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'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...
When smoke meets fire
With the nights drawing in and a crispness in the air thoughts are turning to stouts, porters and dark beers as the pairing companions to hearty, roas...
Is Steel City still world’s real ale capital?
Beer writer Pete Brown is revisiting his 2016 BEER report, with an updated version to be launched during Sheffield Beer Week 2024 (4-10 March). The or...
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...
Review: Desi Pubs – good for beer, food and society
Can a book about pubs be heart-warming? It can, as Desi Pubs is about more – far more – than beer. It’s about multiculturalism and tackling racism as...
Is Keykeg the way to open up the world of real cider and perry?
I recently spent a weekend at FyneFest, the annual festival run by lauded Scottish brewery Fyne Ales. The event has been running since 2010 and, since...
Welsh rarebit with Manchester Brown Ale
Imagine if you will that you are a landed Edwardian and you are close to finishing your 10-course dinner. The hors d’ouevres, soup, fish, roasted join...
Hop on board the sustainability train
I recently sipped a new release pale ale from Bristol’s Wiper and True. Upside Down (5 per cent ABV) positively explodes with tropical and stone fruit...
Stranger things have happened
The buzz word on Beer Street is collab. It’s short for collaboration and means a beer produced by two or more breweries that share malts, hops and yea...
Use it or lose it
The news of pub and brewery closures continues apace this year. Independents and freeholds that were battered by lockdown and then a wave of price inc...
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