October 2025. Sheffield. I don’t do beer festivals (or tasters, or dimpled mugs) but I also don’t turn down invites from Pub royalty, either, so put principles aside and joined Alfie/Ian/Mr Chelsea on his Sheffield overnighter, starting with a quick half in them Two & Six. As I said this week “when you qualify for… Continue reading SHEFFIELD BEER FESTIVAL (NBSS 3.72).
Tag: Craft beer
MEETING YOUNG BOYS (BERN) AT GROUND ZERO
October 2025. Bucharest. Six hours on the Bucharest tourist trail, time for a beer. Luckily for Mrs RM, a brand new bar awaited yards from our coach drop-off. Seven years on from our first trip, the capital has lost a couple of Old Town craft bars, including one with London Pride on handpump, denying BRAPA… Continue reading MEETING YOUNG BOYS (BERN) AT GROUND ZERO
A RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA. YOUR TBILISI CRAFT BEER GUIDE
May 2025. Tblisi. Georgia. Your final post of holiday snaps; I’ll skip over the Vardzia cave network, and return to good ol’ English BBB tomorrow. I had to squeeze Randy in here somewhere; she’s a big fan of the Caucasus craft scene, particularly tomato gose. Due to Independence Day our Uber into Tbilisi had to… Continue reading A RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA. YOUR TBILISI CRAFT BEER GUIDE
RETIRED MARTIN ON VOCATION
April 2025. Sheffield. Mrs RM was in full “am blogging, don’t disturb me” mode last Thursday so couldn’t accompany me on my calorie burning walk into town to check out a new Bass tip. The refurbished Foresters had a turned round pump clip that day, turning it round as soon as I’d gone past, to… Continue reading RETIRED MARTIN ON VOCATION
MRS RM DRAGS AMERICAN CASK CHAMPS TO THE CHICHESTER CRAFT BAR
February 2025. Chichester. When I was vigorously ticking the GBG (try it, it’s fun, and still largely legal) I’d really enjoy the bi-annual revisits to our gorgeous towns as much as the pubs. Chichester was always a tad disappointing, cathedral apart, a Poundship Canterbury as someone once called it. But last Wednesday it excelled. Clean,… Continue reading MRS RM DRAGS AMERICAN CASK CHAMPS TO THE CHICHESTER CRAFT BAR
RETIRED MARTIN’S GASTRONOMIC 2024
This blog is a diary, and if it’s dominated by pub visits that’s often because the pub is where you’re most likely to eavesdrop on meet people*. To steal from and corrupt Pete Postlethwaite; “Truth is, I THOUGHT it mattered. I thought that BEER mattered. But does it? Bollocks! Not compared to how PEOPLE matter.“… Continue reading RETIRED MARTIN’S GASTRONOMIC 2024
SILK IN A GLASS. THE BEER HOUSE IN HILLSBOROUGH
December 2024. Sheffield. Mrs RM had kindly stayed with mum for a couple of days while I drove the boys home and got depressed at the Etihad. There’s one sure-fire way to cheer Retired Martin up, and it comes in two cardboard containers from Sang Lung in Hillsborough. And the 15 minutes it takes Sang… Continue reading SILK IN A GLASS. THE BEER HOUSE IN HILLSBOROUGH
HALLELUJAH ! SPOONS KEEP CASK ALIVE IN EASTBOURNE
November 2024. Eastbourne. A few days down in Rye with Mrs RM to give us both respite from child/parent duties, and allow me to get a couple of bits of pink marker in a GBG that’s feeling unloved. Just under the hour to Eastbourne with a couple of new (and, Spoiler : controversial) entries, but… Continue reading HALLELUJAH ! SPOONS KEEP CASK ALIVE IN EASTBOURNE
HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 67 – KINGDOM OF FIFE
Well, my spreadsheet says just “Fife“, but the GBG is insistent on the Kingdom, and the GBG is definitive when it comes to county names. It only took three trips up the A1 and over the Firth of Forth to tick Fife, a county most folks will only know from St Andrews and the chippy… Continue reading HALF A DOZEN PUBS IN EVERY GBG COUNTY No. 67 – KINGDOM OF FIFE
ALL CHANGE AT THE FESTIVAL BEER BAR
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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