Tandleman's Beer Blog

While in Manchester the worst and more noisy aspects of bathroom replacement were taking place, we fled to London to get some peace and quie...

Did you know that Cask Marque has an area on their website where you can report beer quality problems directly to them? Well, it has. To the...

You know how, when you venture into foreign parts, sometimes you just get stuck on a particular beer? Well - that.  This little adventure wa...

On Wednesday I attended what is described as " T he North's leading hospitality trade event. Bringing together over 9,600 visitors ...

Now, you'll likely be aware that London can be a minefield for the cask drinker, but it isn't always so.  In this short post, I'...

Let's make one thing clear. London has a fabulously diverse selection of pubs and, yes, it has to be said, some ropey cask beer.  Now th...

I was in London last week for a few days and decided on a whim to have one entire day - or thereabouts - just drinking cask. "Unwise...

Some of you, CAMRA members particularly, should know about CAMRA's National Beer Scoring System whereby you rate a cask beer drunk in a ...

Well it didn't take quite as long as most of us would have imagined, but the inevitable has happened. Carsberg Marstons Brewing has dec...

Back in the day, when pubs weren't structured and laid out as they are now, the best room and public bar were usually tricked out in ben...