For 21 years I wrote a beer and pubs column for the Derby Telegraph. After retiring in October 2025, I am continuing it as a blog, and this is it. Feel free to read, subscribe, comment or whatever.
- I’ve moved….I’ve changed platforms for the blog. These posts remain live, along with their comments. New posts will be on the new platform. If you subscribed to me here, I’ve emailed to ask you to join again on the new one… thanks to all who do. Sorry to mess folks about but the new one will… Read more: I’ve moved….
- Is Marston’s Pedigree on the way out?You would hope not but the recent signs are not good as it disappears from some pubs and is harder to get hold of… Are we seeing the slow death of Marston’s Pedigree at the hands of Carlsberg-Britvic? I posted this on a Facebook forum a couple of weeks ago. It might seem over-dramatic but… Read more: Is Marston’s Pedigree on the way out?
- A blast from the past? Why aren’t carrykegs more popular?A little shorter (hurrah, you say) and lighter from me this week. Hands up if you know what these are? I say that in the full knowledge that a lot of beer drinkers, certainly those over 40, will know that they are carrykegs, used for taking home beer from the pub. I still use them… Read more: A blast from the past? Why aren’t carrykegs more popular?
Colston Crawford
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