An opinionated guide to London Pubs
Our resident beer expert Ben McCormick delves into a new title from Hoxton Mini Press. Around a year ago, I...
21st April 2021
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Beer Advent Calendar Returns
They said it couldn’t (or shouldn’t) happen, but it has. Five years after putting it out to pasture, our beer...1st December 2020
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Skye Red
A swig of beer transports Keshia Glover from Norfolk to the Hebrides. As I struggle to navigate this new world...12th July 2020
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Pint by the River: McColl’s Petite, 4.1%
Ben McCormick takes a sip from a can, and is instantly transported to Flanders. Magnificent things, our senses. Each one...9th June 2020
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Virtual inanity at the Zoom Inn
Armed with laptop camera and under-stair keg, CBTR beer correspondent Ben McCormick attempts to emulate the pub. Some weeks ago,...18th April 2020
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Pint by the River: 20th Century Pub
20th Century Pub: From Beer House to Booze Bunker by Jessica Boak & Ray Bailey (The Homewood Press, paperback, 256...3rd October 2017
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Antidotes
This week’s book, record, and miscellaneous recommendations come from Jeff Barrett, Robin Turner and Diva Harris of CBTR HQ, and...19th March 2017
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Wandering the River Taff: Got Brains?
In the second instalment of her new column, Helia Phoenix talks zombies, killer swans, and Welsh cwrw on the Taff...15th March 2017
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Shadows & Reflections: Ben McCormick
…In which, as we enter a new year, our friends and collaborators look back on the past twelve months and...7th January 2017
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Engenetic Engineering
Cally Callomon visits PhotoEast Festival, where scenes from a Suffolk pub in 1966 catch his eye Every town needs an...11th June 2016
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Pint by the River: New year, new beer
It seems that January rather ran away with us. We've been overwhelmed with high-calibre content of late: that in mind,...13th February 2016
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Shadows and Reflections: Ben McCormick
Shadows and Reflections: the annual collection of postings where Caught by the River’s contributors and friends take a look back...10th January 2016
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Advent
We'd like to draw your attention to the fact that two of our own, namely Ben McCormick and John Andrews...2nd December 2015
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Words on wort – diary of a fledgling homebrewer
By Ben McCormick 3: Malt of the earth If you were wont to compare the ingredients of beer to band...13th November 2015
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Pint by the River: lager lager lager...
Words and pictures: Roger Clapham Almost twenty years ago, the British public did something they do less frequently these days,...31st August 2015
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Pint by the River: a springtime selection
Words and picture by Roger Clapham. At the risk of sounding like a half-arsed politician, it seems the fabled “green...14th April 2015
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Caught By The River Teifi
Introducing a festival of music, outdoor living and adventure. In two parts. Taking place at Fforest Farm, Cilgerran from 10th...9th April 2015
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An Antidote to Indifference: issue 11
Antidote 11: A beer special. Edited by Ben McCormick. Cover art by John Richardson. Available from the Caught by the...23rd March 2015