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.

Last month we sent out our final newsletter. But we know many people found it interesting and/or useful so here’s an experiment with what might replace it, with added sword dancing. As you get older ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

This bumper #beerylongreads post is dedicated to the kind folks who have sponsored us via our Patreon page, like Chris France and Jon Urch — thanks! In 1988 the British government faced a now ...

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 ...

When we found a yellowing copy of the local CAMRA magazine from 1996 for 50p of course we bought it, because it’s become a valuable record of the city’s beer scene 30 years ago. As we’ve often ...