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Have I really been so carelessly provocative? 😲 There's only one way to find out. Sign up here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Have I really been so carelessly provocative? 😲 There's only one way to find out. Sign up here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
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There is, incredibly, a new @londonbeercity.bsky.social tomorrow. It features Guinness' belated arrival in Covent Garden, London pubs owned by London breweries, the new venue for LCBF, The Lady magazine and lots more. Sign up here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
There is, incredibly, a new @londonbeercity.bsky.social tomorrow. It features Guinness' belated arrival in Covent Garden, London pubs owned by London breweries, the new venue for LCBF, The Lady magazine and lots more. Sign up here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
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Last month's @londonbeercity.bsky.social is now online, featuring the LBA beer festival, various comings and goings, & what remains of the Firkin chain. Peace out www.willhawkes.net/blog/2025/10...
October 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Last month's @londonbeercity.bsky.social is now online, featuring the LBA beer festival, various comings and goings, & what remains of the Firkin chain. Peace out www.willhawkes.net/blog/2025/10...
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There is a new @londonbeercity.bsky.social out today, featuring the King's Road and a pub called the Queen Charlotte. You can get it for free by signing up here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
October 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There is a new @londonbeercity.bsky.social out today, featuring the King's Road and a pub called the Queen Charlotte. You can get it for free by signing up here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
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When someone calls a pub an institution, there are always detractors. But we can't think of a single person who wouldn't agree that The Dog & Bell is exactly that.
Will Hawkes joins us again for an insight into Deptford's most beloved pub.
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Will Hawkes joins us again for an insight into Deptford's most beloved pub.
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There Is A Light That Never Goes Out — The Dog and Bell in Deptford, London — Pellicle
On a Friday night in early December, Deptford’s Dog and Bell is Christmas as imagined by a Haribo-addled toddler. A huge resin Santa, grinning merrily in his sleigh, squats in Prince Street out...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
When someone calls a pub an institution, there are always detractors. But we can't think of a single person who wouldn't agree that The Dog & Bell is exactly that.
Will Hawkes joins us again for an insight into Deptford's most beloved pub.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...
Will Hawkes joins us again for an insight into Deptford's most beloved pub.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...
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I’ve written for @pelliclemag.com about the Dog and Bell, a unique pub whose evolution over the past 40 years nevertheless illustrates the story of modern London pubs. It’s here: www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out — The Dog and Bell in Deptford, London — Pellicle
On a Friday night in early December, Deptford’s Dog and Bell is Christmas as imagined by a Haribo-addled toddler. A huge resin Santa, grinning merrily in his sleigh, squats in Prince Street out...
www.pelliclemag.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I’ve written for @pelliclemag.com about the Dog and Bell, a unique pub whose evolution over the past 40 years nevertheless illustrates the story of modern London pubs. It’s here: www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...
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June, which includes information about both Thamesmead and Lord's. www.willhawkes.net/blog/june2025
October 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
June, which includes information about both Thamesmead and Lord's. www.willhawkes.net/blog/june2025
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May, featuring a sickly Sloaney Pony. www.willhawkes.net/blog/may2025
October 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
May, featuring a sickly Sloaney Pony. www.willhawkes.net/blog/may2025
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And April. www.willhawkes.net/blog/2025/10...
October 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
And April. www.willhawkes.net/blog/2025/10...
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You'll be delighted to hear that I've finally got around to putting some back copies of @londonbeercity.bsky.social on my website. Here's March: www.willhawkes.net/blog/2025/ma...
October 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
You'll be delighted to hear that I've finally got around to putting some back copies of @londonbeercity.bsky.social on my website. Here's March: www.willhawkes.net/blog/2025/ma...
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New @londonbeercity.bsky.social today, featuring:
- The London Brewers Alliance festival at Bird House
- what’s it like being a small brewery in London today?
- V interesting pub reopenings, eg Florist in E2
- The original Firkin pubs, 46 years on!
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- The London Brewers Alliance festival at Bird House
- what’s it like being a small brewery in London today?
- V interesting pub reopenings, eg Florist in E2
- The original Firkin pubs, 46 years on!
Sign up here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
September 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
New @londonbeercity.bsky.social today, featuring:
- The London Brewers Alliance festival at Bird House
- what’s it like being a small brewery in London today?
- V interesting pub reopenings, eg Florist in E2
- The original Firkin pubs, 46 years on!
Sign up here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
- The London Brewers Alliance festival at Bird House
- what’s it like being a small brewery in London today?
- V interesting pub reopenings, eg Florist in E2
- The original Firkin pubs, 46 years on!
Sign up here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
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England’s 500 Best Pubs now exists in print form, courtesy of today’s Telegraph Magazine. It’s an edited version, chopped up into sections (best beer, most historic etc) and nicely illustrated.
August 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
England’s 500 Best Pubs now exists in print form, courtesy of today’s Telegraph Magazine. It’s an edited version, chopped up into sections (best beer, most historic etc) and nicely illustrated.
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The beauty of cask ale, my latest for the Telegraph. Featuring the Limeburners, one of the great rural Lancashire boozers: www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/409a9e8...
Cask ale is one of Britain’s greatest inventions – and could be making a comeback
Long prized by locals and rediscovered by a new generation, this time-honoured traditional tipple is full of character and flavour
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August 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The beauty of cask ale, my latest for the Telegraph. Featuring the Limeburners, one of the great rural Lancashire boozers: www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/409a9e8...
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There is a new @londonbeercity.bsky.social this week, featuring:
- The Trafalgar Ale House & the threat to London's pubs
- London's Czech beer problem
- 40ft's inexorable rise
- Temple Brewhouse goes underground
- Other stuff 🤷♀️
Sign up here to get it tomorrow: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
- The Trafalgar Ale House & the threat to London's pubs
- London's Czech beer problem
- 40ft's inexorable rise
- Temple Brewhouse goes underground
- Other stuff 🤷♀️
Sign up here to get it tomorrow: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
August 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
There is a new @londonbeercity.bsky.social this week, featuring:
- The Trafalgar Ale House & the threat to London's pubs
- London's Czech beer problem
- 40ft's inexorable rise
- Temple Brewhouse goes underground
- Other stuff 🤷♀️
Sign up here to get it tomorrow: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
- The Trafalgar Ale House & the threat to London's pubs
- London's Czech beer problem
- 40ft's inexorable rise
- Temple Brewhouse goes underground
- Other stuff 🤷♀️
Sign up here to get it tomorrow: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
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I've spent the past few months researching and writing (what I think is) the biggest pub guide ever published by a national newspaper (50,000 words!) - and today its been published! www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/best-...
The 500 best pubs in England
Use our tool to find the perfect pub nearest to you
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July 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I've spent the past few months researching and writing (what I think is) the biggest pub guide ever published by a national newspaper (50,000 words!) - and today its been published! www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/best-...
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Here’s a very European story. A London brewery, set up by Germans and Italians & making Franconian-style beer, is now selling lager back to the Germans - and everywhere else in Europe, too, if they get their way. How? Here’s how:
“I’m quite obsessive...I want every detail to be perfect. A desire to replicate German brewing culture in the UK, that’s what drives me.”
Come with @willhawkes.bsky.social to Elephant & Castle to meet the German Kraft team, booming in a time of bust.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/6/...
Come with @willhawkes.bsky.social to Elephant & Castle to meet the German Kraft team, booming in a time of bust.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/6/...
The Metropolis Model — German Kraft Brewery in Elephant & Castle, London — Pellicle
January was a busy month for Felix Bollen. The co-owner of German Kraft Brewery spent new year’s eve in Austria before heading to Berlin, where he lives, a week later. Two weeks on, he took a bus to L...
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June 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Here’s a very European story. A London brewery, set up by Germans and Italians & making Franconian-style beer, is now selling lager back to the Germans - and everywhere else in Europe, too, if they get their way. How? Here’s how:
Brewers are fretting about tariffs on US hops - but after a few more years of Trump, will London drinkers want anything American?
New @londonbeercity.bsky.social out today, featuring:
- Trump Juice: will Londoners lose their taste for American-style beer?
- Brew By Numbers & Brick in Yorkshire
- The licensing change that could revolutionise London pubs … & lots more
Sign up here, it’s free: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
- Trump Juice: will Londoners lose their taste for American-style beer?
- Brew By Numbers & Brick in Yorkshire
- The licensing change that could revolutionise London pubs … & lots more
Sign up here, it’s free: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
April 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Brewers are fretting about tariffs on US hops - but after a few more years of Trump, will London drinkers want anything American?
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New @londonbeercity.bsky.social out today, featuring:
- Trump Juice: will Londoners lose their taste for American-style beer?
- Brew By Numbers & Brick in Yorkshire
- The licensing change that could revolutionise London pubs … & lots more
Sign up here, it’s free: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
- Trump Juice: will Londoners lose their taste for American-style beer?
- Brew By Numbers & Brick in Yorkshire
- The licensing change that could revolutionise London pubs … & lots more
Sign up here, it’s free: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
April 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
New @londonbeercity.bsky.social out today, featuring:
- Trump Juice: will Londoners lose their taste for American-style beer?
- Brew By Numbers & Brick in Yorkshire
- The licensing change that could revolutionise London pubs … & lots more
Sign up here, it’s free: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
- Trump Juice: will Londoners lose their taste for American-style beer?
- Brew By Numbers & Brick in Yorkshire
- The licensing change that could revolutionise London pubs … & lots more
Sign up here, it’s free: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
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Hackney Brewery is closing. They blame Waltham Forest council, who have made a CVA agreed 9 months ago ‘unworkable’. This follows the closure of their taproom three weeks ago
April 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Hackney Brewery is closing. They blame Waltham Forest council, who have made a CVA agreed 9 months ago ‘unworkable’. This follows the closure of their taproom three weeks ago
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New @londonbeercity.bsky.social coming at the end of this week. Featuring
- the brewery that conquered London by stealth
- Beamish is back
- pub news in TW1, SE18, SW11 & E17
- the first night of a new regime at SE London’s best pub 😮
Subscribe here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
- the brewery that conquered London by stealth
- Beamish is back
- pub news in TW1, SE18, SW11 & E17
- the first night of a new regime at SE London’s best pub 😮
Subscribe here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
March 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New @londonbeercity.bsky.social coming at the end of this week. Featuring
- the brewery that conquered London by stealth
- Beamish is back
- pub news in TW1, SE18, SW11 & E17
- the first night of a new regime at SE London’s best pub 😮
Subscribe here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
- the brewery that conquered London by stealth
- Beamish is back
- pub news in TW1, SE18, SW11 & E17
- the first night of a new regime at SE London’s best pub 😮
Subscribe here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
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This month's edition is coming up a week on Friday, so why not sign up now to ensure you don't miss any of the fun? Amazingly, it's free 😮 www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
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March 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This month's edition is coming up a week on Friday, so why not sign up now to ensure you don't miss any of the fun? Amazingly, it's free 😮 www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...
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New pubs, closed breweries, an absolute gobshite. All feature in last month's @londonbeercity.bsky.social, which is now online here: www.willhawkes.net/blog/2025/3/...
February: Pubs Go Back to Basics, Bermondsey Blues and Australia's Boldest Boozer — Will Hawkes
What’s Old Is New Adrian Kinsella carefully extracts a series of nails attaching a sheet to a wall in Stoke Newington’s Coach and Horses. He then lifts the sheet, exposing the wall behind it - and, ...
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March 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New pubs, closed breweries, an absolute gobshite. All feature in last month's @londonbeercity.bsky.social, which is now online here: www.willhawkes.net/blog/2025/3/...
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Hope Stonegate don't radically change it, it's a wedge-shaped gem! Award-winning, listed, nationally important historic interior.
Con, landlord of the v popular Blythe Hill Tavern in SE London, is leaving at the end of the month after the best part of 40 years. It‘s a Stonegate pub, so there’s a risk it could change radically … which may explain why it was even more lively then normal this evening
February 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Hope Stonegate don't radically change it, it's a wedge-shaped gem! Award-winning, listed, nationally important historic interior.
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Last month's @londonbeercity.bsky.social is now available to read, if you like. You can also sign up (www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...) and get this month's edition delivered directly to your inbox. www.willhawkes.net/blog/2025/2/...
January: London's New Pub Overlords, Four-Day Weeks & A Shirker's NYE — Will Hawkes
Urban Legend On a cold Wednesday lunchtime in early January, Wanstead’s George & Dragon is attracting a lot of attent ion. Inside staff are being given an energetic crash course in the beers ...
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February 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Last month's @londonbeercity.bsky.social is now available to read, if you like. You can also sign up (www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...) and get this month's edition delivered directly to your inbox. www.willhawkes.net/blog/2025/2/...
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Con, landlord of the v popular Blythe Hill Tavern in SE London, is leaving at the end of the month after the best part of 40 years. It‘s a Stonegate pub, so there’s a risk it could change radically … which may explain why it was even more lively then normal this evening
February 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Con, landlord of the v popular Blythe Hill Tavern in SE London, is leaving at the end of the month after the best part of 40 years. It‘s a Stonegate pub, so there’s a risk it could change radically … which may explain why it was even more lively then normal this evening