If Mondays are quiet times for pubs, Sundays aren’t much better outside the dreaded family roast rush. Sunday saw the arrival of thousands of international visitors for graduation ceremonies in Cambridge, not many of them headed for the town’s famed ale houses in their Ede & Ravenscroft gear. In fact not many students propping up… Continue reading THE UNCONVENTIONAL PORTLAND ARMS
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PETROL GIRLS & ST. RADEGUND
You’ll have noticed I’ve spent the last few days in Cambridgeshire. This isn’t because of any Damascene conversion to the beauty of the Fens, but because I’m sitting by the door waiting for the new Beer Guide. In torment. This is my emergency supply for stressful situations; To take my mind of the fact that… Continue reading PETROL GIRLS & ST. RADEGUND
(NEARLY) TOP 100 PUBS – PINT SHOP, CAMBRIDGE
Mrs RM had put up with me trudging round with her in the electronics section at John Lewis (Robert Sayle to me), so she felt she’d earned something strong in Pint Shop. Cambridge’s craft place is the one she picks when we’re out, in the same way my sister has always ended up in Falmouth’s… Continue reading (NEARLY) TOP 100 PUBS – PINT SHOP, CAMBRIDGE
CAMBRIDGE’S OLD BICYCLE SHOP
Another year, another new pub opens in Cambridge, lucky us. And it’s another craft bar, or at least what Mrs RM would recognise as craft having been to both the Waterloo Tap and the Emigration in the same month. At least the welcome in Offerton was craft. Yes, white tiling and metal taps on the… Continue reading CAMBRIDGE’S OLD BICYCLE SHOP
TOP 100 PUBS – THE MAYPOLE, CAMBRIDGE
Up to Number 21 on my Top 100 (+/- a few), and still no entries from Stockport. Or Maidenhead. I’d been on the brink of featuring my third Cambridge entry for some time, but the Maypole isn’t a pub I go to as often as it deserves. Two quick visits this week after the Cambridge Beer Festival have settled… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE MAYPOLE, CAMBRIDGE
THE WRESTLERS – PAD THAI, PUMPS, BUT NO POOL
Apart from the Cambridge Blue and the historic Eagle, the Wrestlers is Cambridge’s perhaps best known pub. Certainly for visitors to the Abbey Stadium it was the default pre-match pint following the loss of most of the Newmarket Road locals. It seems to have lost that status since the latest “improvements” turned it into a restaurant.… Continue reading THE WRESTLERS – PAD THAI, PUMPS, BUT NO POOL
A CAMBRIDGE ESTATE PUB SURVIVOR
I wrote yesterday about one of Cambridge‘s top pub for beer quality (alongside the Mill and the Maypole). The strength in depth of the city’s pubs is one of its great features (still too flat mind, but not much anyone can do about that now). A few years ago Cambridge CAMRA recorded the presence of real ale in every… Continue reading A CAMBRIDGE ESTATE PUB SURVIVOR
QUEEN EDITH TAKES ON BURGER KING
Mrs RM was off work today but plans for an exciting day trip to Hanwell were scuppered by my being volunteered to deliver political leaflets this afternoon. I think they’re part of a campaign to build a BrewDog in our village/new town, that’s what Mrs RM said anyway. So we only had time for a leisurely lunch at… Continue reading QUEEN EDITH TAKES ON BURGER KING
CAMRA BRANCH MEETING -AN APPRECIATION
Just occasionally I have to spend a day at home, so I had no reason not to finally get to the local CAMRA branch meeting last night. I’ve no excuse for non-attendance, apart from rarely being around on meeting nights, and having something of a blind spot where Beer Festivals and breweries are concerned. 30… Continue reading CAMRA BRANCH MEETING -AN APPRECIATION
MIDDLE-CLASS MICROS
When I retired I think Mrs RM may have harboured some thoughts of me engaged in indoor activity such as monitoring the paint dry or rating the daytime TV. I’ve let her down badly on that front, so felt I could make it up to her with a nice growler of craft IPA with her… Continue reading MIDDLE-CLASS MICROS
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