50 m. ago Wetherspoons introduces new premium French lager in world beer range

The drink will also be available as part of Wetherspoon’s ‘includes a drink’ deal 🍻

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16 h. ago ‘I just had a sip,’ says driver drinking beer behind wheel before failing breathalyser

A driver told officers he "just had a sip" as he was caught drinking a pint of lager while behind the wheel of his car.

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5 d. ago Isaac Newton’s beer mug to go on show in Royal Society exhibition in London

Though scientist was not thought to be a great drinker, he may have used beer as an ingredient in the homemade ink in which he wrote his greatest workIssac Newton has long been a familiar figure in museums around the world. Now, one of the famed scientist’s most prized possessions is due to go on display for the first time in 160 years: his beer mug.The wooden mug will be on public display at the Royal Society, in central London, from 4 March, alongside items including Newton’s greatest work, the Principia, and the scientist’s death mask, which was prepared shortly after his death to serve as a likeness for sculptures. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Beer drinking body calls for 'simple' change to save hundreds of pubs from closure

The Campaign for Real Ale has written to Deputy PM Angela Rayner to ramp-up calls for urgent action to stop a wave of pub closures

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2 w. ago Nisha Katona’s ginger beer pork is fast, fiery and full of flavour

The Mowgli Street Food founder shares a super-simple, punchy pork recipe where ginger beer brings the sweetness, mustard adds the bite and dinner is ready in minutes

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2 w. ago Mystery surrounds unopened can of beer found in Greater Manchester pub roof after 30 years

The can has now been preserved as "a piece of history" and is on display behind the bar

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