The Pub Curmudgeon

The Morning Advertiser reports that Leeds-based brewery Northern Monk has discontinued two of its seasonal products after complaints again...

The Guardian reports on research that has found that British firms are earning a staggering £52.7bn a year from “smoking, excess drinking ...

At last week’s meeting of the local CAMRA branch at the Blossoms in Stockport, we were given a talk by Oliver and William Robinson of Robins...

The general subject of self-driving cars is really beyond the remit of this blog, but one obvious benefit they might bring is to make it muc...

The well-known Laurieston Bar in Glasgow has been put on the market due to the retirement of the owners John and James Clancy, who have ru...

In one job I worked at, we were planning a Christmas lunch, and the women of the office checked out the hygiene ratings of the various resta...

Following the case of the fire and subsequent demolition of the Crooked House, West Midlands Mayor Andy Street has called for nominations fo...

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...