Moving on from the BrewDog bar, where the Punk music selection was a Punk version of 500 Miles and Green Day, clearly the original punks. Mrs RM is up in Edinburgh for the Festival (not the real one) and BrewDog should make sure she doesn’t get to their punk karaoke night. I walked past the… Continue reading THE OXFORD BAR
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HUNTING DEUCHARS
Yes, I’d managed to arrive in Edinburgh just before the nerds turned up (not the CAMRAs). Almost as good as arriving in Somerset after Glastonbury. The replies to my request for good Deuchars were discouraging, “Don’t Ever Drink Deuchars” the gist of it. So I just walked aimlessly round the closes off the Royal Mile… Continue reading HUNTING DEUCHARS
CAMRA MEMBERS WEEKEND DUNDEE 2019 – IT BEGINS
Yes, post No.1 of x, where x = an unspecified amount. But there were 33 pubs visits over the five days of the CAMRA Big Weekender (a bit like Cream but with legal drugs or Glasto without pashminas), so be worried. A lesisurely train trip to Edinburgh to start, aided by a purchase at Ely… Continue reading CAMRA MEMBERS WEEKEND DUNDEE 2019 – IT BEGINS
GOURDON IS A M’OR DEN
My underpaid Blog Title Team excelled themselves with this one, I hope you agree. An hour in Gourdon, an hour constructing the blog, three hours for the title. So 2019. I would have liked to have worked “Howe of the Mearns” into the title, but you can’t have everything. The bus from Johnshaven was… Continue reading GOURDON IS A M’OR DEN
A TIMEWARP IN JOHNSHAVEN
A reminder of what the Aberdeen & Grampian section of the Beer Guide looks like. Two to do towards the Tayside border next. Look at WhatPub and you’ll see there’s not a huge difference between the GBG and WhatPub. Hopefully that means Scottish pubs only put on real ale if they’ve the right cellar,… Continue reading A TIMEWARP IN JOHNSHAVEN
SIX DEGREES NORTH
Just for clarification on that last post; I didn’t have the deep fried Mars bar. But a deep fried Turkish Delight would have been tempting. It was ten seconds walk from Stonehaven Pub 1 to Pub 2, the “perennial CAMRA award winner“. Fifteen with the stop for the duff photo of the Shorehead. Well, the… Continue reading SIX DEGREES NORTH
A CROQUE MONSIEUR IN STONEHAVEN
Greetings from lovely Darlington where I’ve just returned after meeting Duncan completely accidentally in Newcastle. Spooky. The Dalesman Hotel in Darlo (keg Magnet) is £30 en-suite (on-sute as my Mum would say), very clean but with weak WiFi. So it’s more short posts from Aberdeen. First stop on the Great Grampians Tickathon was Stonehaven, a… Continue reading A CROQUE MONSIEUR IN STONEHAVEN
BORDERING ON THE MAGICAL
My last Scottish Borders tick, which some of you Dave will remember being unexpectedly closed on the busiest lunchtime of the year so far, causing me to be unexpectedly grumpy. Most people would never return, but I don’t have that luxury if I’m ever going achieve the prize, so a month later I’m back. But… Continue reading BORDERING ON THE MAGICAL
BASS ROCK
Not that “Bass”, unless Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple, has a secret stash across the water from North Berwick. My Dad had been to North Berwick to play golf, so he was one up on me. He never told me about the other “tourist attraction” in town. I’ve no idea what beer they store under the “Law”.… Continue reading BASS ROCK
EAST LINTON – DON’T GO CHASING WATERFALLS
I’m really getting into dangerous territory here, criticising beer quality in Scotland. But I’m not alone. And while local branches feel (understandably) unable to comment on quality, instead counting the pumps*, I have no such restrictions. Next stop, East Linton’s Steakhouse, providing a rare relief from the beer desert along the A1 into Edinburgh. Another… Continue reading EAST LINTON – DON’T GO CHASING WATERFALLS
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