Mixed reaction to this week’s Budget, after MPs debate future of real ale

No concessions on VAT, but allowing all pubs to sell a guest beer comes closer

Future of former Marston’s cask ale brands hangs in the balance

Burton closure planned soon after the shutting of Sharp’s brewery in Cornwall

Heritage award win for North Star following re-opening

Village pub in Steventon, near Didcot, receives top honour

Pub News

Farewell to Johnny Roberts, and a round-up of recent presentations to our pubs

Surrey brewery Hogs Back to brew Brakspear cask ales

Traditional “Double Drop” fermenters installed in a nod to tradition

CAMRA celebrates Good Beer Guide winners as new edition published

Chequers in Oxford and Red Lion in Northmoor back in guide for 2027

Brewery News

Patrick MacMahon rounds up the most interesting news from our local breweries

Pub News

A rolling round-up of developments around Oxford and beyond

Tap Social’s Day Release comes to Didcot

Nick Fryer describes how a new taproom, cafe and meeting space can help change lives