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No small beer
When the story of the sale of independent brewer Innis & Gunn in a pre-pack administration to C&C Group landed in my in-tray recently, it was a surprise to say the least. It came while the drinks industry was still very much digesting the sale of BrewDog to US-based Tilray. In reality, I had long…
Read MoreTaps Flashback – 28 April 2017
This is the first in an irregular column that rewinds the clock back some years to see what was on the taps at certain pubs. Too many of these will no doubt be from my local, The Great Northern Railway Tavern (GNRT), in North London that has been a tremendous pub over the years for…
Read MoreThe future of festivals
The Mall Tavern pub sits at a busy junction in Notting Hill, and on a Friday evening in late February, it had a queue of drinkers around the building waiting for the doors to reopen at 5pm for the pub’s annual two-day Liquid Dreams beer festival. Each member of the queue was personally welcomed into…
Read MoreMr Turner’s Bar opens in The Porterhouse
The Porterhouse pub in central London has launched the ‘Mr Turner’s Bar’ in partnership with The Covent Gardener magazine to celebrate the site being the birthplace of artist JMW Turner. The new bar sits within The Porterhouse building that reached its 25th Anniversary recently and still looks as impressive as when I first visited the…
Read MoreDesert Island Pubs – Ben Stackhouse, founder of PubLove
Beer Insider is pleased to bring you the latest Desert Island Pubs column, supported by Sunrise Beverages. So settle in and enjoy reading the stories behind the selection of pubs from… Ben Stackhouse, founder, PubLove 1. Earliest Memory of a Pub My family owned a pub when I was born, The Nags Head in Northend, but…
Read MoreEvery day is a beer festival at The Mall Tavern
For beer fans a visit to The Mall Tavern in Notting Hill is always an enjoyable experience because this neighbourhood pub is run by husband-and-wife team Nati and Andy Perritt who are both passionate about the beers they serve. So much so in fact that they went free-of-tie after paying Stonegate a hefty sun. For this…
Read MoreDesert Island Pubs – Tom McManus, commercial & operations manager, McManus Managed Pub Co.
Beer Insider is pleased to bring you the latest Desert Island Pubs column, supported by Sunrise Beverages. So settle in and enjoy reading the stories behind the selection of pubs from… Tom McManus, commercial & operations manager, McManus Managed Pub Co. Limited 1. Earliest Memory of a Pub I grew up in and out of…
Read MoreFront of house is front of mind again
For a few weeks some years back, I worked in Blackfriars and would walk to Holborn tube as my route home because it took me past The Seven Stars in Carey Street, behind the Royal Courts of Justice. After only a couple of nights of stop-offs in this lovely compact pub, the landlady had named…
Read MoreChild’s play
When visiting the hybrid bar/shop Indiebeer in Holloway Road in north London early one Saturday evening before Christmas with my 18-year-old daughter, we had to navigate around various prams and buggies as a large group celebrated a young child’s birthday. My overriding response was that it was good to see the independent venue run by…
Read MoreDesert Island Pubs – Nathan Wall, MD – Proper Pubs, Admiral Taverns
Beer Insider is pleased to announce a new sponsor for its very popular monthly Desert Island Pubs column, Sunrise Beverages. Sunrise represents a collective of independent-minded brands that do not compromise on quality and is founded on the principle that great taste can’t be sacrificed. It has built its reputation through partnerships with dedicated drinks…
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