When you’re “into” the alcohol industry, no matter the particular drink you’re selling, there’s a public health line you have to tread carefully. People are responsible for their own choices, of course, but there are ways that brands can try not to fully encourage the misuse of their product. By law in the UK you […]
Hipsters: My unpopular opinion
You there. You don’t like hipsters do you? No. Nobody does. Hipsters are a scourge on society, what with all their strange facial hair and their penchant for foods and drinks you’ve never heard of. What’s wrong with a pint of Fosters anyway? Exactly. Posers. Showoffs. Get back to Shoreditch. Except hipsters don’t just live […]
My 2017 hopes and dreams for beer in North and East Lancashire
I think we’ve all read enough internet news by now to know that in the first waking days of 2017, craft beer is booming/slumping and cask beer is doing well/shite and that people are really starting to love/hate beer in all it’s interesting/unnecessarily complex forms. Where I am however, it’s a little different. Speaking to Boak […]