Raise a glass to National Beer Day: tips on the perfect pint | Food

I didn’t write a Valentine’s Day column, I also didn’t do one for Mother’s Day, and I won’t be doing one for Father’s Day, either. Who am I to tell you how to enjoy your time with your most beloved – and who am I to tell you what they ought to be drinking, seeing as these days that’s invariably informed by gendered marketing and targeted campaigns?

I am, however, writing a column for National Beer Day on 15 June (the same as Father’s Day – yawn). Why am I doing this? Well, today is the night before, AKA New Beers’ Eve, and isn’t a pun as glorious as that worth celebrating?

If you’re taking the time to observe the occasion, it’s…