Every year I buy four or five bottles of Fuller’s Vintage Ale when it’s released. There’s one to drink fresh and the others to snugg...

Last year I posted that Marble would be the brewery to watch for 2010. Locally people knew about them but they didn’t get much further away...

“As you will know, I am a professional drinker… and you are all amateurs,” begins John Keeling, the Fuller’s head brewer, as he invites us ...

The Good: The beer (obviously); the pork scratchings (obviously); seeing friends, old and new; third measures; the volunteers who deserv...

A small thank you note to Garrett Oliver , the man whose book has made me love the possibilities of beer even more than I thought possible. ...

It’s Thirsty Thursday so let’s throw out another If you had to… conundrum. It’s inspired by my evening at the London Drinker last night. The...

Beer nights rock. A few of us get together, everyone brings a few different bottles, we share them, discuss them and then for a little bit o...

I’ve had a good beer-year. I’ve drunk a lot of great stuff, I’ve learnt a lot about beer, my tastes have developed and my palate has matured...

The BrewDog Coffee Imperial Stout was one of the very best beers I’ve had this year. Seriously good. Thick and luscious, rich and strong an...

If ever there was a day when it’s acceptable to open a beer with breakfast and drink through until bedtime, then it’s Christmas Day. A day o...