Opinion

Topical articles and pieces from a personal point of view.

Are Northern Ireland’s alcohol laws set for change?

Paul Edgeworth discusses Northern Ireland’s alcohol laws in the Campaigns Blog’s first post

Introducing: beer education at CAMRA festivals

Alex Metcalfe, CAMRA’s Information and Education Manager, speaks about the organisation’s leading role in craft beer education.

Book review: ā€˜Seven Stars: Ancient Astronomy and the English Public House’

Seven Stars: Ancient Astronomy and the English Public House by Hugh Kolb Unicorn Publishing (March 2019) £15.00 Reviewed by Dave Pickersgill This copi...

Book review: ā€˜The Cider Insider’

Susanna Forbes hand-picks 100 of the world’s best craft ciders – and perries – that are worth seeking out and drinking now.Ā 

Book Review: ā€˜A Natural History of Beer’

A Natural History of Beer by Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersal £20 Yale University Press (April 2019) Reviewed by Ken Paul Drawing from such diverse subje...

Book Review: ā€˜It’s The Beer Talking: Adventures in Public Houses’

Ian Clayton embarked on a lifelong love affair with local pubs in the middle of the 1970s. His stories are intertwined with quests to find perfect pin...

Book Review: ā€˜300 More Beers to Try Before You Die’

Thirsty for more? Roger Protz presents another 300 beers worth searching for across the world.Ā 

Book Review: ā€˜300 Beers to Try Before You Die!’

From Belgian fruit beers to hoppy cask ales, small-production microbrews to Czech Republic lagers, 300 Beers to Try Before You Die! is a personal and...

Book Review: ’30-Second Beer’

50 topics, divided under seven chapter headings, offer short, witty summaries, whether covering the basics or uncovering trade secrets.Ā 

Book Review: ā€˜CAMRA’s Beer Knowledge’

Fully updated and in a new hardback format, this perennial best-seller contains more than 200 entries that cover the serious, the silly and the downri...


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