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Welcome to Pubs. Pints. People

The Pubs. Pints. People. podcast brings you interesting stories about the world of beer, cider and pubs.

Join Simon Webster, Alison Taffs and Clare Phillips for a new season!

You can listen on most podcast platforms including:

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Don’t forget to also follow us on Twitter @PubsPintsPeople

Meet the team

Clare Phillips

host

Clare was first introduced to real ale and CAMRA when she moved to a new job in Suffolk and was invited to the local beer festival by her journalist colleagues. She initially joined the West Suffolk branch and was actively involved with local beer festivals as a volunteer and for a couple of years helped organise a festival in Bury St Edmunds. Living in a rural county, Clare recognises the value of village pubs to their communities and with Suffolk and Norfolk being large barley growing areas, there’s also no shortage of breweries offering a wide selection of ales in her area.

Simon Webster

host

Simon is celebrating being a CAMRA member for two decades this year, having joined at the Great British Beer Festival in August 2002. Since joining he’s gone on to explore the many different types of ale offered by brewers across the UK, but is always drawn to a good stout or porter if given the choice. As a marketing and communications professional who has spent his life working with membership bodies, Simon has previously lent his expertise to CAMRA in a number of different ways.

Alison Taffs

host

Alison Taffs has been a drinks educator for more than 20 years in restaurants, and running tastings with consumers. She founded The Grape Society, running tastings & events about everything from wine to whisky, and Vermouth to Sherry. She is also the co-owner and landlady of The Hop Inn micropub in Hornchurch, which was CAMRA London Pub of the Year in 2021. She loves sharing the love for delicious drinks, converting people to loving real cider & perry as much as she does, and helping cider and perry to regain its place as an appreciated fine beverage. You can follow Alison on Twitter @AlisonGrapeSoc

David King

executive editor

David is a life member of the Campaign for Real Ale, joining in 1988. He was head of the West Midlands Tasting Panel for a while, edited the Black Country Good Beer Guide and occasionally judges at beer festivals. He collates the audio versions of CAMRA’s BEER publication for visually impaired CAMRA members, and edits and co-produces the CAMRA podcast. He’s been tinkering with audio since school days, when editing meant taking a razor blade to tape then looking in the bin for the Undo function. In 2017, David started the weekly show Taste Wolverhampton on Wolverhampton’s community radio station 101.8 WCR FM. The programme aims to keep listeners up-to-date with food and drink news, as well as chatting on-air with local food heroes. The Highgate Brewery in Walsall was just round the corner from where David went to teacher training college, and that introduction to real ale has influenced his preference for darker ales. You can follow David on most social media platforms @TasteWolves

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