And so to my final GBG pub in Gloucestershire. 103 Guide entries, 11 newbies this year, so actually not a lot of churn when you consider that tally includes Bristol, where you expect at least 11 new craft/tap/micros annually. I’d timed my trip to Snuffy Jacks to coincide with a rare Sharon Van Etten… Continue reading A GOLDEN FINISH IN FISHPONDS
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NIBBLED IN NORTH NIBLEY
Yes, dogs again. The ones whose owners take them to the pub on long leads that wrap themselves around bar stools. Owners oblivious to folk like me tripping over and getting licked on the way to the bar. You never get that with cats, do you ? Anyway. North Nibley for the first time ever,… Continue reading NIBBLED IN NORTH NIBLEY
SHORT SHARP STROUD
The big news is that I’m back from Dundee, having survived an epic morning session in “Heritage Pub” Edinburgh with Stafford Paul, who was on top form. Lees Moonraker makes an ideal breakfast beer. I’ll be taking a break from pubs ’till Friday, splitting time between ensuring two teenagers don’t wither away unfed and… Continue reading SHORT SHARP STROUD
CHELTENHAM – HORSES FOR COURSES
Last day in Scotland, for now. But I’ll be back, I’ll be back, tipping warm beer down the urinal and queueing for fudge doughnuts like the CAMRA hipsters. For now, here’s some posts from the Cotswolds, rarely a great bet for beer quality if I’m honest, but then the pashminas and corduroys don’t come here… Continue reading CHELTENHAM – HORSES FOR COURSES
TINY REBEL CITRA MILKSHAKE IPA IN THE VICTORIA
You never want to end an evening on a sour note. Having completed Bristol, and therefore Gloucestershire, I scoured What Pub for pre-emptive potential. Sadly, places called “Clifton Sausage”, “Amoeba” and “Illusions Magic Bar” (honestly)offered little potential, so I did a revisit of the Victoria. Yes, sometimes I go back to the same place… Continue reading TINY REBEL CITRA MILKSHAKE IPA IN THE VICTORIA
DRIZZLE IN BRIZZLE; A LANSDOWN HOROSCOPE
It had all been going so well since “Drainpour Friday“, as legend now calls it. A week of good beer in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Somerset, with barely a dip below NBSS 3. And so to Gloucestershire’s final tick, the Lansdown in Clifton. Staying in Weston gives you a £7.10 off-peak return to Bristol (“outrage”… Continue reading DRIZZLE IN BRIZZLE; A LANSDOWN HOROSCOPE
SAVED PENALTIES & SAVED PUBS IN UPPER SOUDLEY
You left me on Day 3 of the Forest of Dean Big Tick, having just been warned by a pub cat to “beware the back streets of Cinderford“. It took me to realise that’s what those miaows meant, I don’t speak cat and had to use Shazam. Next stop, Upper Soudley’s White Horse., tucked between… Continue reading SAVED PENALTIES & SAVED PUBS IN UPPER SOUDLEY
LOST IN A FOREST (OF DEAN)
Back to that strict chronology you ticking types like, and a first exodus on this blog into the Forest of Dean, armed with your best wishes for my safe return. I felt FoD, or whatever locals call it, may have more to explore than anywhere else in the UK. You might be interested to see… Continue reading LOST IN A FOREST (OF DEAN)
WELCOME BACK TO CHIPPING SODBURY
One more from Gloucestershire for now, leaving most of the Forest of Dean and the less hipster bits of Brizzle for August. If I finish Glos before GBG19 comes out it’ll be a breakthrough year. I’d been looking forward to a return to Chipping Sodbury, to reassure myself it’s not a fictitious joke place like… Continue reading WELCOME BACK TO CHIPPING SODBURY
CHARFIELD’S PEAR TREE – A HALF IN A PINT POT
I keep telling you how micro pubs aren’t real pubs, then finding one I like. Here’s yet another winner. No, I’d never heard of Charfield, either. But not only does it have a micro pub, but the “African Conservation Experience” AND “Sofa Riot*“, On the same site. Russ should investigate. Anyway, the Pear Tree confounds… Continue reading CHARFIELD’S PEAR TREE – A HALF IN A PINT POT
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