Will Hawkes
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Drink, food and travel writer and the author of @craftbeerlondon. Contributes to the FT, Washington Post, Observer Food Monthly, Daily Telegraph and The Age. British beer writer of the year 2013.
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Beer Advocate
A Journey Through the Past: London Brews Porter Again
The Old Blue Last has a remarkable history. This handsome, three-story, street-corner pub in Shoreditch was once famed as the first place to serve Porter, the British capital’s native beer style. A sign on the pub’s exterior used to boast that it was “The first house w...
The Financial Times
The Rise of Beer Shops in Paris
How a growing thirst for craft ale is luring Parisians away from traditional bars
The Washington Post
Britain’s oldest roller coaster is ready to ride after a $30 million park makeover
The young man checking tickets looks at me with a quizzical tilt of the head: “Just you is it, mate?”
Apart from me, the queue for the Scenic Railway roller coaster in Margate is composed of teens and young families. I don’t like his intonation but I can see his point. As a 37-year-old man, I sti...
The Financial Times
Beer 2.0 — Can AI make your pint taste better?
A visit to a London brewer shows how machine learning could shape the beers of the future
Beer Advocate
Leave the Abbey, Join the Playground: The Crucial Influence of ...
Leave the Abbey, Join the Playground: The Crucial I...
The Guardian
The Danish beermakers brewing up work for autistic people ...
The Danish beermakers brewing up work for autistic ...
allaboutbeer.com
Classic Beers Disappearing from Sports Stadiums
Something was missing when the Baltimore Orioles opened their season against the Toronto Blue Jays. Not the players, of course, or the fans, but something that was once equally as much a part of watching this baseball team: National Bohemian beer.
The iconic Baltimore lager is no longer sold at O...
The Washington Post
This Belgian cosmopolitan port city offers art, diamonds, ale, architecture — and chocolate - The Washington Post
This Belgian cosmopolitan port city offers art, di...
Marriott Traveler
Made in Paris: How Thierry Roche Creates Uniquely Parisian Beer
Made in Paris: How Thierry Roche Creates Uniquely P...
The Financial Times
Five of the best: Places to drink Guinness
Five of the best: Places to drink Guinness
The Washington Post
On the Mediterranean coast, Argeles-sur-Mer is France’s ‘capital of camping’ - The Washington Post
On the Mediterranean coast, Argeles-sur-Mer is Fra...
hiddencities.ft.com
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A glass of the other stuff by Will Hawkes