It's bad enough that we are losing our pubs at such a high rate, but will the ones which are left be devoid of any character? Photograph: Gerald England/Creative Commons I...
The Weekender: What future for individual pubs?
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The Weekender: Jimmy Carter, estate pubs, and community pubs
Welcome to The Weekender, a round-up of items from around the web which have caught my eye, outside of the day-to-day beer business. How Jimmy Carter changed US brewing...
We can overcome The Great Guinness Crisis
A couple of Fridays back, I attended trade night for St Austell Brewery's Celtic Beer Festival, and at the end of the evening a quartet of us diehards enjoyed a nightcap at...
This Celtic Beer Festival was one of the greats
The annual Celtic Beer Festival took place at St Austell Brewery on Saturday, and in my view this was one of the best of the 23 staged over the years. Left to right:...
Pub of the season award for the Star Inn, Vogue
The Star Inn, at Vogue, has been named pub of the season by members of Cornwall CAMRA (CAMRA Kernow). Mark and Rachel Graham, licensees at The Star Inn, Vogue, with their...
Lotte Peplow: My Great American Beer Festival
Lotte Peplow, the Brewers Association’s American craft beer ambassador for Europe, dives into the latest craft beer trends from the new-look Great American Beer Festival....
Tasting Thornbridge’s first original brew on its union set
There was a sharp intake of breath earlier this year when Carlsberg Marston's announced that it was decommissioning the famous Burton union sets. But cheers when one of...
Oktoberfest in Cornwall with beers from Liverpool
Heaving beer halls, steins of fresh lager with magnificent heads, and the steady beat of the oompah band — it all signals the coming of Oktoberfest season. The full line-up...
What are your memories of Robinsons’ Old Tom?
I have a tendency not to get too excited about beer festivals any more, and I think one of the reasons is that some of the people I used to enjoy attending festivals with...