One day into the new Beer Guide, and already two chapters complete. One is my home county; can you guess the other ? (ten points). Only one new entry in Cambs this year, and it had to be in Ramsey, didn’t it ? Just about the lowest pub in the Guide, now the Admiral Wells… Continue reading RAMSEY – A LOW POINT, A HIGH BAR
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COLOURING IN THE NEW GOOD BEER GUIDE
PARENTAL ADVISORY : GEEKY STUFF The new Good Beer Guide landed on top of Mrs RM’s tax bill this morning, ending a fortnight of torment for one of us. Regular reader and top #PubMan Quosh posed the key question. How long does the annual ‘cross-ticking’ take mate? — quosh (@quosh) September 14, 2018 About 12… Continue reading COLOURING IN THE NEW GOOD BEER GUIDE
BRANDON – POTA GIGANTE & ABBOT
Come on, what rhymes with Brandon ? Two pubs into the new Beer Guide, and already two of the best pubs in West Suffolk. What’s going on ? Perhaps this summer of soup was just a nightmare. Hands up who could place Brandon on the map. Apart from Mudgie and Pubmeister. I bet even the… Continue reading BRANDON – POTA GIGANTE & ABBOT
GBG19 – FAWNING OVER FORNHAM
Still no actual Beer Guide, but I’m starting to get the hang of the GBG app, and can at least work out the pubs I have to do. Far too many. Some people would start with the hardest one, but that’s on Shetland, just the 30 hours away. 30 minutes away is more sensible. A… Continue reading GBG19 – FAWNING OVER FORNHAM
A BEER GUIDE HUNT IN MILTON KEYNES
GBG launch day; no hard copy of the Beer Guide yet, but I raided the piggy bank (it’s actually that hedgehog Matt splatted at EOTR) for the £4.99 App version. A bit proud of myself for managing to do that. It was either download the app (as the kidz say) or spent another day mooching… Continue reading A BEER GUIDE HUNT IN MILTON KEYNES
GEMMA WAS WRONG
It was a long, drab walk out from Peterborough Station to Werrington and (oddly) a long walk back, so I merited a second beer. BRAPA had been here a week ago, so I consulted our Pub oracle for advice; I decided to give it a go. Excitingly, the Cock wasn’t shown as open on… Continue reading GEMMA WAS WRONG
FROTHBLOWERS
Apart from the fourteen days spent waiting for Mrs RM to give birth to our son James in 1999 (NHS waiting lists), I reckon the last two weeks waiting for the new Beer Guide has been the worst fortnight of my life*. I’m reduced to scrabbling around for certain pre-emptives, like the Frothblowers in… Continue reading FROTHBLOWERS
MOTHS
Quinno and I pressed on through the mean streets of Bethnal Green, stopping only to admire Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium. I doubt that Pub Curmudgeon will be relocating from Stockport to Bethnal Green, but E2 has more cat cafes than micro pubs. In fact, it has more Cereal Cafes than micros. #Depraved. Not a great… Continue reading MOTHS
A BRICK LANE BIMBLE
Young Pauline has just reminded me of the great street art around the City of London, so here’s some highlights of our epic (i.e. we got lost) walk from the Dispensary to the King’s Arms, where Sir Quinno was reunited with Sir Doris*. Sadly I can’t identify the giant sculpture blocking your view of… Continue reading A BRICK LANE BIMBLE
LONDON CASK QUALITY – NEW FACTS EMERGE
Three days back from Dorset, three days of mild cold turning into raging man flu. My planned day in London exploring new Beer Guide pubs already scuppered by you-know-what, I gave up on meeting Stafford Paul and Reading Quinno as well as a Prolapse gig in Hackney. But Quinno, a caring soul, reminded me I… Continue reading LONDON CASK QUALITY – NEW FACTS EMERGE
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