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
CALL OFF THE BREW DOGS
A shameless current affairs reference as I can’t think of an MK pun. I could have lumped this next place on the end of my first post from The Keynes (as they call it in Wolverton), but I got distracted by Cook’s finale at the Oval. What a man. BrewDog deserve their own post. … Continue reading CALL OFF THE BREW DOGS
NEW MOOS FROM MILTON KEYNES
Three offensive items in the photo above. Can you name them ? (not Beer Moos). Yes, a (voluntary) trip to Milton Keynes, tantalisingly close to Leighton Buzzard, which I really ought to add to Pub Curmudgeon’s shortlist of best pubbing town. I’ve been relatively kind to MK over the years (see here) , despite… Continue reading NEW MOOS FROM MILTON KEYNES
A CITRA BEFORE THE KEBAB
No, not the famous pub blogger, the beer. My beer of choice while I waited for the return of the Waterbeach Kebab van after his long Summer holiday, the big news in our village this last week. Large chicken kebab, £6, loads of salad. Matt eats the chicken. I never tire of bringing you NBSS… Continue reading A CITRA BEFORE THE KEBAB
MY END OF THE ROAD TAKEAWAYS
A few reflections from my 7th End of the Road Festival in Dorset. Or Salisbury, if you want to make people afraid to shake your hand. Getting that campervan was our best ever investment, saving 43 hours queueing for showers and loos over the weekend. Though dragging your tent over the stony path to the… Continue reading MY END OF THE ROAD TAKEAWAYS
MORE PROPER PUB SEATING : KIRTLING SPECIAL
Another day without the new Beer Guide, another day of torment. This would never have happened under Mr Protz, who probably stitched the Guides together himself, such was his commitment to the cause. Back in April I warned Simon off the Red Lion in Kirtling, just deleted from the Guide for change of licensee and… Continue reading MORE PROPER PUB SEATING : KIRTLING SPECIAL
MARVELLOUS MILD BY THE MINSTER
You left me in Ely, leaving a second pint in a Greene King newbuild diner, the sort of pub that you can usually rely on. I headed back to the station past the Cathedral, needing to get the taste of sour beer out of my mouth. I gave Greene King a chance to make it… Continue reading MARVELLOUS MILD BY THE MINSTER
MISSED PENALTIES & A RETURNED OTTER IN THE ISLE OF ELY
By Saturday lunchtime I’d realised the postman wasn’t bringing my new Beer Guide, and as I’ve mentioned my nearest GBG18 tick was by now 210 minutes away in Wales. Sure, I could have finished Boak & Bailey’s 20th Century Pub, but I’d only been reading it for a year and you can’t rush a… Continue reading MISSED PENALTIES & A RETURNED OTTER IN THE ISLE OF ELY
BEERLESS IN LUTON
Firstly, the bad news. Still no new Good Beer Guide, coming up to two weeks after expected delivery. Counselling services in Paisley, York and Cambridge have been overwhelmed by demand. So no new ticks since I ended that mammoth day on the Dorset coast at micro pub number seven, but frankly I needed a… Continue reading BEERLESS IN LUTON
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