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    Ben McFarland

    Ben McFarland

    Writer and campaigner

    Ben McFarland is an award-winning beer writer, comedian and alcohol expert, named Beer Writer of the Year three times by the British Guild of Beer Writers. A former Time Out London pub critic and Guardian football journalist, he is co-founder, with Tom Sandham, of The Thinking Drinkers, authors of multiple books and creators of acclaimed live comedy shows about drink culture.

    Latest articles by Ben McFarland

    Ben and Tom with their tandem, raising a glass outside a pub
    'We rode the length of Britain stopping only at pubs': Why cyclists need to support their local boozers

    Having completed a country-long tour of UK pubs on a tandem, Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham argue that bikes and beer do mix – and that pedal-pushers need to keep pint-pullers in business

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