The Pub Curmudgeon

If you asked younger drinkers what deterred them from drinking cask ale, most people would expect the replies to be a mixture of a fuddy-dud...

Most of the discussion about the new 3.4% beer duty cut-off has centred around brewers reducing the strength of their beers to bring them be...

Molson Coors have announced that they are “resting” production of their iconic Worthington White Shield brand, something that has caused a c...

During the last week there has been a lot of media attention over the fate of the Glynne Arms (aka “Crooked House”) at Himley on the fringes...

Guinness announced last week that they were investing €25 million at their Dublin brewery to increase production of the 0.0% version of the...

I’ve recently had a couple of discussions, both online and face-to-face, with people who I would consider fairly knowledgeable and enthusias...

I recently walked into my local Wetherspoon’s and approached the bar to order a pint, only to be somewhat taken aback to be told to join a q...

The Morning Advertiser recently published some interesting statistics on beer sales in pubs, which showed that the market share of lager h...

Over the weekend, several people pointed out on Twitter that Marston’s appeared to have discontinued bottle-conditioning their flagship Pedi...

In April of this year, eyebrows were raised by the news that Black Sheep Brewery was looking for either a buyer or new investors. This was a...

Otter Brewery have recently launched a new category of beer called Fresh Ale which has attracted a fair amount of media attention. They are...

It’s generally accepted that drinking large quantities of alcohol over a prolonged period really doesn’t do you any good. On the other hand,...

I have written a couple of times about the planned Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Scotland, most recently here . I made the point that the S...

From time to time, you see stories about under-18s being ID’d in shops when trying to buy alcohol-free beers. On the face of it, this seems ...

Last Autumn, I wrote about the issues surrounding the Scottish Government’s plans to introduce a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for beverage c...