http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/25/the-englishman-at-the-heart-of-americas-beer-revolution/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/25/the-englishman-at-the-heart-of-americas-beer-revolution/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:40:20 +0000 Will Hawkes http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=18998 Britain’s “Special Relationship” with the US may exist largely in the minds of our politicians, but in the world of beer it’s as real as taxes. Consider the evidence. They took our classic beer styles – pale ale, porter, stout, India Pale Ale – and sent them back to us, with extra hops added. British [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/25/the-englishman-at-the-heart-of-americas-beer-revolution/feed/ 8 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/02/the-future-of-the-pub/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/02/the-future-of-the-pub/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:49:16 +0000 Will Hawkes http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=15733 What does the future hold for the British pub? As well-worn a question as that is, satisfactory answers are hard to come by. Up to 25 pubs are still closing evey week* and everyone thinks they know why. Britain has changed and lots of pubs haven’t. The smoking ban [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/02/the-future-of-the-pub/feed/ 26