I do my best to help the troubled letter writers to What’s Brewing. No doubt suffused with a warm glow from ordinary bitters repackaged as ‘Christmas Ales’ the editors have picked an uncontroversial bunch of letters this month.

Instead, in preparation we have a discussion of the ‘Drinking beer is the healthy option’ headline. Since when did headlines have to be factually true? They got you to read the article. PB of Stockport and SD of Liverpool, you have been suckered in to wasting your ink.

Short measures, price of pints and children (apparently it’s up to the parents) are all mentioned but it is a tired collection of letters. I need more material!