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There's an argument going on in the wikipedia beer pages . Sorry, discussion. Seems like there's always an argument about something....

My son Andrew is 12 today. Next week he starts secondary school. He's become quite a little adult. (Cue "Sunrise, sunset" musi...

Yes, finally. It's here. My Important Announcement. My definitive Amsterdam Pub Guide is now available in pdf format. Yippee! You can se...

Hello. Welcome to the first installment of my new thread of posts. Major London breweries. Or something like that. The title may need a litt...

This post is pretty self-explanatory. Who will be the first to buy Lexie vodka? I assume you haven't noticed the donation button I'v...

I'm going to make an announcement. An important announcement. It will change your lives. Tomorrow. I'll make the announcement tomorr...

Some more random statistics from my statistics pile. Showing the output of the major London breweries between 1750 and 1910. But the title...

I have 21 friends. That's what Facebook tells me. You have 21 friends. What should I make of that? Scary stuff. Even scarier because I d...

I have a way with snappy titles, don't I? I've just been browsing my tables of statistics and chanced upon this one. I lead such an ...

No foreign travel last weekend. A chance to finally relax. In theory, at least. I'd really looked forward to the smoking ban in Dutch pu...

I don't think I've published this table yet. But you know what it's like when you get older. You start to forget things. Like yo...

For the total obsessive, here's a special, extra post about my Berlin trip. My notes. I doubt you'll be able to read them. Even I st...

My drinking in Berlin is done. In theory, I could squeeze in a quick couple at the festival. It opens at 11:00 and our train leaves Hauptbah...

Ever so occasionally, I come across a brewery in the Whitbread Gravity Book that's still going strong. Like Samuel Smith's. I though...

It's two birds with one stone time. Scottish Ales and IPA. And maybe some other things. Oh yes, the shilling system. Make that three bir...

I don't read many newly-published books on beer styles. They aren't good for my blood pressure. "Stop shouting, Ronald." i...

It's still raining in the morning, so Dolores lets us lie in until 09:00. No point trying to breakfast al fresco in a downpour. When it...