The Pub Curmudgeon

This is the column that I submitted earlier this month for the next edition of my local CAMRA magazine Opening Times , which is due to be pu...

Over the weekend, I was in one of the dwindling number of pubs in my local area of a broadly traditional character. I saw what I assumed was...

Over the weekend, Boak and Bailey tweeted a telling little anecdote. Bloke tried to order a half of DIPA. Mates berated him for being “such...

One change that was made at the recent CAMRA AGM was to remove the previous prohibition on CAMRA beer festivals selling British beers that d...

Phil of Oh Good Ale has recently been recounting his experiences doing the local CAMRA Mild Magic trail. In his concluding post , he makes ...

Blogger have recently carried out a number of changes to their service. As usual, these seem to fall into the category of Hutber’s Law , tha...

A couple of years ago, pressure was exerted on the brewers of “super lagers” to change their packaging to bring them in to line with guideli...

The Morning Advertiser reports on Frazer Grimbleby (surely a character from an Ealing comedy) of Craft Union Pub Company talking about the ...

Twenty years ago, if you were after “interesting” home-grown draught beer in the UK, cask was the only game in town. However, since then the...

Last year, the recommended maximum levels of alcohol consumption were reduced to just 14 units a week for both men and women, the equivalent...

Our recent visit to the Olde England in Northampton reminded me of the vexed question of the inadequate provision of toilets in micropubs. ...

If we set aside Guinness as Irish, Bass must be the most famous British beer brand in the world. However, in recent years, especially in its...

A couple of months ago, we held a very enjoyable Beer & Pubs Forum day out in Oxford . Someone suggested that, for a future event, we c...

Despite some high-profile flouncing, there’s little doubt that the general thrust of the Revitalisation Project was carried at the recent CA...

Well, minimum alcohol pricing has finally arrived in Scotland today. There’s not a great deal I can add to the points I made here and here ...