Opinion
Topical articles and pieces from a personal point of view.
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...
Modern British Beer review
This copiously illustrated and extensively researched 288-page book provides a reflection as to how British beer has evolved over the last 50 years, a...
Cask beer is on the up
Pardon my alliteration, but real ale is remarkably resilient. During lockdowns and pub closures, there were concerns that cask beer was heading for th...
A place to sigh, cry and laugh softly
A glance around the internet will unavoidably reveal the topic of grief. But why the internet? Are people not grieving in places of worship or similar...
Going the extra ml
Misleading consumers is a serious matter, but that’s what I believe brewers are doing with their on pack measurements. Not that they are short changin...
BrewDog's sour taste
It was all going to be so refreshingly different – a brewery turning its back on “industrial lagers and stuffy ales” and offering bright new beers for...
Problem drinking? Brits are actually quite moderate drinkers
As regular as a red London bus, another report has come trundling along about “problem drinking”. It repeats the media mantra that the Brits consume t...
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