Posts by: Laura Hadland
Can the Crooked House rise again?
There has rightly been vocal outrage about the sorrowful demise of the Crooked House in Himley this month. The pub was sold from the Marston’s portfol...
Starting a new thiologue
I first heard about thiols at the Great British Beer Festival’s Learn and Discovery bar last year. I had ostensibly signed up to volunteer because if...
Sharing the lager love
As a child of the 1980s and a fledgling beer drinker in the early 2000s, I don’t mind telling you that I have consumed a fair amount of macro lager in...
Hop on board the sustainability train
I recently sipped a new release pale ale from Bristol’s Wiper and True. Upside Down (5 per cent ABV) positively explodes with tropical and stone fruit...
Use it or lose it
The news of pub and brewery closures continues apace this year. Independents and freeholds that were battered by lockdown and then a wave of price inc...
Ladies in the lounge, gentlemen at the bar
Having moved to Shropshire recently, one of my new locals is the Loggerheads in Shrewsbury. A quirky, historic and reputedly haunted (aren’t they all?...
A tribute to pub dogs
One of the best gigs I ever had was managing the social media for a brewpub that wanted to tell the world it was dog friendly. I spent a few sunny spr...
In Nitro We Trust?
I was surprised to learn that Guinness is now the most popular pint pulled in British pubs. Outstripping the value of sales of Carling for the first t...
International Women’s Day line-up
International Women’s Day (IWD) falls on 8 March and is set to be a fantastic opportunity to enjoy brilliant beer and cider produced by women in the i...
Combine try and dry this January
The Dry January campaign is 10 years old this year. The idea of abstaining from booze after a December of decadence gains more traction annually. The...
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