Tandleman's Beer Blog

Well, I suppose it was inevitable - but sooner than anyone expected - Carlsberg Britvic announced that Marstons Brewery in Burton on Trent ...

We were in London most of last week as I was judging beer for the International Beer Challenge. The trip didn't start off too well as th...

  "Now a drop of good beer is good for a man Who's thirsty and tired and hot, And I sometimes has a drop for myself From a very s...

We had our CAMRA Rochdale, Oldham and Bury committee meeting at the Baum in Rochdale last night. It used to be our main branch venue until ...

How has the weather been suiting you?  Is the so called heat wave a good or bad thing, putting aside, if one can, the fact that when we are ...

Boak and Bailey made a point a couple of weeks ago which struck a chord with me.  They said "We’ve decided to spend a week blogging li...

I was pretty struck by an article in the Sunday Times this week.  Written by Charlotte Ivers, it discusses the toxic effects on Gen Z caused...

In late June, we headed up to the North East last week for a couple of nights to celebrate the E's birthday. Now, I used to spend a fair...

The news broke late yesterday morning that Humphrey Smith had passed away.  The doyen of Samuel Smith Brewery was only 81 - though to some ...

Way back in the past I wrote about how the modern mannerism "You all right there" at the bar had become a kind of of substitute f...

I was talking to a local pub landlord recently and during the conversation, was disappointed, but not surprised, how in winter particularl...