The Pub Curmudgeon

I recently concluded a poll asking the question “Should the UK drink-driving limit be reduced from 80mg to 50mg?” There were no less than 14...

Managed house operator Mitchells & Butlers have announced that they are planning a “rapid” exit from wet-led pubs , and intend to focus ...

Well, pretty much everything that can be said about yesterday’s Budget has already been said, so there’s very little I can add. It seems t...

In the early 80s, I was working in the South-East, and my parents came down to visit me one weekend and stayed in a local hotel. This hotel ...

I was surprised yesterday in a pub to be served with a pint in a dimpled mug. I remember when the “handle glass” was widespread, but was see...

Google have recently updated the Street View facility on Google Maps to include pretty much the whole of the UK. Some may feel this is an i...

I had an e-mail yesterday from Mike Benner of CAMRA trumpeting CAMRA’s “fantastic campaigning success” in securing “a major package of refo...

Greene King IPA is possibly the biggest-selling cask beer in the UK, and is often dismissed is irredeemably dull and bland. But, as Paul Gar...

It was good to see within 24 hours of Lord Adonis announcing that he was seriously considering cutting the drink-drive limit, the Tories say...

The Sunday Times reports today that the Government are planning to reduce the UK drink-drive limit from 80mg to 50mg , following the recomm...

The advocates of minimum pricing often describe it as a means of stopping the sale of alcohol at “dirt-cheap” prices. But, in fact, even at ...

If I mentioned every single demand by the anti-drink lobby for minimum alcohol pricing, this blog would contain little but. However, I could...

Well, apparently Molson Coors think they do, as part of their relaunch of Caffrey’s nitrokeg ale involves reducing its strength from 4.2% A...

This website for the Old Bull’s Head at Little Hucklow in the Peak District isn’t maybe the most professionally-done in the world, but even...

Sad news from the local CAMRA magazine that Thwaites’ Highwayman at Rainow on the main road between Macclesfield and Whaley Bridge is curren...