The Pub Curmudgeon

I was recently rather surprised to see a comment about one of Brunning & Price’s pubs in the South-East describing their food as “hearty...

You wouldn’t have guessed it in advance, but conservative, secretive family brewer Samuel Smith’s of Tadcaster seem to be leading the respon...

The Daily Telegraph reports today that Call Me Dave is actively looking into the introduction of a minimum unit price for alcohol . I’ve go...

You often hear representatives of the medical profession moaning about alcohol being available at “pocket-money prices”. However, they’re al...

I seem to have got the idea into my head that Wells’ Bombardier is a beer I don’t like. I tend to feel it has an unpleasant, cloying maltine...

Last night we had a very enjoyable evening in the Davenport Arms at Woodford to present licensee Yvonne Hallworth with a certificate commem...

There have recently been a few postings on beer blogs discussing the issue of when the appreciation of unusual and expensive beers turns fro...

Innis & Gunn’s beers take a little bit of getting used to at first. As they’re brewed in Scotland, and oak-aged, you expect them to have...

I can’t say I’ve been the greatest fan of Health Secretary Andrew Lansley since his appointment last year – far too much of a Nanny Stater f...

It’s interesting that Robinson’s have created a Facebook page here to campaign against High Strength Beer Duty, which for them is the “Old ...

It is believed that the annual Hillgate Stagger, performed by the local branch of CAMRA, has been regularly held for longer than any other C...

I’m not someone who deliberately goes out seeking exotic and unfamiliar beers, and even if I encounter them I tend to forget the names. So I...

The “alarming rate” of pub closures and the decline in beer volumes is a wake up call of epic proportions , claims British Beer & Pub As...

Phil Mellows is normally someone who seems to have his finger on the pulse of the licensed trade, and has been alert to the threat from the ...

Iconoclastic Scottish brewer BrewDog have recently opened their first “craft beer bar” outside Scotland in Camden, North London . Like the e...