The Pub Curmudgeon

Many will have said it was watery piss already, but the next beer to have its strength reduced is Budweiser Draught, which is being reduced ...

While there’s a wide variety of premium bottled ales available in the major supermarkets, few of them can be described as particularly hoppy...

There’s a very interesting blog posting at Liberal Vision: Smoking, Freedom and all things (ob)noxious The demolition of the “protecting...

Here’s a rather unfortunate tale from my neck of the woods where Joe Coyle, a 22-year-old man with cerebral palsy, was refused service in th...

Ever been tempted to complain about howling children in a pub or restaurant? Perhaps best not to bother, as you run the risk of getting a bo...

I’ve reported several cases recently of brewers reducing the strength of their draught real ales. It’s easy to portray this a either a sop t...

The latest issue of the CAMRA newsletter What’s Brewing reports that Wells & Youngs have reduced the strength of cask Bombardier from 4...

...subject to planning permission of course. Such is the description on many entries for pubs for sale on estate agents’ websites. So, if yo...

Peter Guillam argues here that calls to ban electronic cigarettes reflect a deep-rooted prejudice against smokers and our death-denying cul...

Let me make it quite clear that my personal view is that there was no need for any form of legislation restricting smoking in licensed premi...

There has been plenty of anecdotal evidence that the smoking ban has hit working-class communities hardest, as they are more likely to have ...

The latest piece of foaming anti-drink hysteria is a report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists which says that the already made-up and ...

I see the companion blog of my Opening Times columns has now made it to the heady heights of #81 on the Wikio wine and beer blog rankings...

The Sunday Mirror seems to have suddenly woken up and noticed that pubs are closing left, right and centre. The local is in crisis. So to...

Chef Marco Pierre White is not someone known for his customer care skills. He has recently bought the historic Angel Inn in Lavenham, Suffol...