April 2023. “If I was a Lancs GBG compiler, I’d make ‘Briercliffe’ a separate place, but I don’t make the rules” wrote illegal pub photographer Simon in January, during an epic blog catch-up I might soon need to replicate. And I agree with Simon. While CAMRA argues about how thick the paper should be in… Continue reading BURNLEY, BURNLEY
Month: May 2023
RESIST THE BANANA COOKIE-DOUGH CHEESECAKE STOUT, RESIST
April 2023. Attendees at CAMRA’s Sheffield AGM raising some issues with the beer quality at the members bar would have been well advised to take a short walk out towards the town centre, where the University Arms and Bath Hotel offer high quality local cask. Walk another 5 minutes past approx. 372 (excellent) Asian restaurants… Continue reading RESIST THE BANANA COOKIE-DOUGH CHEESECAKE STOUT, RESIST
VOLUNTEERING
April 2023. I’d volunteered to help CAMRA set up the Members Weekend in Sheffield. If ever I was going to help out, I guess it was this week, with it on the doorstep, in the venue where James had his graduation ceremony a year ago. Look ! There’s a What Pub entry for the weekend’s… Continue reading VOLUNTEERING
APRIL 2023 STOCKTAKE + MAY PREVIEW
ALL monthly highlights packages should come with a picture of Stafford Paul, the Pub Man’s Pub Man, with a pint of mild in a Davenport’s pub. I’ve somehow fallen behind on the blog, so Paul’s campaign at the AGM to ditch real ale in favour of craft keg DIPAs is still to come, and you… Continue reading APRIL 2023 STOCKTAKE + MAY PREVIEW
TOP 100 PUBS – THE TOWN WALL TAVERN, COVENTRY
Right, time for some of this… April 2023. This is the problem with having completed the Guide. I now feel it’s fine to be distracted from doing GBG23 (if I ever was) by the temptations of the past. I mean, what’s the point of visiting Coventry if you don’t go the Cathedral Town Wall Tavern.… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE TOWN WALL TAVERN, COVENTRY