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Book events this summer – and this weekend!!

30th May 2017 | Books, Events, Stokey LitFest, Writing

I’m doing lots of events this summer – starting closer to home, then going further away. Some of them must be near you, surely…...

‘Miracle Brew’ is coming – at last!

24th May 2017 | Barley, Beer, Books, Craft Beer, Hops, Miracle Brew, Water, Writing, Yeast

My first book about beer since 2009 hits UK shelves next week – and North America later this year. It’s been a long wait –...

Long Read: The Forgotten Genius who Discovered the Apple’s Birthplace

23rd April 2017 | Apples, Books, Orchards, The Apple Orchard

When I wrote The Apple Orchard, there were edits. I wanted to give the origin story of the apple, but this was cut from the final...

Why I can’t get too excited about BrewDog’s big ‘sell out’

12th April 2017 | Advertising, BrewDog, Craft Beer, Marketing, The Business End

The bad boys of brewing recently sold a 22% stake of their company to an investment firm. So? First, I have a terrible confession...

Why ‘craft keg’ is the saviour, not the enemy, of cask ale

10th March 2017 | Beer, Beer Festivals, London

The vibrancy of London’s brewing scene in 2017 shows just how antiquated the argument over format has become. On Wednesday I opened the 33rd...

New Book News: not for the first time, I’m trying to copy the great Iain Banks…

2nd March 2017 | Books, Food, Miracle Brew, The Apple Orchard, Writing

One of the greatest British novelists of the last fifty years, the late Iain Banks developed parallel tracks in his book publishing. Irritatingly and...

Remembering Lunchtime Drinking

20th February 2017 | Alcohol, Neo-prohibitionism, Social Trends

So Lloyds of London announced last week that it is banning its employees from drinking at lunchtime. Under strict new rules, anyone found to...

Tasting Beer: Some Thoughts and Reflections

16th January 2017 | Beer, Beer tasting, Craft Beer

Being faced with a flight of beers I had no desire to drink made me think philosophically for a bit, and wonder if there’s a...

Beery Books for Christmas

18th December 2016 | Beer, Beer Books, Beer Writing, Writing

Obviously you’ve already bought mine (or dropped strong hints to have it bought for you) but it’s been a bumper year for beer books....

Book events this summer – and this weekend!!

‘Miracle Brew’ is coming – at last!

Long Read: The Forgotten Genius who Discovered the Apple’s Birthplace

Why I can’t get too excited about BrewDog’s big ‘sell out’

Why ‘craft keg’ is the saviour, not the enemy, of cask ale

New Book News: not for the first time, I’m trying to copy the great Iain Banks…

Tasting Beer: Some Thoughts and Reflections

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