Posts Tagged ‘propel’

Visiting Battersea Beer festival in 1987-88 was a revelation for all drinkers present that year because it was the first time a truly golden ale had been produced in the UK. Exmoor Gold from Exmoor Ales in Somerset created a buzz in south west London because it was a lip-smacking departure from the ubiquitous brown…

When the smoking ban came into force in 2007, one of the biggest impacts was the widespread move by pub operators to introduce food into pubs that had previously never ventured further into the realm of selling solids than offering crisps and peanuts. It was a revolutionary period that made the once smoky, boozy environments…

Settling into the bar of the Royal Forest pub on the edge of Epping Forest on a gloriously sunny Friday evening ahead of a meal in its restaurant would have been a real treat in itself for my family, but we also had the added enjoyment of being only feet away from our comfortable rooms…

In the halcyon days of the craft beer revolution, a trip to the Beavertown Brewery on an industrial estate in Tottenham for its beer festivals was a real treat. They became increasingly popular, and queues down the road to enter became commonplace as growing numbers of drinkers were attracted by the impressive range of beers…

Some years back I did some work with Dunnhumby – the data gurus behind the Tesco Clubcard – and it was enlightening to see the massive discrepancies between what people believed they had purchased and what the till data showed they had actually bought. When customers were surveyed, the number of supposed buyers of organic…