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Beer-drinking circles were buzzing recently when Wetherspoons announced it was launching the famous Belgian beer De Koninck on draught throughout its 600-strong pub estate. De…

Added: Tuesday, March 1st 2005

I met Nick Stafford at a beer launch last week and, to my surprise, he said he felt small brewers needed to be more innovative.…

Added: Tuesday, March 1st 2005

Camra's newspaper What's Brewing enjoyed some lively debate recently on the subject of the ever-growing number of pale and hoppy cask beers. Such discussions can…

Added: Tuesday, March 1st 2005

In the days when trains had smoking compartments, a friend with both a wicked sense of humour and an addiction to nicotine would say to…

Added: Tuesday, March 1st 2005

It's good to see Whetherspoon's Chairman Tim Martin putting his money where his mouth is (see my article of November 2004) by announcing all pubs…

Added: Tuesday, February 1st 2005

The fall out from the closure of King & Barnes brewery in Horsham, West Sussex, has given this small town of around 60,000 people, not…

Added: Tuesday, February 1st 2005

Pinkus Muller is a sea of tranquillity in the German university town of Munster that has been a centre of turbulence for centuries. Anabaptists laid…

Added: Tuesday, February 1st 2005

It's a tough job being a regional brewer these days, doubly hard if you're in a part of the country where the population halves as…

Added: Tuesday, February 1st 2005

I was flicking disconsolately through the television channels one evening looking for a programme that wasn't a repeat or an insult to the intelligence when…

Added: Saturday, January 1st 2005

I once witnessed an astonishing and possibly unique site at the Cantillon brewery in Brussels: CAMRA members refusing a second beer. It was an open…

Added: Saturday, January 1st 2005