If you’re interested in the traditions of fine ales, you may like to join our club, The Realists.

But, before you rush to join, we have a confession to make. There really isn’t a club, at least not in the sense of leather chairs and cigars. We do, however, have a rather nice e-mail newsletter.

Hey, it’s a start.

If more “Realists” come on board, we may eventually have an actual club with roast beef, monthly dues, whiskery old men snoozing in wing-backed chairs and all that, but until then, The Wellington Newsreal is a great read with, say, a tall glass of Iron Duke at your elbow.

Hip! Hip! Hurray, indeed!