The Pub Curmudgeon

I haven’t done any travelogues on here for a while, but I thought I’d make an exception for my trip to Leeds on Tuesday of this week. Apart ...

North Yorkshire brewery Theakston have announced that they are launching a new IPA as a brand extension of the celebrated Old Peculier. The...

Last month, the Daily Telegraph published a very perceptive and poignant article by Melissa Twigg entitled The pub closures at the heart of...

A problem with writing a blog of this kind is that it can become a little tedious having to go over the same arguments again and again. Ther...

I recently spent a few days in Exeter. Researching the pubs that might be worth visiting, one that stood out was the Turk’s Head right in t...

A couple of days ago saw a rather sad milestone when I posted the 1000th entry on my Closed Pubs blog. This was The Pagefield Hotel , a m...

It was recently reported that cask ale’s share of the on-trade beer market had fallen below 10% for the first time ever. At the same time, ...

In recent weeks, there has been a wave of scaremongering in the media on the subject of ultra-processed food . The argument seems superficia...

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...