Price of a pint to soar by Christmas, beer brewer warns

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Why women are back at the helm of the ‘pale, male and stale’ real ale movement

And it’s not just European women who have historically been mostly banished from brewing either. It’s extremely arguable that African women have suffered the most egregious erasure…

What alcohol does to your body, unit by unit

Stuck at home during lockdown, we needed something to mark the passage from day to night and “locktail” hour did exactly that. Whether your chosen drink was…

‘Healthy’ mushroom beer – a craft beer too far?

Mushroom beer might sound crazy if you start from a position of “I brew beer. What new ingredient can I throw in the mash tun today?” But…

How to cure your New Year hangover… and the ‘remedies’ that definitely won’t work

Hair of the dog may be all bark and no bite when it comes to curing a hangover, and raw egg will likely leave the sufferer just…