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Insight into collecting beer memorabilia

JournalLive — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ELBOW meets vintage beer bottle, vintage beer bottle meets concrete floor, vintage beer bottle demonstrates how many pieces of glass went into its composition.

Takeover helped Jennings avoid being sunk by floods

JournalLive — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

WHEN Midlands-based Marston’s bought Jennings Brewery five years ago, there were protests in the streets of Cockermouth.

Tis the season to make the most of our winter warmers

JournalLive — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

IT’S back. Snow might threaten to bring the region to a standstill once more, but one North East brewer is banking on a mild start to 2011.

British beers score a hit with Russians

JournalLive — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THEY may have secured the World Cup in 2018, but what will visitors to Russia find to drink when they get there? A friend of ours came back from Moscow armed with some interesting observations.

Pub talk

JournalLive — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THIS week, the “ghost” of Vera Duckworth, one-time landlady of the Rovers Return, made a final appearance in Coronation Street, escorting husband Jack across to “the other side”. As he breathed his last, she too disappeared.

Do you have carpenters in your head today?

JournalLive — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMT

HEAD and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes. Eyes and ears and mouth and nose; head and shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes.

Cheers as Journal beer writer gets regional award

JournalLive — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A JOURNAL writer has been awarded a major prize by one of the country’s leading food and drink organisations.

Newcastle Whisky Festival

JournalLive — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT

NEWCASTLE has its Brown, its United and its Arms, so it could be said there’s very little else a grown-up needs to embroider life’s rich tapestry.

Finding the perfect taste mate

JournalLive — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:30:00 GMT

BEER with cheese, beer with pies, beer with oysters, beer with pizza, beer with chicken tikka masala. With careful selection, there’s a beer that will sit perfectly with most foodstuffs.