Opinion
Topical articles and pieces from a personal point of view.
St Patrick’s Day Irish stew with Titanic Stout
Will you be celebrating St Patrick’s Day with a couple of pints of stout and a hearty bowl of Irish stew? A couple of hundred years ago Beamish was by...
Digital breweries
It’s easier than ever before to connect with the people who make our beer thanks to the internet. It’s a way for breweries to tell us their stories, t...
Venison casserole with cherry beer and cheesy dumplings
Slow-cooked casseroles, stews and braises are a personal favourite as they develop layers of flavour. This venison casserole is cooked with root veget...
Is draught relief the beer industry’s silver bullet?
It’s almost March, which brings with it a new budget from HM Treasury, how exciting. The incumbent (but likely not for much longer) chancellor of the...
Calling time on Pedigree
I placed my order at the bar of the Malt Shovel and publican Brad invited me to take a seat. “I’ll bring your drinks over in a second,” he said. “I’ve...
Great expectations
It’s still the time of year when beer writers up and down the land don their Mystic Meg costumes and tell us what we’ll be drinking in the next 12 mon...
Don't dump on our ale heritage
The Carlsberg Tour of Destruction goes on. Not content with closing three breweries, the Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company is now wielding the axe a...
'Cathedral of brewing’ fears realised
In early 2020, Carlsberg and Marston’s announced a joint venture, with the Danish corporation taking 60 per cent of the new Carlsberg Marston’s Brewin...
Why campaigners still need to keep on protecting pubs
The story of the Crooked House rightly dominated the headlines last year. The pub, in Himley, near Dudley in the West Midlands, was sold to a develope...
Jersey’s beer scene
Before I started this post, I worked out how many places on the island you could buy a decent pint of beer. For a relatively small landmass, just nine...
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