February 2023. Sheffield. Since moving to Sheffield 3 years ago I’ve managed to revisit all the current GBG entries. All except the Beer Engine, an in-out sort of entry, the Norwich of the Guide, and one easy to mix up with your Beer School and Ale Shop and Craft House up the road. The closest… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD ON FOOT No. 173 – BEER ENGINE
IN SPRING, A MAN’S THOUGHTS TURN TO PLANNING A PUB CRAWL IN LEEDS
February 2024. Sheffield. Spring has sprung, and the Sheffield Hatter is planning a day out in That Leeds. I’d been invited to discuss the merits of pubs with Bass, pubs with average NBSS scores above 3.31, and pubs that are somehow doable by public transport. Foolishly, I used public transport to make my way to… Continue reading IN SPRING, A MAN’S THOUGHTS TURN TO PLANNING A PUB CRAWL IN LEEDS
NON-ALCOHOLIC SHEFFIELD. ALMOST.
February 2024. Pub tickers really are the nicest bunch, always positive even after the Bard of Prescot is found unexpectedly shut a third time, always offering to drive you to remote pubs in grim southern towns like Maidenhead. They’re on the road so much it’s hard not to bump into them, as I did Ian… Continue reading NON-ALCOHOLIC SHEFFIELD. ALMOST.
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 5 – THE MOLLY HOUSE
February 2024. Manchester. A Monday lunchtime pub session with Paul Mudge is never a quiet affair. 11:20 The Millstone 11:45 The Hare & Hounds 12:35 Mr. Thomas’s Chop House 13:15 Briton’s Protection 13:50 Paul was off to check-in at his Youth Hostel; I was heading home.. “Unless you fancy a nightcap, Paul ?“. Well, you… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 5 – THE MOLLY HOUSE
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 4 – THE BRITON’S PROTECTION
February 2024. Manchester. Still on the Matthew Curtis Beer Book trail, and a fourth tick by 13:15, which sounds a bit scary when you say it like that, but we’d walked 5,000 steps by then so it was probably fine. The walk from Mr Thomas takes you past the Midland, where Mrs RM and I… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 4 – THE BRITON’S PROTECTION
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 3 – MR. THOMAS’S CHOP HOUSE
February 2024. Manchester. Monday lunchtime in central Manchester. “Paul’s possible pubs” focused on heritage, and our 3rd of the day took us past some classic Mancunian architecture to a heritage pub I’d failed to visit. Ever. I’d failed a year ago because Mr Thomas’s Chop House was completely packed, even for drinkers, but on a… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 3 – MR. THOMAS’S CHOP HOUSE
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 2 – THE HARE AND HOUNDS
February 2024. Manchester. Just another Manic Monday in Manchester with Mudge (hey, missed a great blog title there !). This is Paul’s long list ( I think), grouped on the right by brewery in that strange way that was fashionable before 1990 and the Beer Orders. In truth, I’d popped to Piccadilly mainly to catch… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No. 2 – THE HARE AND HOUNDS
ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No.1 – THE MILLSTONE
February 2024. Manchester. Tickers gotta tick, tick, tick, tick etc. And what better to tick after the whole GBG than the rather wonderful Guide to Manchester Beer (Matthew Curtis/CAMRA). Loads of great pubs to revisit, lots of southern Manc bars I’ve never been to, and the best thing of all is there won’t be a… Continue reading ALL THE PUBS IN THE MANCHESTER BEER BOOK No.1 – THE MILLSTONE
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 46 – THE WEST MIDLANDS
One of my favourites, but a ridiculously large county to pick half a dozen pubs from. Why don’t CAMRA split out Greater Stourbridge into a separate chapter, and give the whole area below Birmingham centre to Warwickshire, hmmm. Let’s start by annoying the Great Western fan boys; Wolverhampton – The Stile Yes, the Great Western… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY. No. 46 – THE WEST MIDLANDS
IT’S TAMWORTH, NOT COTON. GET OVER IT.
February 2024. “Coton”. Tamworth. The Good Beer Guide is a delight, but it has a quaint view of geographic labelling. Not just the decision to divide the country into regions, but the way some pubs get stuck under their hamlets within towns, like the Fox in Coton. Sticking the Fox under “Coton” rather than Lichfield,… Continue reading IT’S TAMWORTH, NOT COTON. GET OVER IT.
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