Courage built a lot of new pubs in the period after World War II, as documented in a volume held at Bristol’s central library ...

Frankly, we’re surprised it’s still being brewed, 50-odd years being a good run for any particular British ale. As it is, the ...

What’s the best thing to happen in beer since 2018? For us, it’s the genuine, meaningful resurrection of traditional beer ...

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

If your demise was scheduled and you had time to make visits to three pubs, which would they be? This was the ridiculous high-stakes thought exercise we conducted on our return visit to The Barrels in ...

“Can you recommend a pub near Bristol Temple Meads with good food?” Err, actually, we’re not sure we can – which is quite strange, really. A decade ago, it felt as if most pubs offered food, and a ...