Opinion
Topical articles and pieces from a personal point of view.
Crooked House fiasco shines spotlight on threatened pubs
It’s rare for the plight of a British pub to grace the pages of the New York Times or newspapers in New Zealand but the shocking destruction of the Cr...
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...
Beer barbecue sauce
Matching beer and food is very personal. Do you like dark beers, hoppy brews, blonde ales? Barbequed food, spicy dishes, fish, and seafood? Matching e...
GBBF provides perfect chance for CAMRA to prove its relevance
There was a great deal of upset over the appearance of Rishi Sunak at this year’s Great British Beer Festival (GBBF). This should not come as surprise...
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...
What can we learn from Czech pubs?
I had a few hours to kill in Prague recently before my flight back to the UK. What to do? A museum perhaps? As if. No, I went to the pub. Three, in fa...
Global brewers are destroying brewing heritage
Global brewers are hell-bent on destroying great beers and breweries. In Britain, Heineken has closed the Caledonian Brewery in Edinburgh on the groun...
Summer fruit and goat’s cheese salad with Henry Hogz Raspberry Sour vinaigrette
Summer is in full swing. Cricket, Wimbledon, strawberries and cream, picnics on the beach and if you are lucky the chance to enjoy a refreshing pint i...
The emperor’s new clothes?
Making my way to a table just in front of the bar at my new local, Stockport’s the Magnet, I take a seat and watch a near constant stream of people ap...
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...
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