We’re having an extra social this month that didn’t make it to What’s Brewing: the Ship & Anchor, Ford, is having a beer festival from Sep 7-9 (that’s next weekend!) and we’ll be along on the Friday night. There should be around 15-20 beers on.

Michael Jackson, beer writer and presenter of the TV series The Beer Hunter, has died at 65.

Shocking. I saw him (well, turned round from the bar and nearly knocked him over!) at the White Horse, Parson’s Green during GBBF week and he looked fit and well then. A sad loss.

CAMRA’s story

Daily Telegraph obituary