We only had a short stopover in Munich but really wanted a proper session in a proper Münchner Biergarten. Goldilocks style, we ended up visiting three.

In which I briefly discuss a court case from 1950 around accusation of adulterated Märzenbier at Hofbräuhaus.

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Across the road from the White Rose, a pair of neatly dressed women hand us a phone. “Could we be cheeky and get a picture?” It strikes me as an unremarkable request: a quick souvenir of the first pub...

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On a recent trip to Bristol, I met up with Boak and Bailey and local darts legend Fred Cook for some pints. Provocatively, I was asked what had happened to my blog. Since then, I’ve been sear…

Darts development organisations and win for David Munyua at PDC World Darts Championship have turbocharged a resurgence in interest in the sport

in which I announce the publication of my latest book about Bavarian white beer, its history, and how to brew historic and modern versions.

If you want to buy the paperback of Thin Places in Hard Concrete directly from me now’s your chance because I’ve got a limited number of copies and I’m all geared up to do the admin. One copy costs…

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“Wait – how old is this pub table?” That’s what we asked ourselves recently while sitting in The Swan With Two Necks in Bristol, our pints wobbling about on a slab of cracked marble on an black-painte...

Britain will allow imports of diesel and jet fuel refined ‌abroad from Russian crude under a sanctions carve-out, easing restrictions as fuel costs surge and add to pressure on airlines and households...

One of the quirks of UK-style cryptic crosswords is that setters, when they are credited, normally use **pseudonyms** rather than their given names. On the r...

The first story in my new collection, Thin Places in Hard Concrete, is called ‘The Interchange’ and is about a road that should not be there. This story is already out there in audio form thanks to…

The Rising Sun at Frampton Cotterell, South Gloucestershire, was named the best pub in Bristol by the local CAMRA branch in 2025. But the thing is... it’s in Frampton Cotterell, South Gloucestershire.

ALT: a man is riding a motorcycle down a dark street at night

In which I wrote about how the first large tent at Oktoberfest came to be, and why it was a scandal for the Oktoberfest restaurateurs at the time.

Bristol is not oversupplied with historic pubs and those it has have not generally been well preserved. The Kings Head on Victoria Street is very much an exception.

Upfest is back, with a 17 day cultural programme this May but we need your help to paint more walls and host thousands of free creative workshops.

We all know that in the UK if you want to play darts you head to the pub. But where did this association between pubs and darts begin?

Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got bar work, BrewDog and Yorkshire squares.

It’s possible for some pubs to be busy while others are struggling because every pub – or bar, or or taproom – exists in its own context.