Bristol is not oversupplied with historic pubs and those it has have not generally been well preserved. The Kings Head on ...
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got various reflections on the passing of time.
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got London pubs, AI pushback, and Starkbier.
Last month we sent out our final newsletter. Here’s an experiment with what might replace it, with added sword dancing.
When musician and comedian Robin Allender asked on Twitter “What are your favourite descriptions of pubs in novels or poems?” it made us realise just how many of these we’ve collected over the years.
In 1987, a pub-owning entrepreneur looked at British brewing and decided it wasn’t working. Stylishly packaged ranges of bottled beers trumpeting their purity and quality are easy to find these days.
When Moor Beer owner Justin Hawke posted in support of the Israeli military, and criticised music festival attendees for pro-Palestinian and anti-IDF sentiments, he pulled the rug out from under his ...
The ‘Real Ale Twats’ strip first appeared in the adult comic Viz in 2001 and has a cult following among beer enthusiasts, because they recognise in it either themselves, or The Enemy. We’re long-time ...
Every Saturday we round up the best beer writing from the past week. This time, we’ve got loaded fries, Czech beer culture, and dodgy biographies. First, some fairly minor news, we suppose, that just ...
You can’t have cops without robbers, or Batman without the Joker, and so the story of the revitalisation of British beer needs its bad guys too. Enter Watney’s. Watney’s (or Watney Mann, or Watney ...