On a recent trip to Manchester we didn’t plan our drinking beforehand and encountered two contrasting Alberts.

I’m a bit of a hippy and I like hippy pubs. There – I’ve said it. It’s just a shame Ray doesn’t. He posted recently about a session in the pub with his dad, including his commentary about the feel of ...

On a recent trip to Manchester we didn’t plan our drinking beforehand and encountered two contrasting Alberts. First, we were in the city centre visiting a recommended ramen restaurant, and then ...

Buxton calling in administrators got us thinking about breweries that are merely quite good – and how that’s a tricky space to occupy. Buxton used to be top tier. Their beer was in all the beer geek ...

In the 1970s and 80s pubs added video game arcade machines to their roster of attractions, in pursuit of younger customers and additional revenue. We sort of knew this but had forgotten it. We both ...

Christina Wade has written an accessibly scholarly book about women in beer that offers a refreshingly different lens on the world. It tells us, with overwhelming heaps of evidence, that women have ...

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

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

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

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