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
Tag: Craft beer
MY GREAT BIG GREEK CRAFT NIGHT
February 2023. I can’t profess much enthusiasm for this post, but as this site is legally tagged “Beer and Pubs” (which stops me accessing my own blog on train journeys with wowser Trans Pennine) I ought to mention the bars. There aren’t a lot of them in Thessaloniki, unless they’re all in the suburbs. In… Continue reading MY GREAT BIG GREEK CRAFT NIGHT
CRASS, CWRW, CARMARTHEN
A night in Carmarthen and with two (2) ticks in the bag by 18:00 I was at a loss what to do ? A train trip to Llanelli ? A curry with cress ? A tour of the Bethel chapels ? How about a pre-emptive tick of the town’s craft bar ? Shamefully, I once… Continue reading CRASS, CWRW, CARMARTHEN
MURK PRICED IN TWO-THIRDS
Heading back to the station now, aimlessly, but I still hadn’t spent more on beer than the £12.60 for a cheap day return, which is an odd yardstick to use for when to call it a day I grant you. Having done the GBG tick, the pre-emptive Spoons, the Top 100 pub, and the Will… Continue reading MURK PRICED IN TWO-THIRDS
PANGOLIN
We’re on the road again, exploring beer gardens in our campervan. Someone is pleased. As ever, the important thing is to keep the milk bottle with DIPA separate from the milk bottle for wee. One other downside of this “On the Road” life is that I have to do these posts on the phone, never… Continue reading PANGOLIN
ASHBOURNE – 3rd TIME LUCKY
Just a few more posts and you’ll have caught up with me, suffering for you in a £24 Guest House with faulty locks in Workington. In complete contrast to Workington, here’s a pashmina craft bar in Ashbourne. I’d attempted Maison du Biere TWICE already, the first causing some anguish. The second visit, which I won’t… Continue reading ASHBOURNE – 3rd TIME LUCKY
DESERTED BY PAUL IN THE HANGING BAT
Paul had been tremendous company, but it was time for him to head back to New Town with its heritage interiors and beardless customers. I may not have done any new GBG pubs that Monday, but I could at least have a possible pre-emptive tick on the way to Waverley Station. The Hanging Bat… Continue reading DESERTED BY PAUL IN THE HANGING BAT
PARISIAN MICROPUB HUNT
I made Mrs RM walk all the way round central Paris while we were there, 15 miles on the Monday alone (she tells me, bitterly). After all, you can’t see backstreet pubs from the metro, can you ? From the lower Mousse we ambled back to Montmartre via the Louvre and Les Halles, guided only… Continue reading PARISIAN MICROPUB HUNT
FATHER CHRISTMAS ON A UNICORN AND MANGO IPA
These set of posts from Bath wouldn’t be complete without a picture of Father Christmas riding JoJo the Unicorn in a craft beer bar. Note the care taken in the composition of this photo, the austere Primark bag offsetting the glasses of Mango IPA and Mme Benger’s rainbow hat (competition for Jon’s Bass braces). Brewed… Continue reading FATHER CHRISTMAS ON A UNICORN AND MANGO IPA
NO REST FROM BREW IN BUCHAREST
Well, this is embarrassing. Two nights in Bucharest with Mrs RM and I seem to have a hundred pictures of modern bars and ancient buildings; where’s the graffiti, dereliction and donkeys ? Frankly, I could have been in Manchester Brew Dog, or the Port Street Beer House, if they’d decided to halve their prices overnight.… Continue reading NO REST FROM BREW IN BUCHAREST
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