The licensed trade was spared a dose of austerity in George Osborne’s July Budget.
As for the heat, I heard a comment earlier this month outside Newcastle Labour Club that I’d never, ever expect to hear in the city.
A chap was wheezing into his cigarette and turned to his female companion and said: “That’s a lovely breeze, isn’t it?”
We’ve got a broad range of subject matter as usual in this issue – highlighting The Strawberry, Box Social Brewing, Newcastle’s new micropub, and downing a few pints in an English pub in Moscow, which wasn’t as bizarre as we’d imagined it might be.
And you could do worse than support as many of the summer events we’ve sourced for you. Some of them even involve beer.
Have a great summer and you’ll know the temperature is already too high when you hear: “That’s a lovely breeze, isn’t it?”
