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Is The Moon Under Water Finally Getting its Head Above the Surface?

21st January 2020 | Pub closures, Pubcos, Pubs

The Office of National Statistics says the number of pubs in Britain has grown for the first time since 2007. Surely that's got to...

Happy Birthday Ratcliff Ale – tasting pretty good at 150 years old.

20th December 2019 | Bass Ale, Beer, Beer tasting, Hops & Glory

I got invited to a birthday party in Burton-on-Trent that was quite unlike any other – a mass tasting of six legendary beers known...

The Future of Original Gravity: A Statement

6th December 2019 | Beer, Original Gravity

Our beer magazine format is taking a break. But it's a temporary one...

Goose Island Bourbon County 2019

27th November 2019 | Anheuser-Busch, Beer, Craft Beer, Goose Island, London, US Craft Beer

Last night I was invited to an exclusive beer launch. Exclusivity around beer – some beer, sometimes – is no bad thing. But that...

Calling publicans and bar staff – we need your for cask ale research!

21st May 2019 | Beer, Cask ale, Cask report, Uncategorised

It’s time for the Cask Report again – and if you work in a pub, I need to know what you REALLY think about...

Long Read: A Tale of Two Cheeses

4th April 2019 | Books, Cheese, Pie Fidelity

new book, Pie Fidelity: In Defence of British Food, is finally published today after two-and-a-half-years' hard work. To celebrate, here's another off-cut that...

Where were you while we were getting pie?

8th March 2019 | Books, Pie Fidelity, Pies

In case you hadn’t noticed, this week is British Pie Week. It’s also just four weeks until my next book, Pie Fidelity, is published....

Three Examples of Why Some Good Beers Cost More

23rd February 2019 | Beer, Brewing, Budweiser Budvar, Cantillon, Lager, Miracle Brew, Water, Yeast

One of the biggest frustrations for brewers is when people who self-identify as lovers of good beer insist that it should always, without exception,...

What bacon rolls tell us about the decline of civilization

18th February 2019 | Bacon, Books, Food, Pie Fidelity

It’s seven weeks until the launch of my new book, Pie Fidelity.Here’s a bit that got cut from the chapter on breakfast, not because it’s no good, but because I had way too many breakfasts in the book, and my primary readers were starting to feel stuffed and greasy just reading it. I don’t think...

Is The Moon Under Water Finally Getting its Head Above the Surface?

Happy Birthday Ratcliff Ale – tasting pretty good at 150 years old.

The Future of Original Gravity: A Statement

Goose Island Bourbon County 2019

Calling publicans and bar staff – we need your for cask ale research!

Long Read: A Tale of Two Cheeses

Where were you while we were getting pie?

Three Examples of Why Some Good Beers Cost More

What bacon rolls tell us about the decline of civilization

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