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The queueing question
For me, one of life’s great pleasures is standing at the bar in a pub and resting my elbow on the counter while vertical drinking and putting the world to rights. Thankfully, most establishments have a decent length of counter, which dates to railway architecture in the 1830-1840s. The modern-day expansive bar counter was created…
Read MoreDesert Island Pubs – Dom Jacobs, founder & MD, Ardent Pub Group
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… Dom Jacobs, founder & MD, Ardent Pub Group 1. Earliest Memory of a Pub I grew up in Suffolk, and there was a pub in…
Read MoreNoise nuisance
Saturday afternoon in a hot and busy north London seemed like the ideal time for a quiet pint with a mate visiting London. We joined a mere handful of other customers in a pub – and a music system blasting out tunes whose volume and genre sat oddly with this clientele. When we requested it…
Read MoreBells ring at the Dog & Bear Hotel
Sat in the dining room of the Dog & Bear Hotel in the lovely Kent village of Lenham as the sun was going down on a late-Summer evening seemed pretty idyllic. Then when the church bells started to chime from the bell-ringers’ regular Tuesday night practice session we definitely were soaking up the quintessential village…
Read MoreStanding up to standing up
After many years of intending to visit The Auld Shillelagh pub in Stoke Newington, I finally made it along for a pint of its revered Guinness. During my visit an Irishman walked in and ordered a double whiskey and then proceeded to knock it back in one go before heading straight out the door. The…
Read MoreDesert Island Pubs – Dawn Browne, chief people officer at Fuller, Smith & Turner
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… Dawn Browne, chief people officer at Fuller, Smith & Turner 1. Earliest Memory of a Pub My parents were not pub goers, so my earliest…
Read MoreTaps Flashback – 9 May 2015
This is 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 its beer selection.…
Read MoreChild’s play
It’s that time of the year again when the schools have let the children free and we adults have to deal with them for six weeks or more. It’s the time when we can collectively – this includes parents and child-free adults – moan about them clogging up the road and public transport, making too…
Read MoreBrewers Association East Meets West Lunch
It has long been a tradition that ahead of the summer period a batch of brewers from the US crosses the Atlantic and brings with them some interesting beers to share with thirsty beer writers as part of the work undertaken by the Brewers Association. It’s been a pleasure to attend a number of lunches…
Read MoreDesert Island Pubs – Martin Harley, founder, London Village Inns
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… Martin Harley, founder, London Village Inns 1. Earliest Memory of a Pub My Dad would be mortified if he could read this, but probably being…
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