September 2023. End of the Road Festival. Food and beer are a big part of the End of the Road, even though (unlike many festivals) you can take as many cans as you like in. Loads of Punk IPA and Abbot, since you ask. A lot of local cask, a short-lived dalliance with Beavertown, and… Continue reading ALL CHANGE AT THE FESTIVAL BEER BAR
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THE JOY OF CREAKY PUBS
30th January 2023. Before you ask, I didn’t walk UP the 15 floors to my Haymarket Premier Inn, but I did walk down. The cheapest price I’ve ever paid for a central hotel in Premier Inn; is Monday the new Sunday ? Pub 3, a quick hop into the Old Market, which bizarrely gets its… Continue reading THE JOY OF CREAKY PUBS
STEAK OR SAUSAGE FOR TEA ? IT’S A BIG DECISION IN A TOWN CALLED OTTERY ST. MARY
The blog returns to that endless month of July 2022 (101 GBG ticks); will it ever end ? A signature tick next, the London in Ottery St. Mary having thwarted me at least once with it’s whacky opening hours (per What Pub); Ottery St Mary (pop. 4,898) is your quintessential faded east Devon town (see… Continue reading STEAK OR SAUSAGE FOR TEA ? IT’S A BIG DECISION IN A TOWN CALLED OTTERY ST. MARY
PORTISHEAD GOES POSH
Let me be brutally honest. I always assumed Portishead was a dump. Why else would Sir Quinno have left it for Reading ? Apart from Quinno, the town is best known as the birthplace of leading Scrumpy and Western singer Adge Cutler., and for being one of the larger UK towns without a railway station. If you look… Continue reading PORTISHEAD GOES POSH
4 CHEERS FOR BRISTOL BEER FACTORY
I finally get to the main purpose of my trip. New pubs in Bristol and Duluth’s finest noise merchants Low at Bristol Trinity (I should leave the music reviews to Matt). On the 16.28 train from Bath Spa (devoid of incident, sadly) I got into a mild panic as the closing hours at the Bristol… Continue reading 4 CHEERS FOR BRISTOL BEER FACTORY
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