The Pub Curmudgeon

In a recent post , Tandleman quite correctly says: Choice is often good, but quality is always good. I’d rather have two beers in top ...

Boak and Bailey recently posted about St Austell Brewery in Cornwall putting some of their stronger and more unusual ales in kegs, and spec...

I recently posted how there were concerns that the established restaurants of the “Curry Mile” in Rusholme were being squeezed out by a ri...

The latest absurd outbreak of political correctness is that an organic bottle-conditioned beer produced by former F1 racing driver Jody Sc...

As promised here , I ran a poll on which strong “craft” beers people had drunk, the results of which are shown on the right. A good turnou...

I was recently looking through my collection of old beer and pub leaflets and guidebooks, and came across a little book entitled The Pub L...

Today the BBPA have published their latest Quarterly Beer Barometer figures. While their press release concentrates on the quarterly figure...

The latest report from Chris Snowdon looks like essential reading: The Treasury is losing as much as £1.2 billion every year to the illegal...

Following the, er, lively debate generated by my post about the exclusiveness of the “craft beer” movement , I set up a poll on people’s a...

In the past, CAMRA seemed to have a monopoly on beer festivals but, more recently, they seem to have been springing up all over the place, r...

In the latest step on the long march to Prohibition, the government have announced that they are going to ban discounts for multiple purchas...

There were an impressive 131 responses to my survey on which high strength or “problem” drinks people had consumed, and some interesting r...

Last year I reported how celebrity chef Marco Pierre White had run into trouble with the locals in his attempt to take the Angel in Lavenha...

When discussing the irritating behaviour of small children in pubs, the point is often made that adults, whether drunk or sober, can be far ...

I can’t say the thought has never entered my mind: Angry drinker poured half a pint of ale over 'grizzling' toddler because the noi...