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
Tag: Craft beer
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
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
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