Greetings from the luxury of my suite at the Days Inn, Michaelwood Services. Us pub tickers know how to live. Rubbish WiFi, the biggest issue of the age, but I did get this; BRAPA stays in Premier Inns, being flush, and I think Duncan sleeps in his car so he can afford the £16.70 half… Continue reading BOYS DON’T CRY (£18.60 / PINT REMIX)
Tag: London
BATTERED BY BARREL-AGED BOURBON AT SAMBROOKS
A number of you* have asked for more features on brewery taps on this blog, getting bored of all these pictures of churches, street art and Primark bags. This one’s for you, as Neil Young probably sang. I’d been warned about the back streets of Battersea by someone who shall remain nameless. I must be… Continue reading BATTERED BY BARREL-AGED BOURBON AT SAMBROOKS
SHABBY SPITALFIELDS CHIC
You need your wits about you when you’re walking past Liverpool Street Station at midday, or you’ll get bumped into by someone refreshing their blog stats or swiping right. My obstacles are the approximately 137 pubs on the way to the Commercial Tavern, and the frankly gorgeous views round every corner. I stopped for some… Continue reading SHABBY SPITALFIELDS CHIC
PIZZA AND PALE IN THE PELT TRADER
A trip to see Tori Amos at the Royal Albert Hall, no less, a far cry from our usual “folk indie for a fiver” at the Portland Arms. It says something about the dearth of new Guide pubs in central London that on my second trip to the City since GBG release I’ve… Continue reading PIZZA AND PALE IN THE PELT TRADER
FROM WEST BERKSHIRE TO LA SCALA
Another London Sunday night gig, another attempt to find nice things to say about N1. Having just completed the capital’s Beer Guide quota for 2017 (not all in one night), and with no obvious pre-emptives, I had a rare evening not dictated by The Book. So I rambled aimlessly for an hour or two round… Continue reading FROM WEST BERKSHIRE TO LA SCALA
THE UPMINSTER TAP
I may have my reservations about the micropub model, but the welcome from owners and customers is often an exemplar of how you want to be greeted in a pub. One pub to go to complete the set of London GBG ticks for this year (take that BRAPA !), and an unusually difficult one. Not… Continue reading THE UPMINSTER TAP
TOP 100 PUBS – THE PINEAPPLE, KENTISH TOWN
a.k.a. Kentish Town the easy way Vol II 20 years ago NW5’s Pineapple looked the business and sold Bass, though it wasn’t great Bass on my visit. These days it’s dropped the Bass, but the beer it does sell is some of the best in London. So, in a bit of a good beer desert between the… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – THE PINEAPPLE, KENTISH TOWN
KENTISH TOWN THE EASY WAY – VOL 1
Suddenly I understand what Dad’s Taxi means. First an escort for my youngest to the glitz of Covent Garden to see “An Inspector Calls” (quite brilliant, apart from the legroom) at the Playhouse last Thursday. You may be impressed to hear that; My son asked if I’d like to tick off a pub before the play. I said… Continue reading KENTISH TOWN THE EASY WAY – VOL 1
TO BE FAIR TO BARNET…
Speaking of High Barnet, as I was, it does have one pub gem, and some decent parkland beneath the M25. Sadly its classic sloping pitch at Underhill was vacated a few years ago in favour of a dull modern ground in Edgware. Some people never learn from Yeovil. The tube at High Barnet is probably… Continue reading TO BE FAIR TO BARNET…
GATECRASHING CRAFT WEDDINGS IN DULWICH
Continued from Croydon market… The trip from Croydon to Dulwich is a journey through time, rather than postcodes. Where recent Beer Guide entries in the Cronx have been a throwback to the good old days when the Pride was drinking well (here and here), the Peckham-Palace-Dulwich triangle has some of the most cutting-edge bars in the… Continue reading GATECRASHING CRAFT WEDDINGS IN DULWICH
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