Diageo hit by first post-Covid sales fall but Guinness soars in Great Britain
The German thirst for beer is waning – it’s not cool to be drunk any more
Nicholas Potter
Experience
Experience: I’ve tried 50,000 beers
Brief letters
Royally optimistic after the king’s speech
Munich, home of the Oktoberfest, to open alcohol-free beer garden
My sausage-like fingers are not sexy. But they have given me one incredible talent
Zoe Williams
Oxford brewery helps cut reoffending rates by training jail-leavers to make ale
Low alcohol sales boom ahead of Euros final
‘A beacon of hope’: England’s Euros success gives pubs a vital lift
June 2024
Brief letters
Politicians could learn from Rob Burrow’s honesty and dignity
Brief letters
Trump can now call himself a conviction politician
May 2024
Let’s raise the bar on pouring proper pints of beer
Munich’s Oktoberfest to ban Italian disco hit co-opted by far right
Put your tape measure away – and enjoy your delicious underpoured pint
Imogen West-Knights
Little remains of Brewdog’s ‘punk’ ethos as co-founder steps down
BrewDog’s James Watt to step down as chief executive of beer company
The good mixer
Cocktail of the week: Nathaniel Smith’s Jamaican Guinness punch – recipe
April 2024
May the fizz be with you: how a $10 Chilean beer ad took on Star Wars
After being posted on X and becoming a feature on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show, the 2003 commercial that sees Obi-Wan Kenobi hand Luke Skywalker a cold beer has gone viral
Debunking the myth that women prefer sweeter drinks
Letter: Emma Joliffe takes exception to the assumption that women are buying newer versions of stout because they are less bitter
‘Our margins are threadbare’: UK’s craft beer scene says it’s on the brink
Small brewers are being squeezed, with a flurry of insolvencies hitting the sector despite strong sales
