Beery News from What’s Brewing

• Big win for CAMRA
  by WB Reporter
  Following the announcement yesterday that the government is to introduce stronger planning protections for pubs, CAMRA chairman Ash Corbett-Collins (above) said it was a big win for the Campaign.  “Several months ago, the […]
• Druid celebration returns
  by Timothy Hampson
  A pub in Wales, officially crowned one of the most beautiful in the UK, is bringing back its popular beer festival later this month. The Druid Inn (above) in Gorsedd, near Holywell, is […]
• Four Candles sale is no joke
  by Timothy Hampson
  Eight months after the Four Candles (now the Triggers Broom) closed its doors in Broadstairs, Kent, its owner is hoping to find a new home for the brewery equipment that operated at the […]
• Manchester loses the Pev matriarch
  by Sean O'Mahoney
  The Peveril of the Peak (pictured) has lost its matriarch and Manchester one of its great characters. Nancy Swanick, landlady of the Grade II-listed pub on Great Bridgewater Street in Manchester, died peacefully […]
• Brewer takes centre stage at hop fest
  by Timothy Hampson
  Shepherd Neame is to continue its long-standing partnership with the Faversham Hop Festival as principal sponsor for this year’s event. The annual festival, now in its 36th year, will bring live music and […]
• Braised pork with beer and onions
  by Christian Gott
  Earlier this month I read that despite the ongoing heatwave there has been a somewhat unexpected increase in sales of ready-made meals like shepherd's pie due to an effect called reverse comfort eating. […]
• Time to take a stand
  by David Jesudason
  The news that Westminster council could end standing at the bar or outside Soho pubs seems so far-fetched that I thought it was a joke, something straight out of a satirical magazine, like […]