenter asked th...

I’m well aware that commercial companies are basically interested in making money, and rarely show much interest in defending the rights of ...

Apparently the government are contemplating a significant rise in cider duty . Now, I remember the last time I mentioned this subject I was ...

The latest anti-drink horror story in the Daily Wail is that a majority of children are introduced to alcoholic drinks at home , and this a...

There’s been a lot of talk this week about introducing compulsory “health” labelling on alcoholic drinks packages. There was an interesting ...

I recently concluded a poll asking the question “Do you keep a record of your alcohol consumption?” There were 43 responses, broken down as ...

It’s reported that a decade of government spending on healthy eating advice has had a negligible effect on people’s real-world diets . Peop...

Interesting news from Scotland that the SNP’s minimum pricing policy is apparently being pushed ahead without any firm evidence of its effe...

I recently concluded a poll asking the question: “At what age did you first have an alcoholic drink in a pub?” There were 72 responses, and ...