New Year and Honours

Welcome to the first edition of London Drinker for 2024. I wish you all a very…

Cask beer: variety, choice and challenge

Visit provincial English cities like Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Norwich, Nottingham and Sheffield and you’ll find an…

GBBF cancellation

Sadly, there will not be a Great British Beer Festival in 2024. CAMRA’s events director, Catherine…

News & views – January 2024

AUTUMN STATEMENT In the last edition I outlined what CAMRA was looking for in the Chancellor…

Tom goes home

Tom Madeiros, who has spent many years brewing in England, has retired home to Oregon in…

Brewery news – January 2024

Congratulations!Given all the bad news coming from the brewing industry, it is worth saluting the Everards,…

Farewell and thanks to John

There was a large gathering at the Antelope in Surbiton on 15 November to celebrate John…

Pub News – January 2024

• Sorry! In the WhatPub Update column in the last edition, we said that there was…

Exale Brewing: catering for all clientele

The story of Exale Brewing starts with a nightclub with seven owners who decided to supply…

Grand pubs near the Grand Union

On Wednesday 6 December, CAMRA’s London Pubs Group had a tour of pubs in Maida Vale,…