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There's plenty of sparkling repartee between these two experienced jousters, ever-smiling Draft House founder Charlie McVeigh and the witty WineChap himself, Tom Harrow.

Top beers battle against top wines, with some verbal sparring from Charlie and Tom before you decide which is your favourite. Tempting mini pub classics keep you fed – look out for the legendary foot-long scratchings, and The Poke Hamburger specials.

Join bon vivant and beer maestro Melissa Cole as she shares with you some of her favourite Spring beer and food matches.

The evenings begin with an hour-long optional tutored tasting of the evening's beers hosted by Melissa and The Old Brewery's genial in-house brewer, Rod Jones. Then it's to the tables for the five-course tasting menu, with each course suitably paired.

Not one but two hugely knowledgeable experts to guide you through the ultimate evening for beer and cheese fans.

The ever gregarious School of Booze's Jane Peyton joins forces with La Fromagerie founder Patricia Michaelson to share with you the best matches offered by these two most versatile of ingredients.

Expect some serious flavours and some pairings that will both tempt and tantalise.

The Old Brewery continues its superlative Beer & Food Matching evenings with a chance to hear from the founder and brewmaster of Meantime himself, Alastair Hook. 

As passionate about good food matches as he is about his groundbreaking beers – Alastair personally roadtested many of the dishes created by Old Brewery head chef Dan Doherty when the opened – expect some intense but balanced flavours.

Why Pig's Ear? Because it's cockney rhyming slang for beer, and this festival promises to have plenty available. Oraganised by the East London & City branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), this annual Hackney event will be showcasing a grand total of 140 draught ales from 104 selected micro-breweries across London. Despite it's lack of representation in the title of the event (maybe they could consider including 'Easy Rider' in the name next year?), cider will also be getting some attention. 

What's better than a mountain of cheese? A mountain of cheese and a shedload of matching beers. But that could never happen...

Well it has. The Beer Academy has grasped the (cheese) straw and gathered under one roof not only beers from the likes of Meantime, Fuller's, Shepherd Neame and Everards, but also top cheeses from Paxton & Whitfield, Milklink and Goodwood Cheese to name a few.

Celebrate some fine Scottish alcohol this St Andrew's day by taking yourself along to a perfectly paired meal at The Drafthouse in Tower Bridge.

Scotland's pioneering oak-aged beer makers Innis & Gunn are joining forces with Bowmore, one of Islay's most distinctive malt whisky producers, to host a special St. Andrew's Day beer and whisky dinner.

Scotland's pioneering oak-aged beer makers, Innis & Gunn, are taking over the seventh-floor restaurant in the Tate Modern to host this “Meet the Brewer” tasting event. 

A rose petal wine from one of the south-east's most innovative fruit wine producers will be helping to open proceedings at a flower-themed dinner taking place at a South London pop-up restaurant this Friday and Saturday night.