Happy holidays, cheers to all! As I traditionally sign off this column: Remember, it’s not what we’re drinking, but with whom. Peace to all. Previous end-of-year beer columns 2023 2022 2021 ...

In a beverage based episode of The Food Programme, The Mothership of Brewing: Beer and the Belgians, Dan Saladino and drinks writer Pete Brown find out why Belgian brewing is so influential.

I have felt a bit let-down by some bars recently after spending good money on a beer and finding it to be stale, something that should never happen. It’s most obvious with Guinness, which gets a ...