The eye of the beer holder
A visit to the Tynedale Beer and Cider Festival last month got us thinking about the myriad marvellous names that have emerged alongside the growth in the number of small UK breweries and the boom in craft brewing. Anyone for a Whapweasel? When the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) launched in 1971, there were 200 or so breweries in the UK. According to statistics for 2015 there are now over 1,700, ranging from microbreweries attached to pubs, to giant brewing factories.* It’s sm
