Terrific resource (thanks to @boakandbailey.bsky.social for the tip)

Congratulations to the Crown Wharf and Joules Brewery - and to all the winners at last night’s Great British Pub Awards www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Reinvention and redundancy | @boakandbailey.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/boakandb...

Keystone to take over brewing Laine beers so the latter can focus on its pubs. Not sure what will happen to the North Laine brewpub in Brighton | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Really looking forward to this. The strangest research I've ever done and some of the most interesting too!

We're looking for 2 Panel members to join the Independent Complaints Panel. We're looking for the following: 👉 Alcohol industry experience OR 👉 Adjudicatory or relevant regulatory experience Sounds like you? Find out more & see the job specs: www.portmangroup.org.uk/join-us/

Our @jameskneale.bsky.social features in the latest Lock In Podcast from pub trade mag the Morning Advertiser, on the topic of alcohol-free pubs: www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Jodie Kidd closes her pub for three days after staff suffer "verbal and physical abuse" from customers | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Good piece on AI and hospitality from Peter Backman this week: mcusercontent.com/f984510851e2...

Women speak out about sexism in the beer industry www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/09/wome... @teamdb.bsky.social

‘New documentary explores the rise of Desi pubs’ | BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cask beer and sparkling wine have more in common than you think argues @rachelhendry.bsky.social for @camraofficial.bsky.social It’s all down to the pet nat I reckon. learn.camra.org.uk/courses/comm...

The online version of my article, which I wrote for @burumcollective.bsky.social "The True Meaning of Accessibility in Hospitality", is now live. www.burumcollective.com/posts/trueme... #Disability #Accessiability #Neurodivergence #Hospitality

'Chimps consume equivalent of a beer a day in alcohol from fermented fruit' | @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Yet another of those academic studies that tell you something you already knew 🙂

We've just launched a website showcasing our research on pub closure! Each 'long-read' explores the story of a closed pub and its social and cultural significance, drawing on field visits, archival research and extensive interviews with those connected to it. Links below!

Interesting...

Timothy Taylor’s Golden Best not taking kindly to being unsparkled, but it’s going down okay at the Churchill Arms.

Thanks Pub is the Hub for my copy of the new report on the social value of pubs, which estimates that every £1 invested in pubs brings £8.28 in value to the community - and includes my two-penn’orth on the subject. I’ll be giving it a good read later.

Blimey, that escalated quickly

Ok folks I’m back at work so let’s talk shop a while. After a bit of a wobbly summer at @pelliclemag.com we’re back on track, with a new sponsor, @geterbrewed.bsky.social and we’ve immediately reinvested that support by recruiting @clairembullen.bsky.social as associate editor.

This is interesting, on the more detailed thinking behind the ‘improved pub’. I’d add that, at a time of declining volumes, brewers would want to maintain working class pubs as they’d be the ones keeping the mash tuns filled, as the saying went.

At the Flying Childers, Stanton in Peak.

'Graveyard visitors told not to leave alcohol tributes' | BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Now that's what I call clickbait!

Starting the day with multiple cups of tea whilst I catch up on some @foodism.bsky.social reading, including this piece from @davidjesudason.bsky.social foodism.co.uk/features/lon...

What we did in school today. Here’s an amazing graphic summary, drawn by Rebecca Osborne as we talked, of today’s Pubs in the Community meeting @nottinghamtrentuni.bsky.social organised by @culturalclare.bsky.social

Malt 🌾 It's the basis of your pint, the backbone of beer. @totalcurtis.bsky.social visits French & Jupps to discover their processes, and learn about a beer business that's been open since the 1600s. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...

From the archives, me for Propel Hospitality on the important topic of crisps: www.philmellows.com/PhilMellows_...

This is a delicious collab between @verdantbrew.bsky.social and NZ brewer Garage Project on at the Indy in Brighton. Not sure about the bar-call, though. “I’ll have a LSBB25#3”.

'Is BrewDog actually BrewDog any more?' asks @petebrownbeer.bsky.social in the Morning Advertiser. I'm a bit late in reading it, but it's a good piece that gets it about right, I reckon www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

The artist and musician @darrenhayman.bsky.social is painting British birds on British beer mats. Such a great idea. darrenhaymanart.com

GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular weekly round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, with thoughts on great pubs versus good pubs; David Bruce's career; pub skittles; and the retirement of a legendary publican. 🍻🍺 boakandbailey.com/2025/09/news...

'Mild at heart: Can this classic beer find a modern audience?' | Drinks Retailing drinksretailingnews.co.uk/mild-at-hear...

The man who started craft beer? My profile of David Bruce for @pelliclemag.com (photos by Sean McEmerson): www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/8/...

A reminder that if you have any updates for this listing you should message www.facebook.com/groups/natio...

Interview with Tom Bott of Signature Brewery by Gary Lloyd at the Morning Advertiser: www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Lotte Peplow, the Brewers Association’s American craft beer ambassador for Europe, looks at new US craft beer launches in the UK, and female attitudes towards craft beer in the States beertoday.co.uk/2025/09/01/b... #beer #craftbeer #americanbeer @hoppylotte.bsky.social

"By consistently portraying terminal decline, leaders may accelerate the outcomes they're warning against... For a sector built on hospitality, warmth, and optimism, perhaps it's time for leaders to rediscover that spirit." Peter Backman this morning: mcusercontent.com/f984510851e2...

Where can you find a pint of Bass? Here's the National Bass Directory for September: nationalbassdirectory.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Like coming home… the Boltmaker’s Arms, Keighley.

Chip n Ern, Bingley.

On a little walk along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal. First stop Saltaire Brewery.

In north Devon September 14 and at a loss at what to do before the pubs open - why not come along to the Appledore Book Festival where I’ll be talking about A Pub For All Seasons and generally celebrating autumn and beer - details here appledorebookfestival.littleboxoffice.com/events/122110

'Drink and fiction' | @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/drink-and-...

Mental health issues mount for pub staff | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Taybeh, Palestine's brewery, has launched a new beer in the UK in collaboration with Brewgooder. All proceeds go to the Disasters Emergency Committee: www.brewgooder.com/pages/brewed...

You'll have had your T? Now Tennent's is cool, thanks to Rob Mackay @pelliclemag.com www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/8/...