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The pub, ‘rona edition
Greene King shows what ‘safe pubs’ might look like during the coronavirus pandemic. It isn’t pretty.
12 June 2020 -
The case for sitting on your own with a pint
Sitting on your own with a pint, and perhaps something to read, is most definitely one of life’s pleasures. If it’s partway through a weekday afternoon, while the rest of the world is still chained to a desk, so much the better.
23 January 2020 -
A bock in East London
“There’s no other way. We just can’t stop making it, simple as that. The bock is going to stay.” A brewer’s lament, but a drinker’s dream.
11 November 2019 -
No need to be teetotal: alcohol-free beer is good for all
Alcohol-free beer isn’t just for teetotallers. We all moderate our drinking from time to time and deserve a tasty choice when we do.
29 September 2019 -
Cans get weird
As the wine world has started flirting with cans, beer responds with examples of one-upmanship: “Anything you can can we can can weirder.” In my last post I wrote about Carlsberg’s sustainable…
1 July 2019 -
Snap Packs are the way forward
For once a story about big beer where I’m not complaining. Carlsberg has developed a new way of packaging its beers. Their Snap Pack multipacks don’t use the old plastic rings. They…
26 June 2019 -
Get the Most from Your Year in Beer – 2019 part 2
Here at last is part two of my beer festival round up, here to help with your beery calendar planning. What I’m aiming for with this list is a selection of mainly…
16 May 2019 -
The Brewery Bible launches its guide to the south west
A new guide to Britain’s beer scene has launched with the first in what promises to be a series covering the whole of the UK. Can they hope to cover it all?…
14 May 2019 -
A beer aboard a boat
Taking a trip down the River Thames with the London Craft Beer Cruise Company. Much as I enjoy hunting down esoteric taprooms in railway arches or roughing it on a thin wooden…
15 April 2019 -
Looking for a deeper relationship
Novelty is starting to lose its appeal at home and I feel like I need to find a good fridge filler. Can you place lonely-hearts ads for a beer? A tide is…
12 March 2019
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