September 2024. Mosborough. Sheffield. Life is settling down a bit in Waterbeach now, though the arrival of some boisterous visitors in a week’s time may change that, and I might even be able to contemplate some travel outside the Sheffield-Cambridge-Tunbridge Wells corridor soon. But on Saturday, arriving back in Sheffield at noon, I just needed… Continue reading A MARRIAGE IN MOSBOROUGH
Month: September 2024
BROWN SOUP AND BASS
September 2024. Cambridge. One point for recognising the flower, a second for the birdie, those two both from my sister’s field, and a third for recognising the pub just from that soup menu (top). Yep, it’s the Queen’s Head in Newton, aka the Brown Soup pub, one of Stafford Paul’s musts on his first visit… Continue reading BROWN SOUP AND BASS
THE CAMBRIDGE TAP. DON’T GET TOO EXCITED, PAUL
September 2024. Cambridge. If you’d asked me to guess beforehand what a 3 pub crawl round Cambridge would comprise, I might have guessed Champ, Maypole, Free Press. No-one could have predicted the Town & Gown and Cambridge Tap. Two McMullen’s conversions, the first from a cinema, the Tap from a Cambridge Building Society next to… Continue reading THE CAMBRIDGE TAP. DON’T GET TOO EXCITED, PAUL
PAUL MUDGE FINDS MILD IN CAMBRIDGE
September 2024. Cambridge. “Is there a Craft Union pub in Cambridge ?”. Er, no, Paul. But there is an exciting range of keg at The Cheesemonger d’Arry’s aka Stolen Liquor Loft aka Rattle & Hum, though like me Paul remembers a once characterful Cambridge Arms selling exotic Greene King ales. And next door, what looks… Continue reading PAUL MUDGE FINDS MILD IN CAMBRIDGE
A SYMPHONY IN BROWN – THE CHAMPION OF THE THAMES
September 2024. Cambridge. One day back in Sheffield, one night in Manchester, and then straight back to Cambridge for an afternoon with my favourite #PubMan, the fellow with the most letters published in What’s Brewing. I bet you think I only like Stafford’s Paul Mudge because he brings me breweriana from his massive collection, don’t… Continue reading A SYMPHONY IN BROWN – THE CHAMPION OF THE THAMES
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 63 – DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
Simon is in Dumfries and Galloway (rebranded to Dolce & Gabbana) this week, Pub 2990, Masonic Arms, Gatehouse of Fleet. Funky village, bonded with the barman over crazy hurricane conditions. Five Kingdoms is fresher than the Jarl but it burns my chest to buggery. A parson's nose of a pub, good in parts. Too much… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 63 – DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
PUBS THAT AREN’T IN THAT MANCHESTER BEER BOOK, BUT SHOULD BE. No.1 – THE PEER HAT
September 2024. Manchester. Matt knows all the best Manc pubs. Or, at least, the cheapest ones. He’d tried to show me The Peer Hat only last month, but 4pm opening denied me, but now one of those “weird gigs by unknown American women” you know me for brought me back to see Anastasia Coope (***),whose… Continue reading PUBS THAT AREN’T IN THAT MANCHESTER BEER BOOK, BUT SHOULD BE. No.1 – THE PEER HAT
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – BIG HANDS
September 2024. Manchester. Wasn’t Big Hands a character in Peep Show ? BRAPA is your culture expert. Back in Manchester before my gig. Enough of curry, time for art. And education. Let’s head to the University quarter. The University museum kindly stays open till 8pm on Wednesday, a bit of a shock when everything else… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK – BIG HANDS
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCESTER BEER BOOK – BUNDOBUST, PICCADILLY
September 2024. Manchester. Autumn brings back students to the cities, and with it gigs from visiting Americans and Australians, some of whom may secretly be hoping the new GBG drops (ugh) while they’re in Maidenhead or Manchester. I’ve started a spreadsheet listing my slow progress towards ticking the Matthew Curtis guide since its October launch,… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCESTER BEER BOOK – BUNDOBUST, PICCADILLY
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 62 – SCOTTISH BORDERS
Obviously, I know what the Borders are, except it’s difficult to explain why they don’t include Dumfriesshire. Harder to recall where they start and stop. “Anyway, I’ve fallen for the common misconception that Hadrian’s Wall separates England from Scotland. It doesn’t, you’ve got another big chunk of Northumberland to get through. How has it taken… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 62 – SCOTTISH BORDERS
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