The Pub Curmudgeon

I have made a quick perusal of The North Report on reforming the drink-driving laws. If you’re interested, go ahead and download all 285 pa...

Following on the glasses theme, I recently ordered a Hobgoblet as advertised for £5.99 on the back of bottles of Wychwood Hobgoblin. I had ...

I recently concluded a poll asking the question “What is your preferred type of pint beer glass?” There were 61 responses, broken down as fo...

I was kindly taken out for lunch today to celebrate my upcoming birthday. We dined at Brunning & Price’s excellent Dysart Arms at Bunbu...

Or so it should be, according to Simon Heffer . I know drinking gets a bad press in other contexts these days. Anyone who ventures into our...

A good article on Sp!ked here by Rob Lyons, although he does take the questionable risk statistics used by North too much at face value. H...

There’s a good piece here by Chris Maclean on the death of regional variation , specifically in terms of beer selection in the licensed trad...

Some very sensible words here from Nick Bish of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers on the implications of cutting the drink-dri...

Many years ago, the vast majority of pubs had a separate public bar (round here generally called a vault) and lounge, reflecting distinctive...

Well, the North Review has finally been published, and, as feared, recommends reducing the UK drink-driving limit from 80mg to 50mg. While ...

There has been an orgy of claims in the media that the smoking ban, in the year after its introduction, led to 1,200 fewer hospital admissi...

I called into Wetherspoon’s Calvert’s Court in Stockport for lunch today. It remains a dismal, dark, box-shaped place, although the Wethersp...

The Sunday Telegraph reports that drinkers are likely to suffer a “double whammy” in the upcoming Budget, with the possibility of another ...

A pub was recently put forward for Pub of the Month in the local CAMRA branch. It seemed to be very much on the up, and the beer had certain...

Spotted recently, this original Allied Breweries corporate lettering on the tower of a monumental former Tetley’s pub in Litherland, north ...