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Sexism in beer: it used to be a lot worse
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007 We wholeheartedly agree with Melissa Cole’s call for an end to sexist imagery in beer branding, but nonetheless take heart from...
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Seventies sexism, pearls of wisdom
Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007 The Alps. When the drays roll out of Paine’s Brewery into the market square of St Neots, Cambridgeshire, with 612 gallons of...
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Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Writing about beer and pubs since 2007 Earlier this week, Rowan Molyneux flagged the existence of a Campaign for Real Ale leaflet designed to help recruit young members...
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News, Nuggets & Longreads 2 December 2017: Brixton, Walkabout, TransPennine...
Here’s everything that grabbed our attention in the past week from sexist beer branding to chronic Oztalgia. First, that brewery takeover news. Well, we say ‘takeover’ but in fact Heineken has actually...
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News, Nuggets & Longreads 03 February 2018: Cole, CAMRA, Carlsberg
Here’s everything in writing about beer and pubs that grabbed our attention in the past week, from anger management to keg konfrontations. The debate about sexism in beer has been a constant background...
View ArticleHow Come Nobody Criticises That Rosé de Gambrinus Label?
We admit it: the rhetorical “Where’s the outrage?” winds us up. What it so often means is, because you forgot to mention This, you must now shut up about That, AKA ‘whataboutery’ — a means of shutting...
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News, Nuggets & Longreads 24 February 2018: Labels, Lollies, Lambic,
These are all the beer- and pub-related links we’ve enjoyed most, or found most informative, in the past week, covering everything from breakfast beer to computer games. First, from Jeff Alworth, a...
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Thought for the Day: Win-Win For BrewDog?
BrewDog today announced the launch of Pink IPA, a product identical to their standard Punk IPA except for a bright pink label, and the fact that it will be 20 per cent cheaper for women in BrewDog...
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News, Nuggets & Longreads 17 March 2018: London Drinkers & Bristol Dockers
Here’s everything that grabbed our attention in the past week in the world of beer and pubs, from beer festivals to Friday skiving. From Roger Protz comes a reflection on the London Drinker beer...
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News, Nuggets & Longreads 7 April 2018: Tap Rooms, Masculinity, The Luppit
Here’s all the writing and news about beer and pubs that grabbed our attention in the past week, from Chicago to Rochdale. But we’ll start with some bits of news. Cloudwater is opening a London bar,...
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News, Nuggets & Longreads for 5 May 2018: Bernard, Budweiser, Broken Bones
Here’s everything that grabbed our attention over the past week in the world of beer and pubs, from #MeToo to George Washington. First, via @niccipeet, a startling story from the Czech Republic by...
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Pints and Halves: Statements and Pragmatism
Everything we do sends signals — even something as apparently unimportant as the size of the glass out of which we choose to drink our beer. I (Jessica) hit my teenage years during the era of the...
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News, Nuggets and Longreads 12 January 2019: Bitterness, Brüpond, Burlesque
Here’s everything we thought bookmark-worthy in the past week, from beer with bite to Double Diamond. First, a quick stop at the BBC, where the recent ONS report on pub closures continues to generate...
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What needs to change and what can consumers do?
It’s been an interesting, emotionally intense few weeks for the beer industry – first in the US, now in the UK – as stories of sexual harassment and bullying have come flooding out. These...
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