Whenever my family and I venture out into the country on short breaks, my priority when booking the accommodation is the close proximity of a pub. This caused slight issues on our recent cycling trip, as the lovely Horse & Jockey in Manton, Rutland, was about 50 metres away from the Airbnb that I’d booked,…| Beer Insider
St Albans is a city I’ve visited infrequently even though each time has involved thoroughly enjoyable forays into its wonderful pubs. I’m not sure why I’ve not been more often but I’m definitely planning to return very soon as I’ve just completed reading a new book on the history of…| Beer Insider
Simon Potts, CEO, The Alchemist Bars & Restaurants 1. Earliest Memory of a Pub I have one of those memories that has perhaps been forged more from my Dad’s retelling over the years – we were on the Isle of Mull on the annual holiday that we took with another…| Beer Insider
(Photo credit: Lily Waite courtesy of Pellicle Magazine) Andreas Akerlund, co-owner, Grace Land Pub Group 1. Earliest Memory of a Pub I moved to London in the 1980s when I was in my mid-teens. It was a different world back then. I can't exactly remember my first pub but a…| Beer Insider
Having previously been involved with a London-based Czech lager brewery that left a sour taste in my mouth it has not put me off the country’s lovely lagers. It was therefore enjoyable to visit The Stranded bar on London’s The Strand where Bloomsbury Leisure Group has opened a new venue…| Beer Insider
All too often pubs like The Mall Tavern in Notting Hill can disappoint. They look attractive on the outside but their ability to easily attract tourists can lead to sloppy practices and an uninspiring beer list. Andy and Nati Perritt have ensured this is not the case at the pub they’ve been running for around…| Beer Insider
While enjoying a beer in the Horse & Groom in Belgravia, another male customer walked in and ordered a bottle of 4.5% lager while his female partner went for a 250ml glass of wine. The exercise was repeated for the next round, with the result that he had consumed a modest three units of alcohol…| Beer Insider
1. Earliest memory of a pub you can recall? My parents were pub people, every night after my Dad finished work circa 5:20pm we went for two hours pre the evening meal. Most pubs did not allow children in so me and my older brothers spent many an hour in…| Beer Insider
Visiting Barcelona for tours around the enormous modern Damm facility at the El Prat brewery next to the airport and then the original Old Brewery in the centre of the city, the two experiences could not have been more different. In the former the use of cameras and filming devices is strictly off limits for…| Beer Insider
Back in 2001 I was enjoying breakfast with pub wizard David Bruce at Simpson’s on the Strand when he told me about his latest venture the Capital Pub Company that was fundraising at the time. But he deterred me from investing a few quid in it because as an impoverished journalist I would not benefit…| Beer Insider