This pub blogging business is very competitive. Having lost out on the Pipers sponsorship deal to that Bailey fellow (I’m not bitter Paul, but watch your back), I’m exploring other monetisation opportunities. The Tripe Society offered me 0.0257p each time I mention chitterlings, for example, and Maidenhead‘s MP has offered me a quid each time… Continue reading TAKING A BITE OUT OF WIGHT
Tag: King’s Head
STAMFORD – ANOTHER NBSS 4.5 !!!!!
Beer festivals aren’t killing pubs, Richard, it’s evil CAMRA members who do visit pubs but don’t put NBSS scores into What Pub (guilty), thereby devaluing the whole Beer Guide selection process and the promotion of quality over quantity. That and beer festivals. I’ve just submitted my score for the Tiny Rebel Beat Box at the King’s Head… Continue reading STAMFORD – ANOTHER NBSS 4.5 !!!!!
FROLICS IN FEN DITTON
Mrs RM is coping quite well with the departure of our eldest son, but occasionally will shout “Need a drink” just when I’m finishing a blog post. A month into the new GBG year, and our nearest new Guide pub is already an hour away (in Milton Keynes). So here’s a trip close to home,… Continue reading FROLICS IN FEN DITTON
IN THE VALE OF MOWBRAY
I’ve had a good response to my hand-coloured maps (thanks Duncan) so here’s another one, with bonus shadow. This is a stretch of the Vale of Mowbray, named after the Boro’s robust captain from the late ’80s, whose promotion winning tackle was (probably) made in Burslem. At the top you can see Hutton Rudby, suffering from… Continue reading IN THE VALE OF MOWBRAY
EVERARDS IN THE LAND OF HAPPINESS STAN
A second interesting post by Pub Curmudgeon today, with some reflections on the qualities of “Ordinary Bitters“. I take the view that almost any of the established Boring Bitters, Brown or otherwise, can veer toward greatness when expertly kept and served. I’ve never had a great pint of Everards though. Or a bad one. The Original… Continue reading EVERARDS IN THE LAND OF HAPPINESS STAN
TWO MORE “PUBS” NEAR HARLESTON
Yes, we’re mainly doing Norfolk at the moment, until sanity is restored with trips to Manchester and Worcester tomorrow. The post on the Lillie Langtry Bar in Harleston’s tat antique market prompted a fascinating debate about what constitutes a pub, which descended into an argument about horseboxes. I liked Dave’s comment that a pub is a… Continue reading TWO MORE “PUBS” NEAR HARLESTON
CRAFT INVASION REPELLED IN SAFFRON WALDEN
One of the joys of a new Good Beer Guide, when it’s released, is exploring the large scale map to find out where on earth places such as Ynyshir and how do I get there when they only open after the buses have finished for the year. Throw in odd railway station labelling and it’s all… Continue reading CRAFT INVASION REPELLED IN SAFFRON WALDEN
HARVEYS IN HAILSHAM
The next leg of my mission to finish the southern Beer Guide counties took in Hailsham and Lewes. You can see Lewes lying like a box of toys under a great amphitheatre of chalk hills … on the whole it is set down better than any town I have seen in England. — William Morris (1834-1896)… Continue reading HARVEYS IN HAILSHAM
TOP 100 PUBS – KING’S HEAD, AYLESBURY
Oh look, a Home Counties pub in my Top 100; the end of the world may arrive before next Thursday. What’s more, it’s actually a smart pub with uniformed staff, Prosecco and genteel patrons. I wasn’t going to put it in my Top 100 after yesterday’s revisit on the basis the staff called me “Sir” rather… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – KING’S HEAD, AYLESBURY
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