Strangely, I’d never been to the Campaign for Real Ale’s Great British Beer Festival before Saturday; suffice to say, I’ll definitely go again. While there were a couple of somewhat tasteless, somewhat annoying groups that looked like stag parties, everything was good-natured. I met up with a few friends but the main thing, of course, [...]

I went to the ever-wonderful Quinn’s in Camden on Friday night. The Quinns (the four of them) who run the place, and particularly Man Quinn, are serious about their beer and know them inside out. It’s worth going there just to try, though, L’Angelus, a blonde, unfiltered beer is one of the best I have [...]