Alcohol

THEY sell pints. but we all know they’re actually about the fancy food. Yet I dared to dream, challenged the herd and got absolutely wrecked at a country gastropub.

MEETING an old pal you haven't seen in years only to find he’s not only sober, but proud of it? Here’s how the long, long evening will inevitably pan out.

DISCARDED nicotine pouches yellowing in urinal troughs in are ushering in a public house’s seasonal transition to Scandinavian cosiness.

EXPERIENCED Munich’s festival of outdoor beer-swilling and keen to attract similar drunken overspending to your provincial piss-pot parish? Go ahead.

A WELL-STOCKED city watering hole is ready to cater to the needs of drinkers who want to choose from up to 28 differently-named 4.5 per cent IPAs with citrus notes.

STUDENTS newly arriving at university have hit the bars to drink away their fears about already owing tens of thousands of pounds.

DRINKERS under 40 are not managing to keep pace with their elders, leading to awkward round-buying and life-expectancy disparities.

MOST of England will be covered by amber heat health alerts for the next three days. How does that translate to lager consumption? Dr Helen Archer explains.

THERE’S a row over whether standing in pubs, or ‘vertical drinking’, should be banned. But there are plenty of other irritations to ban first, like these. 

HE’S been sitting there all evening and you know, and he knows you know, it’s his round. Use these ways to gently point it out to the scrounging bastard.