Opinion
Topical articles and pieces from a personal point of view.
Brewer’s welcome boost for cask beer
At last some good news on the cask beer front. One of our major regional brewers, Black Sheep in the Yorkshire Dales, is launching a major campaign to...
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Real asset in fight for real ale
I have been drinking cask-conditioned beers for more years than I care to think about and can well remember some outstanding brands that have long sin...
Landlord lifts Doom gloom
I took a break from driving last month at a pub on the Beds/Bucks border fittingly called the Travellers Rest. It’s an old coaching inn with beams, lo...
Kent’s great survivor keeps it local
Goachers is a great survivor. The brewery was launched in 1983 by Phil and Debbie Goacher and it’s not only one of the country’s oldest small independ...
Have a beer and save the planet
Drink beer and help save the planet?  It’s a serious question – so serious that I was delighted to see CAMRA had launched a Drink Greener scheme to co...
Number crunching pubs’ post-pandemic recovery
Many people are still reluctant to return to the pub but there are welcome signs of recovery. In its latest research report, Leisure Spotlight 2021,...
London beer after lockdown
Author Des de Moor says the lockdown may be over but the long-term impact on pubs and bars is unclear.
Fight now to halt catastrophic cask sales fall
I had half an hour to kill waiting for a train at King’s Lynn station following a visit to Elgood’s brewery in neighbouring Wisbech so I crossed the r...
Brewers abhor a vacuum
We were supping fine beer from the Navigation Brewery in the Cross Keys in Nottingham and the man sitting next to me said that when he moved to the ci...
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