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There is so much amazing beer out there now – it is all but impossible to track down everything released and still fully enjoy it (ask the RateBeer guys – you can do one but not both). Even if you just stick to the output of a single region or city it can be tough ... The post Beer of the Week – Fyne Ales Highlander appeared f ...

Here we are, staring bleary-eyed at another year having rolled around. 2016 saw lean times on the BeerCast in terms of writing, but there was more than ever going on in the world of brewing in the UK. As this is now the tenth year I have been writing about beer, that is more than ... The post Breweries to watch out for in 2017 appeared first on ...

Obviously you've already bought mine (or dropped strong hints to have it bought for you) but it's been a bumper year for beer books. Here are my three favourites of 2016. The World Atlas of Beer (second edition) Tim Webb and Stephen Beaumont, Mitchell Beazley, RRP £25  Michael Jackson's first World Guid ...

On Thursday night the British Guild of Beer Writers named me their Beer Writer of the Year, for the third time.  I even bought a suit. It caps an incredible year for me and I'm obviously delighted. But I still wouldn't recommend three simultaneous book contracts to anyone, and won't be repeating this trick any time soon. ...

My new book on pubs spans the whole of the UK. So it only seems fair to take it back to the places where it was researched. Still need that elusive Christmas present for that difficult-to-buy-for person? Looking for an evening to kick off Christmas party season? I'm taking my new book (well, one of them) on tour.  ...

CNBC reported yesterday that AB-InBev are peering from the mud at far greater fish with their narrowed eyes. In a move way over the scale of anything that causes craft beer fans to dilute their sours with tears, it seems AB-InBev would very much like to take control of Coca Cola. Now this is exactly ... The post What are AB-InBev up to? appeare ...

The Apple Orchard - coming to a radio near you... I'm enormously proud, and more than a little nervous, that this morning BBC Radio 4 will be broadcasting the first episode of the serialisation of my new book, The Apple Orchard.  My last narrative book, Shakespeare's Local, was also Book of the Week, so I guess lightning can st ...

The rise of craft beer into the public consciousness – whether you believe in the phrase or consider it meaningless – has spawned a proliferation from individual breweries of the like I’m not sure we’ve seen before in recent memory. One of the lesser-discussed consequences (if that’s the word) of the beery wave we ...

Seems like America's beer just can't stop stealing things from southern Bohemia... I was shocked late Friday night to see a really good beer ad from Budweiser. No, stop laughing. I've seen plenty of good ads from Bud before - stuff about frogs and lizards and whazaaap, but this was a good beer ad: it's true, it's centred on ...