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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

If I had a pound for every article I have read in the past year about the "real ale crisis" I would have money in…

Added: Saturday, January 1st 2005

The recent announcement by Coors that it will end all cask beer production in Burton-on-Trent went almost unnoticed: it generated at most what journalists call…

Added: Wednesday, December 1st 2004

A cynic might say that the best advice Scottish & Newcastle or Coors could put on labels of products such as Fosters, Newcastle Brown and…

Added: Wednesday, December 1st 2004

On a crisp autumn day, I found myself in deepest rural Essex tasting a Yorkshire beer produced in a brewery founded by a family from…

Added: Wednesday, December 1st 2004

ASDA, the giant national supermarket group, has unveiled a new beer range that will go some way towards mitigating the loss of the Safeway portfolio.…

Added: Monday, November 1st 2004

I break new ground this week by agreeing with Tim Martin, the boss of Wetherspoon. Speaking on Radio 4 recently, Tim said he was not…

Added: Monday, November 1st 2004

T&R Theakston, the famous brewery based in Masham, North Yorkshire, has re-launched its brands a year after the company was restored to independent ownership when…

Added: Monday, November 1st 2004

A few weeks ago I was on a train to Weymouth. It's a trip I have made many times and I have always looked…

Added: Friday, October 1st 2004

"Welcome to Brigadoon," Stewart Main, the head brewer at Hook Norton said. As a Scot, he is well versed in the story of the mythical…

Added: Friday, October 1st 2004