Buxton calling in administrators got us thinking about breweries that are merely quite good – and how that's a tricky space to occupy.

In the 1970s and 80s pubs added video game arcade machines to their roster of attractions, in pursuit of younger customers ...

Drinking ale with my dad in a down-to-earth backstreet pub in a small town in Somerset was just what I needed, it turns out. Dad’s been unwell for large chunks of the past year. Lying awake in the ...

I visited St Davids in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, after 15 years away, and noticed some changes, and some things that had stayed the same. The first place I checked in was The Farmers Arms, pictured ...

Young’s was an important London brewery, and remains an important London brand, but it might be losing its place in the city’s language. Back in the 1970s, Young’s, under the leadership of John Young, ...

It’s rare to read a memoir, local history or folklore text without finding mention of beer and pubs. Here are some we collected recently. First, let’s look at The Valley by Elizabeth Clarke, published ...

It’s only a pub but the tourists don’t understand that so one of the staff is having to play maître d’. But it’s beginning to get to him. After one particularly frustrating conversation with a party ...

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

I visited St Davids in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, after 15 years away, and noticed some changes, and some things that had stayed the same. The first place I checked in was The Farmers Arms, pictured ...

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