Laura Hadland

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Food and Drink Writer at Freelance

Drinks writer, photographer, printmaker. Talks about beer a lot. Same username on all channels, I'm easy to find.

Articles

Spotted Wing Drosophila - The big picture

1 week ago | vineyardmagazine.co.uk | Laura Hadland

The winged pest, Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD), hails from Japan and has gradually spread worldwide, targeting soft fruit crops. The transportation of contaminated fruit was the mechanism that allowed the species to cross continents and find new territories. Unlike Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly found in the UK, Drosophila suzukii is attracted to underripe fruits as well as the ripe and overripe, so it can attack crops both before and during harvest.
The best Aldi beers to buy, tried and tested

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Laura Hadland

Aldi was named Drinks Retailer of the Year for the seventh year on the trot at the Retail Industry Awards in 2024, which can partly be attributed to its wines – for reasonable prices it delivers some excellent summer sips – but it also has a growing reputation for beer.
The best Aldi beers to buy, tried and tested

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Laura Hadland

Aldi was named Drinks Retailer of the Year for the seventh year on the trot at the Retail Industry Awards in 2024, which can partly be attributed to its wines - for reasonable prices it delivers some excellent summer sips - but it also has a growing reputation for beer.
The best beers to buy at Lidl, tried and tasted

4 weeks ago | msn.com | Laura Hadland

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The best beers to buy at Lidl, tried and tasted

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Laura Hadland

It’s 30 years since German supermarket Lidl first opened its doors in the UK. In that time it has gained a reputation for offering some cracking, keenly priced food items and superstar wines, but what of the beer aisle? I put Lidl’s beer range through a rigorous taste test to mine for quality bargains. This included a selection of Lidl’s own-label products as well as some of the well-known brands it offers.
The best beers to buy at Lidl, tried and tasted

4 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Laura Hadland

It's 30 years since German supermarket Lidl first opened its doors in the UK. In that time it has gained a reputation for offering some cracking, keenly priced food items and superstar wines, but what of the beer aisle? I put Lidl's beer range through a rigorous taste test to mine for quality bargains. This included a selection of Lidl's own-label products as well as some of the well-known brands it offers.
these are the Provence rosés really worth their price tag

4 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Victoria Moore |Laura Hadland |Eleanor Steafel |Rebecca Shepherd

As well as Château d'Esclans, LVMH also owns (since 2019) Château Galoupet, a historical rosé estate overlooking the Mediterranean, and (since 2023) a controlling stake in the well-known Château Minuty, close to St Tropez. Rosé wine specialist Elizabeth Gabay MW has estimated that the production of Whispering Angel alone (d'Esclans has several other brands) is around 14 million bottles and that Minuty's combined brands number around nine million bottles.
Why bitter is Britain’s most misunderstood pint – and our pick of the best

1 month ago | msn.com | Laura Hadland

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Bitter is back in vogue - just don’t call it that...

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Laura Hadland

Wye Valley Brewery in Herefordshire has taken bitter off the menu – renaming its 3.4 per cent malty ale “Pyoneer” in celebration of its 40th anniversary (combining ‘pioneer’ and Canon Pyon, the village where the business began). The brewery claims that the term “bitter” has a bad reputation and its customers prefer “amber ale” – Pyoneer’s new style description. The award-winning brewery is not alone. Some of the biggest names in bitter shied away from the term years ago.
Bitter is back in vogue

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Laura Hadland

Wye Valley Brewery in Herefordshire has taken bitter off the menu - renaming its 3.4 per cent malty ale "Pyoneer" in celebration of its 40th anniversary (combining 'pioneer' and Canon Pyon, the village where the business began). The brewery claims that the term "bitter" has a bad reputation and its customers prefer "amber ale" - Pyoneer's new style description. The award-winning brewery is not alone. Some of the biggest names in bitter shied away from the term years ago.