It’s not widely known but the team at Wishful are always prepared to go the extra yard, to sacrifice their time and energy to improve and enhance The Quest for the Best, the never-ending search for the perfect pint, or at least, better beer…

So it was a week or two ago Adam and I headed off to BrewLDN one sunny Thursday morning… to Printworks, to Rotherhithe (aka Millwall), to the first major Craft Beer trade event post lockdown!

Our mission was to discover more beers worthy of being stocked on the hallowed shelves at WD. And with over 100 brewers – all with four or five beers at the ready for sampling – we were heading to the right place.

And what a difficult task confronted us. First of all, there were no spittoons as you would have at a wine tasting: yes the beer was to be drunk! Secondly, we were on the hunt for new beer, so we walked past Mad Squirrel, Unbarred, Overtone and Full Circle etc, etc, as we know the excellence of their brews.

We were buoyed by the belief that Nirvana was never going to be far away… and when we got there, we found the likes of Flowerhorn, Firebrand, Abyss and Wild Card whose beers you will see in can keg and bottle in the shop in the coming weeks. Look out for them as they were some of the very best, we have tried.

So you see what we put ourselves through pursuing The Quest? But there’s no need for any thanks for these selfless efforts… we know the search for that perfect pint is reward enough!