Opinion
Topical articles and pieces from a personal point of view.
The gastropub lives
I’ve been organising my thoughts on the gastropub concept ever since I read the wonderful Katie Mather’s thoughts on the subject in her excellent news...
Visiting the AI pub
I like to try and keep abreast of the news, particularly as it pertains to beer and pubs. This morning, my feed was assaulted with the same cookie cut...
Stick to beer
In these politically complex times, the value of a great beer in a good pub can’t be overstated. It’s here, within the heart of a proper community loc...
What beer can learn from Batham's
It was a mid-week lunchtime and I had travelled 150 miles, traversing city, town and country to reach my destination. But, boy, was this a destination...
The greatest long drink in the world
Have Carlsberg, Heineken and other global brewers been rereading George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 where the truth is consigned to a memory hole an...
A great British tradition
Beer Festivals: Â A Great British Tradition Laura Hadland, CAMRA Books, ÂŁ15.99 Laura Hadland is not only a fine journalist and beer writer but has also...
Price of reality
I have a rule when I see Thornbridge Jaipur on cask: I always order it. At 5.9 per cent it might not always be the most sensible decision, but it is d...
Branch founder and saviour remembered
CAMRA’s Bexley branch was saddened to hear of the death of its longest-serving chairman and only president Martyn Nicholls. For a few months in 1975 B...
Hard cheese for UK brewers
I arrived at Round Corner Brewing in Melton Mowbray on the day another small independent brewery had pulled down the shutters. Northern Alchemy in New...
Beer’s man of letters
Martyn Cornell, beer writer and acclaimed brewing historian, has died suddenly at the age of 72 on the eve of the publication of his major study of th...
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