stevehobmanMay 14ICONIC BREWING KIT SAVED FROM OBLIVION - THANKS TO THORNBRIDGEPioneering Thornbridge Brewery has worked with Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) to save a much revered Burton Union set -...
stevehobmanJun 27, 2022SALOPIAN ORACLE (4%abv)This one is a favourite of mine at my village local, the Carden Arms in Tilston, Cheshire. I make no apology for it. Founded in 1995 by...
stevehobmanSep 16, 2021From adversity comes diversity: brewers bounce back from Covid with new craft brandsMany independent brewers are pulling back from the horrendous blight of COVID-19 with a raft of new initiatives, When the first lockdown...
stevehobmanJul 13, 2021COUNTDOWN TO NORMALITY: Ready to raise a glass at the bar again?Pubs are coming home... at last it seems. Ok it's not 55 years, but neverthless it has indeed been a very long, rocky and wearisome road...
stevehobmanApr 13, 2021Hooray, The Return of the Great British Pub - just a little bitSome local pub joy for south Cheshire The pubs are open, a bit. The sun is shining, just a bit, for now. The daffodils flower on, rather...