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Ahh, Autumn. You can tell it’s here when several things appear at once. Russet-coloured leaves. Advent calendars in M&S. The latest viewing-figure crisis for X-Factor. Yet, just as the latter always fails to finish off the bloated, pus-riddled Cowell cash cow, another Autumnal Arrival also returns, year after year, unfailingly. I am t ...

I've spent the last few days touring around Seattle and Yakima having one of the best beer experiences of my career. The most hyped bar in the city just spoiled it, and should be avoided.  The trouble with drinking is that if something goes wrong, you're not in the best position to defend yourself. In relation to the authority figures w ...

I'm currently writing three books. One of them - the one about beer - is being crowdfunded. And it's almost reached its target. Crowdfunding is a thorny topic in the beer industry just now, so it was a ricky experiment to try crowdfunding a book about beer. But the experiment has paid off - we're almost there. This is a final push/plea/ ...

I’ve been pretty lucky over the years, when I think about it – having been able to visit breweries of all shapes and sizes, and speak to the people who work there, making beer of every description. From one end of the scale, beermakers producing their wares in campervans or from one-barrel kits in distillery ... The post Mills River ...

I've written the Cask Report for the last nine years. This year was my final one. Here are the headlines, and some thoughts on what's happened to the market over the time I've been doing the report. I presented the 2015 Cask Report this morning.  Each year we start with a blank page and try to pull out some interesting stories that are ...

Hipsters and craft beer – they go together like…artisan peanut butter and jelly made from a fruit you’ve never heard of. That modern conjoining of the pejorative group du jour and the ultimate in beery buzzwords. All you have to do is Google Image search the first four words of this paragraph and you’ll be ... The post ...

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They say it’s the most stressful thing that you can do. Moving a houseful of beer. Yes, whilst others are gamefully pulling on Jeremy Corbyn diorama hats at GBBF or side-stepping flyer-giving teenagers on the Royal Mile, the agenda in our particular part of the world has been packing up everything we own to move ... The post Moving Day ap ...

The winners of the annual Champion Beer of Britain (CBoB) were announced yesterday afternoon at the Great British Beer Festival at London’s Olympia – and there was something to cheer for Scottish beer drinkers, as Renfrewshire’s Kelburn Brewery were awarded Champion Golden Ale before going on to win the overall CBoB Silver med ...

The words of Mark Yocum, Director of Quality for North America at Anheuser-Busch InBev, at the recent Beer Bloggers and Writers Conference in Asheville, North Carolina. The full quote: “The quality of the rice we use is high, therefore rice is not inexpensive at all. You know that with a light lager, there is not ... The post “Peopl ...