Pub news – January 2023

The Beehive in Marylebone (W1H 4NX) has been closed for around six years. Several planning applications…

Charity Begins in the pub

Given the pressures that pubs are facing, let’s not forget the tremendous amount that, year in,…

Sustainability in American craft brewing

Sustainability is becoming increasingly important globally. The American craft beer industry emits about half a billion…

Brewery news – Jan 2023

BREWERY CLOSURES There is only one report of a London brewery closing since the last edition.…

Trade news – January 2023

FULLER’SThe pub company recently closed two well known pubs. First was the Inn of Court (formerly…

An afternoon in West Brompton

One afternoon in September I ventured out by train to West Brompton (Overground via Clapham Junction).…

Letters – Jan 2023

TOLLY COBBOLD IN LONDON Further to the article re the Richard the First in the December/January…

Good Beer Yearbook 2023

The latest title from CAMRA Books is the Good Beer Yearbook 2023. Some 20 well known…

Opinion – homogenisation

Back in the 1980s, one of those firms that doesn’t actually do anything but owns all…