The second social media-free bottle share â raising money for charity â will take place on Wednesday 25 April at Affinity Brew Co. in Bermondsey. This follows on from the January event held at Caps and Taps which raised ÂŁ100 for Camden Foodbank. This time weâre raising funds for Bloody Good
If you want to understand the concept of privilege, simply observe the reaction to the latest instalment of the Cloudwater/J Wakefield labelling clusterfuck. The breweries were rightly held to account by beer drinkers on Twitter, but this didnât go down well with less politically engaged members of the beer community. Iâm
Boak & Bailey asked âwhat is a local?â in October and itâs a question Iâve pondered for some time. Ironically, for me it neednât be that local; itâs a pub you frequent. I tend to favour pubs serving *what I regard to be* good beer, but this wasnât always the
As beer enthusiasts, we are often reminded of our obligation to support the public house. I adore pubs, and love to spend hour upon hour in them socialising with friends, and when I drink at home I experience a very, very mild pang of guilt. Iâd estimate that at least  half
I posted my âGolden Pintsâ for the first time last year and I was sure it would be an annual event. However, this year my heartâs not in it, which I attribute to nothing more than than the undulating landscape of mood/humour. Enthusiasm ebbs and flows like the tide, and contributing
I stopped off at my local Oddbins to pick up some beers yesterday, and with a 25-minute walk home ahead of me, I chose cans (the Pressure Drop and Mondo beers above notwithstanding). Weâve all seen the infographics and articles proclaiming the superiority of cans as a container of beer,
The âcraft beer revolutionâ of the last ten years has led to an attempt to elevate the status of beer, with a new generation of breweries, informed by tradition but unconstrained by it, creating ever more diverse and flavourful beers. We also have a new generation of pubs, bars and
If your Twitter timeline is anything like mine then you canât have escaped the launch of Toast Ale, a beer brewed with surplus bread by Hackney Brewery. With all profits going to Feedback, an environmental organisation that campaigns to end food waste, itâs a worthy cause. While beer and bread have much
