Brew Wales

This weekend Cardiff will play host to the 5th, yes 5th beer festival this year at the home of Artisan Brewery MicroBEER Festival #5 ...

It's not just Newport where the pubs are closing - this photo is of the Woodfield in Blackwood, formerly the Mason's Arms and the bi...

Part of an occasional series in which the latest pub closures/openings in and around Newport are mentioned. Errors and omissions accepted, ...

Tonight the BBC Culture Show is featuring the British Pub. Some of the footage was filmed in the Vulcan Cardiff. From BBC Pravda: This edit...

The 'Axe the Tax' campaign has been relaunched as ' Back the Pub ' campaign. The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) ...

There are a few old advertising windows left in the pubs in Monmouthshire but the most intriguing involves the Eclipse Ales windows in the C...

On the outskirts of Pontypool, just downgill of the Monmouthshire-Brecon canal stands the Sebastopol Social Club. Now the Brew Wales editor ...

An old favourite of mine in Abergavenny is the Hen and Chickens. When Brains bought the pub a few years back there were fears that the inter...

It came as a bit of a shock to see the Somerset Arms pub in Abergavenny shut, boarded up and the freehold for sale. I've been using this...

Abergavenny is also home to the Tudor Brewery, in fact there are 2 breweries, the main one at the Celtic Spirit Company base and a smaller p...

The Kings Head is situated next to the market hall and Abergavenny has a thriving market with Tuesday being market day. A pleasant single ba...

Okay the last Sams beer of the night. After the tastebuds being overwhelmed with the stouts earlier have decided that something different ca...

Well it is the season for dark beers and where better to have a few than the Murenger in Newport. On the Sam Smiths Oatmeal Stout now, there...

Sam Smith's Brewery is very traditional or set in its ways as some might say. This is even shown in the size of their bottled beers whic...

Not a Welsh beer, but brewed at Sam Smith's in Yorkshire and available in Ye Olde Murenger House in Newport for the bargin price of £1.9...