This was all brand new to me, a visit to an area that I had never been to before as we headed down to the Sussex Riviera in search of some g...

This was all brand new to me, a visit to an area that I had never been to before as we headed down to the Sussex Riviera in search of some g...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got difficult dads, hilltop beer gardens and sea buckthorn.

As a recent report revealed that sales of cask beer are down year-on-year, I spent an afternoon in York where it appeared to be as popular a...

As a recent report revealed that sales of cask beer are down year-on-year, I spent an afternoon in York where it appeared to be as popular a...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got cheaper pints, Czech pubs and Belgian folk traditions.

I went to Manchester last week on a team day out from the Grayston Unity/Meandering Bear in Halifax and rather than traipsing around the usu...

I went to Manchester last week on a team day out from the Grayston Unity/Meandering Bear in Halifax and rather than traipsing around the usu...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got hop farming, Nottingham, and Cluedo. First, some news from the climate change frontline: the last commer...

Back on another trip down south, with a change to our plans leading us to a tour of some posh pubs in London along with a couple of old favo...

Back on another trip down south, with a change to our plans leading us to a tour of some posh pubs in London along with a couple of old favo...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got lists, pub crawls and ‘GDPI’.

New blogging territory for me this time around as I headed over to Merseyside and what a great day I had in a town with some excellent commu...

New blogging territory for me this time around as I headed over to Merseyside and what a great day I had in a town with some excellent commu...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got bottle shops, pickle beer and cocktail lounges.

A bit of a mixed bag this time around with some thoughts on rural pubs and a visit to a classic example of one that is still flourishing, ...

A bit of a mixed bag this time around with some thoughts on rural pubs and a visit to a classic example of one that is still flourishing, ...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got shipwrecks, dive bars and Japan.

It was the start of the new football season, and despite a feeling of concern about our team's prospects for the season, four us had decided...

It was the start of the new football season, and despite a feeling of concern about our team's prospects for the season, four us had decided...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got Hanoi lager, warm ale and Belfast oysters.

I recently revisited one of my favourite towns in the Midlands where there are 5 pubs listed in the 2026 Good Beer Guide within its attracti...

I recently revisited one of my favourite towns in the Midlands where there are 5 pubs listed in the 2026 Good Beer Guide within its attracti...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got warmer Guinness, Italian pils and the Good People.

With a mere two weeks to go before the 2026-27 National League season kicks off a few of our group of Halifax Town supporters went on an awa...

With a mere two weeks to go before the 2026-27 National League season kicks off a few of our group of Halifax Town supporters went on an awa...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got West Wales, South Wales, Belfast and Edinburgh.

CAMRA have brought out a new, words-based, beer scoring system, about which I have my doubts. But alongside that I have just enjoyed what ha...

CAMRA have brought out a new, words-based, beer scoring system, about which I have my doubts. But alongside that I have just enjoyed what ha...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got pubs by bike, Nigerian Guinness and the wonder of pubs.

This was my first-ever visit to the administrative centre and county town of North Yorkshire, which sits between York and Darlington on the ...

This was my first-ever visit to the administrative centre and county town of North Yorkshire, which sits between York and Darlington on the ...

A few bits and pieces this time around. Lunch at an award-winning pub, some thoughts on the passing of Humphrey Smith, the owner of Samuel S...

A few bits and pieces this time around. Lunch at an award-winning pub, some thoughts on the passing of Humphrey Smith, the owner of Samuel S...

The opening day of a new pub in Manchester provided an excellent excuse to have a wander around what is now another fashionable part of the ...

The opening day of a new pub in Manchester provided an excellent excuse to have a wander around what is now another fashionable part of the ...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got fruit lager, TV ads and AK.

Keeping on my run of Yorkshire-based blogs, I've just been back to the historic Yorkshire Dales market town of Settle recently where I had a...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got desi pubs, bad news and pub crawls.

A Saturday afternoon wander around the centre of Leeds taking in some familiar old haunts and more recent additions to the city's drinking e...

A Saturday afternoon wander around the centre of Leeds taking in some familiar old haunts and more recent additions to the city's drinking e...

Every week we round up the best beer writing from the past week. This time, we’ve got ’Spoons, the Black Country and a dissenting opinion on low alcohol booze.

Join me as I take a walk through the warren of streets and narrow alleyways that criss-cross Hull's historic Old Town, during which I visit ...

Join me as I take a walk through the warren of streets and narrow alleyways that criss-cross Hull's historic Old Town, during which I visit ...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got cheap pints, seaweed in beer and Lidl.

I went on a lovely trip this weekend on as part of the celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the opening of the original micro pub in Hal...

I went on a lovely trip this weekend on as part of the celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the opening of the original micro pub in Hal...

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got gruit, jesters and speckled hens.