This weekend’s Open It saw a burst of beer-opening excitement (check out the twitter hashtag #openit for all the action). Here’s what I o...

“2011 is going to be a big year for us at Thornbridge ,” says Simon Webster, director of the brewery, “and as we expanded the brew team it w...

I’ve had a lot of great Thornbridge beers in the last two years. Jaipur is always a big neon sign which pulls me uncontrollably towards it;...

Excuse the tabloid hyperbole and screamy capital letters, but I don’t think enough people have said just how good Thornbridge Halcyon 2009 ...

If there’s one question I’ve been asking myself for the last god-knows-how-long , it’s what works better with a Thai red curry, Thornbridge’...

Personally, I’ve had a good 2009. I graduated from a Masters degree, I started a career, I moved in with my girlfriend, I wrote the first d...

All I really wanted was a great pint of Jaipur, I thought to myself as I spent hours on a train staring out the window as the countryside bl...

A few months ago we had a beer night and it was a proper riot. This weekend we had another. The main purpose, other than just drinking lots...

I write posts whenever they come to me. I’ve got about 10 ready to go at the mo, maybe more. This one I wrote way back in February and a few...

As it’s Easter this weekend it only seemed right to do a beer and chocolate pairing for this edition of the Food and Beer Pairing of the Wee...

A while back I made ice cream from BrewDog’s glorious RipTide stout. Ever since then I’ve been in the mood to try out different beers to see...

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...

What makes a few breweries rise up above all the others? What makes them special and unique? What makes them who they are? If you ever get ...

Here we go. A hip new serial feature for Pencil&Spoon which was dreamt up yesterday while I was having a run. FAB POW! The Food and B...