If these little posts were pub write-ups in the Beer Guide they’d be “Try Also”, a short-lived feature from the early 2000’s that was created so as not to upset pubs that would have sued if they’d been completely kicked out of the Guide. The Elm Tree in Beech Hill deserved its entry in GBG21,… Continue reading BEECH HILL – OUD, CEDAR & AMBER
Tag: Reading
READING – BISCUITS AND BBB
Today’s programme, a titchy affair, comes from one of our many underrated pub towns along the M4. If you’re lucky I might get to Swindon before pubs return. Duncan might have been a teeny ballboy at this gripping 2-2 draw with eventual champions Coventry. I don’t know, I wasn’t born. Perhaps he made ballboy for… Continue reading READING – BISCUITS AND BBB
TOP 100 PUBS – ALEHOUSE, READING
I’d only intended a couple of halves in Reading on Sunday night, being as you’ll know a moderate drinker, but CAMRA Chairmen can be very persuasive. Especially after a Duchesse de Borgogne in the Nag’s Head. So it was that I somehow found myself making a return to the Alehouse, which I guess is better… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – ALEHOUSE, READING
NO RATTING ON READING
An exciting couple of days to finish off Berks, Bucks and Oxon sections of the GBG (take that, BRAPA), and confirm that Reading really is a classic pub town. My definition probably isn’t yours; all I need is a minimum of three great pubs, a cheap hotel, and a decent Chinese takeaway. So add Reading to… Continue reading NO RATTING ON READING
THE REAL THEALE
As the song goes, “For each pound of joy, there’s an ounce of regret“, and for every trip to Newbury there’s one to Theale, one of our most bewildering large villages. You might assume West Berkshire is all horsey racing, drama societies and Good Old Boys. Theale, though, would be more at home as a… Continue reading THE REAL THEALE
GOOD BEER GUIDE – COMPLETING BERKSHIRE
Setting aside its other attractions, Berkshire is traditionally one of the easiest counties in the Beer Guide to complete each year (compared to, say, Devon). It’s quite compact, most places are accessible by train, and opening hours are fairly standard. That last quality is being weakened a bit by the erosion of lunchtime opening though,… Continue reading GOOD BEER GUIDE – COMPLETING BERKSHIRE
TOP 100 PUBS – NAG’S HEAD, READING
An Ibis in central Reading for £11.85 with loyalty points, and that included a free bottle of Moretti, which isn’t the worst lager ever. Life doesn’t get much better. Folk from Newbury as well as Reading insisted on meeting up at the Nag’s Head, which I’d visited before, but on rare occasions I’ll do the… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – NAG’S HEAD, READING
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