
‘Visual Drama’: the pomposity of the serve
Well, the short answer is because it’s the quickest fix on the depth chart. If Molson Coors want to help the head of Cobra last a little longer, maybe they could alter the grain bill and add a little more wheat than they already do. That takes money, although you can’t imagine fluid dynamicists come […]

Grow up…but not too quickly
There have – and will continue to be – many different facets to the ‘big breweries buying out smaller breweries’ story. There are those that are more evident, such as the inevitable tirades on social media from aggrieved ex-lovers of said brewery (or even in person – I think it was the Elysian taproom who […]

Pumpkin beer – it’s not the fault of the pumpkin
Ahh, Autumn. You can tell it’s here when several things appear at once. Russet-coloured leaves. Advent calendars in M&S. The latest viewing-figure crisis for X-Factor. Yet, just as the latter always fails to finish off the bloated, pus-riddled Cowell cash cow, another Autumnal Arrival also returns, year after year, unfailingly. I am talking, of course, […]