Frankly, we’re surprised it’s still being brewed, 50-odd years being a good run for any particular British ale. As it is, the chalice has gone, as has the handled mug that replaced it for a decade or ...

What’s the best thing to happen in beer since 2018? For us, it’s the genuine, meaningful resurrection of traditional beer ...

If your demise was scheduled and you had time to make visits to three pubs, which would they be? This was the ridiculous high-stakes thought exercise we conducted on our return visit to The Barrels in ...

UK beer blog running since 2007, with tasting notes, beer history, pub reports and commentary on British booze culture, by Jessica and Ray.

Every Saturday we round-up the most interesting writing about beer from the past week. This time we’ve got French ale, perfect pubs and yodelling. First, another bit of data that suggests largish ...