The Independent Imbiber has now ceased production, issue 53 is the last that will appear. Remaining portions of subscriptions were refunded at the beginning of December 2003. I would like to thank everybody involved for their support and submissions of articles and beer gen over the years. For up-to-date new brewery information, I recommend looking at the Quaffale website. Please note that Mike and Ron (who produced issues 6-53 with me) launched a similar magazine called The New Imbiber in June 2004; this can be obtained from Beer Inn Print. Please *DO NOT* contact me about The New Imbiber as it is not my publication. I wish Mike and Ron all the best with their venture. Cheers, Alex Hall