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
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IN GLASGAE. IN THE DOGHOUSE
The last leg of our Scottish trip took us past the home of Beer Guide completist and overall legend Pubmeister on the way to Scotland’s First City. There may be a vibrant craft beer scene in Scotland but it isn’t producing many new Beer Guide entries (and that Hippo place closed), just the Raven this… Continue reading IN GLASGAE. IN THE DOGHOUSE
LEEDS – SUNDAY NIGHT, MONDAY MORNING
Nearly at the end of the Big Leeds Bank Holiday Night Out now, as we come to our last Beer Guide pub of the night (F). The Duck & Drake is what we call a Proper Pub, playing proper music for people who should be tucked up in bed by 9pm on a Sunday. And… Continue reading LEEDS – SUNDAY NIGHT, MONDAY MORNING
SHUFFLING LEEDS BLOGGERS
Part 2 (of 3) our pub bloggers conference in Yorkshire’s second city* or “Traincatching” as it came to be known. With Wapentake whacked, a fierce debate ensued about the next stop. It really should have been the Duck & Drake, but we’d all been there. While in Wapentake I’d taken a look in the… Continue reading SHUFFLING LEEDS BLOGGERS
BREWDOG LIVES !
Tuesday night I was in Deansgate, walking back from a magical Julia Jacklin gig at Gorilla (keg Beavertown) to the equally magical Trivelles Hotel (£32) in Salford. It is possible that none of those names will mean anything to you, but I do hope that you remedy the absence of Julia Jacklin’s music from your… Continue reading BREWDOG LIVES !
DODGING DOOM BAR IN DODWORTH
Another overnighter in the Kingdom of Barnsley, this time in Dodworth, about which I can tell you nothing. Except that it has two chain hotels (bargain Ibis), a business park, a health spa, two curry houses and six pubs. Take away the health spa and you’ve got an attractive town there. The Ibis is next to… Continue reading DODGING DOOM BAR IN DODWORTH
PUNK ARRIVES IN WATERBEACH
Interesting reading Boak & Bailey’s recent post on their move from Cornwall (“Craft Central” to you and me) to the cask desert that is Bristol, and their anticipation at discovering their new local. I hope all goes well on both fronts. Our nearest pub, in Waterbeach, is rather taken for granted, I’m sorry to say. That’s… Continue reading PUNK ARRIVES IN WATERBEACH
10pm, “TABLE TABLE”, NEWARK
I get to drink at some wonderful places and write about them on this blog; the King’s Head, Boar’s Head and North Riding are going to make June’s Pub of the Month selection as tough as the 1994 Matt le Tissier Goal of the Year contest. They were all overdue revisits, and finding new… Continue reading 10pm, “TABLE TABLE”, NEWARK
NOTTINGHAM – SPARKLE IN THE RAIN*
One other thing about Nottingham yesterday. There’s pretty much no GBG pubs in the centre, defining that as within the frenetic ring-roads of Maid Marian Way, Mansfield Road and Canal Road. Nottingham has great pubs, but they seem to be clustered on the outskirts of the centre now, particularly in Canning Circus to the west… Continue reading NOTTINGHAM – SPARKLE IN THE RAIN*
ON THE EVIL KEG IN LEICESTER
Having eulogised about the Manchester Beer festival, I should have expected a slightly frosty reception on my return home from Mrs RM, who is three weeks into Dryanuary (and Chocolatefreeanuary which is worse). To compensate, I drove her to Leicester today, ostensibly to take our youngest son to a refurbished skatepark; you can see that refurbishment… Continue reading ON THE EVIL KEG IN LEICESTER
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