A Lockdown Hero in Brixton

On 17 May, CAMRA’s South West London branch wasted no time in presenting the first of…

COVID Update – May 2021

17 May Reopening Responding to the announcement on 10 May, CAMRA’s national chairman, Nik Antona, made…

Midnight Belle

On Sunday 11 April, at around 11.57pm, I joined 17 other customers and several press and…

News & Views

MPs ask for more support for pubs and breweries As much as the reopening of pubs…

Pub news

Where I give a current description of a pub in this column, it is based on…

WhatPub Update 44

WhatPub? Update 44 WhatPub? Update publishes news items collated by Greater London branches, often from information…

A further Parliamentary inquiry

I mentioned in the a previous article that the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group (APPBG) was…

Brewery News – May 2021

BIG SMOKE SPREAD THEIR WINGSEsher based Big Smoke have opened a Taphouse and Kitchen at Heathrow…

American craft brewers in 2020

Figures released by the Brewers Association, the trade association for small and independent American craft brewers,…

Dog’s Grandad – with a little help from my friends

Unlike many brewers in London, Alex Hill, the founder of Dog’s Grandad, does not have a…