With business rates climbing ever higher, Brexit forcing up the price of imported drinks and young people drinking less than ever before, could this be the end of the British pub as we know it? By all accounts, it ought to be a golden age for British pubs. In 2016, the number of UK breweriesContinue reading “The ticking time-bombs facing Britain’s pubs”
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In conversation with… Jack Hobday, co-founder of Anspach & Hobday
Situated under a cramped railway arch in Southwark, Anspach & Hobday doesn’t look much like the location of a brewery currently selling beer to Italy, Belgium and across the UK. In just over three years, owners Paul Anspach and Jack Hobday have transformed themselves from aspiring homebrewers to the owners of a brewery with the potentialContinue reading “In conversation with… Jack Hobday, co-founder of Anspach & Hobday”
Gueuzing in Ghent – 48 hours in Belgium’s student capital
Belgium will always hold a special place in my heart. It was, after all, a trip to Bruges in 2013 that kickstarted my love affair with beer in earnest. I was a naive 19-year old who knew they didn’t really enjoy drinking mass-produced commercial lager, but had little idea of the sheer variety of beerContinue reading “Gueuzing in Ghent – 48 hours in Belgium’s student capital”
Cloudwater, CAMRA and the culture of cask beer
Spoiler alert: I love cask beer. To me, there is no greater pleasure in life than the first sip of a properly conditioned, well kept, cask beer, served at the right temperature. You can imagine my disappointment, therefore, when Cloudwater, one of the most exciting new breweries to emerge in the UK in the last twoContinue reading “Cloudwater, CAMRA and the culture of cask beer”
In conversation with… Mark Tranter, Founder of Burning Sky Brewery
“A very happy accident.” – That’s how Mark Tranter, a former fine art student with a penchant for punk rock and tattoos, describes getting into the beer industry. Twenty years on, the former Dark Star head brewer is the proud owner of his very own successful brewery, Burning Sky, and he has some exciting newsContinue reading “In conversation with… Mark Tranter, Founder of Burning Sky Brewery”
Beeson On Beer 