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'Are these the dog days of travelling around Britain?' asks @traveltappers in our latest blog post, as she charts the growing number of destinations catering for canines - and that includes pubs, as @philmellows notes...

Brewers are coming up with some beautiful label designs these days, almost too good to throw in the bin. Now @breweryjeweller transforms them into amazing pieces of jewellery so you can sling your beer round your neck as well as down your neck breweryjewellery.com/

Searching for a definition in his new book, @petebrownbeer comes up with 4 attributes on which we might "rebuild our ideas of craft beer”. It’s not all malt and hops, there’s fingernails and linguistics too. Read our review by signing up for our newsletter eepurl.com/gZ5BH9

What do craft beer and reality TV show Repair Shop have in common? Sign up to receive our new monthly newsletter and find out as we review the latest book from @petebrownbeer - and give you a clue about what to expect from one of our British Beer Breaks eepurl.com/gZ5BH9

Join us in a beer? We'll be cracking open a @SirenCraftBrew Broken Dream on Friday evening. Taste along with us if you like. Like the new branding, btw.

Where Brighton meets the South Downs, Stanmer Park is a worthy spot in our launch destination to celebrate #LoveParks Week. A swathe of open fields and woodland walks, it's a rare example of an 18th century designed landscape. @StanmerHouse at its centre was briefly a pub

Someone's decided it's World Chocolate Day. And who are we to argue? So here are three choccy beers for you: Young's Double Chocolate Stout, world-famous and now brewed @MarstonsBrewery, award-winning @SaltaireBrewery Triple Choc and @HogsBackBrewery @montezumas Chocolate Lager!

A short stride from our Hackney destination, past the Belted Galloway cattle that graze Leyton Marsh, you'll come to @E17Wetlands. Now slowly reopening to visitors, Walthamstow Wetlands boasts 10 reservoirs, where pochard, gadwall and grey heron can be spied through the year

Whether you're having a beer at home or venturing out to the pub, just make sure that glass is clean. This is a great little illustration of how to tell by @PintsandPanels @cicerone

#pubswearemissing The @unbarredbrewery tap room behind #Brighton station adds a daring dimension to the beer scene at our seaside destination. The beers on tap are distinctive, pushing at the boundaries of creativity and it's become one of the city's top venues @Love_Brighton

The sun is out. The barbecue's lit. Time to crack open the beers. But they're warm! What'll we do now? @WhichUK ranks the best ways of chilling your cans and bottles: which.co.uk/news/2020/06/wha…

PM confirms pubs will be allowed to open with 1m soc distancing + safety measures. Table service only. Customers must leave contact details

#pubswearemissing Rescued from closure by a local campaign, @cheshamarms, tucked away in the backstreets of our Hackney destination, is a proper busy local with a well-selected range of beers, good food and a garden that brings a welcome splash of green to the neighbourhood

Pubs in the UK are set to open soon, and among the challenges they face is getting their cask beer right | @paulnunny @caskmarque via @Britbeerwriters beerguild.co.uk/news/cask-st…

Some of the best things are worth the wait. Barrel-aged ales, properly lagered lagers, that pint of stout... and British Beer Breaks. We're busy brewing a batch of beery breaks, ready for when the alchemy of beer and travel can perform its magic once more britishbeerbreaks.co.uk/