Idle moments – Feb/Mar 2023

Well hello again and may I (be probably the last to) wish you a Happy New…

Urban Alchemy – born in a garden!

Just when you think you have seen every brewery set-up under the sun, you come across…

A quarter of a century of promoting beer quality

I remember first meeting Paul Nunny in 1997, in a pub in East Anglia, when he…

3 Locks – a Greek influence in Camden!

The love of canals and beer often goes together but there aren’t that many pubs in…

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).…