Non-League but Craft Ale : Latest Runcorn Linnets match is with Chapter Brewing

(Main Image L-R Mike Bignall, Runcorn Linnets, Kirsty Walker, Lady Sinks The Booze, Noah Torn, Chapter Brewing) In the midst of heated debates about the reach of craft beer and whether it is pricing out ordinary drinkers, grass roots community efforts to get craft into the hands of those who might never try it often…

A tiny CAMRA rebellion, in 23 pages

Is there any phrase more likely to induce an involuntary shoulder slump at the moment than ‘CAMRA Revitalisation Project’? Just when we thought the in-fighting in the beer community had reached critical tedium – what’s that coming over the hill? It’s a 23 page manifesto from Bradley Cummings which claims to be ‘the reset button’….

St Brigid – Patron Saint of Beer and Brewing

What a day February the first is. It starts LGBT History Month, it’s Harry Styles’ birthday, and it’s the feast day of St Brigid, the patron saint of beer and brewing. Triple celebration! Brigid was an Irish nun who ran an abbey in Kildare, amongst others. Along with beer and brewing she’s also the patron…