The Pub Curmudgeon

I recently spotted an interesting post from Jules Gray, a beer blogger I hadn’t come across before, entitled Craft Beer as a Subculture . ...

I recently looked up the Facebook page of a pub that I’ve liked in the past, but haven’t visited recently. I noticed that the page had been ...

For many years, pubs have had items on their menus that are described as “pies”, but which in fact are stews or casseroles with a pastry l...

It’s become part of the folklore of CAMRA that, at the time it was formed, real ale had virtually disappeared in the UK, and was just kept g...

...but not a place to sit. I think it was on Martin Taylor’s blog that he made a comment that he had gone into a pub and, despite a plethor...

The High Grove is a Hydes pub in the middle of a housing estate in Gatley, one of Stockport’s satellite villages. Apparently Hydes want to ...

Over the years, brewers have perceived many threats to the viability of their business, often associated with younger customers shunning pub...

Burger King have recently announced that they are going to apply for an alcohol licence for four of their outlets on an experimental basis. ...

In a recent blogpost, Tandleman described a trip round Lees Brewery , in which the tour guide said "Of course, you won't approve of...

A rough Wetherspoon's pub in a poor, run-down neighbourhood Back in July, I reported that Wetherspoons were planning to sell twenty...

A small, artisanal craft brewery Last month, Reuben Gray of The Tale of the Ale complained about lazy journalists making a connection b...

One of the most prolific commenters on this blog has been Martin Taylor of Cambridge, who has seemed to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of B...

I don’t usually go in for pub reviews on here, but I am going to make an exception to underline a point about the Good Beer Guide . It’s oft...

Traditionalists such as myself are often heard to complain about the changing meaning of English words, which usually seems to result in a...

Last year, Mike Benner left his post as Chief Executive of CAMRA to move across to SIBA. Mike was (and is) a very able and articulate chap a...