Are You Tasting the Pith?

There is a great tale that after attending the 1982 Great British Beer Festival, beer guru Charlie Papazian said to beer writer Michael Jack...

I won't make this any longer or more detailed than it needs to be, but I've been suffering with a stomach bug all week, and have mad...

Those of you who follow me on t'Witter may have noted that I've been engaging in a slightly unnatural activity of late - to whit, ru...

On Thursday night, I was delighted to give a short talk to the Northern branch of the Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD). The topic ...

You can tell a lot about a culture from their use of language. I remember having a slightly drunken argument with my Spanish cousin about ...

There are lots of reasons for going to the pub. One of my favourites is cask ale - it's just a bugger to have 72 pints of ale sloshing a...

Sometimes, you look at a business and just say to yourself "what the hell are they thinking?". For example, the Orkney Islands ...