January 2025. Walkley. Sheffield. Bonus mini post, highlighting just how good Sheffield is outside the GBG. 2 minutes walk up Walkley’s main drag on a rare Friday night at home. The eponymous off -licence with a communal drinking table was my first real introduction to Walkley back in James’s fresher year at Sheffield Uni. A… Continue reading A BURNING SKY IN WALKLEY BEER CO.
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WALKLEY’S EMBARASSMENT OF RICHES
May 2024. Walkley. Sheffield. It really is a mixed blessing living in Walkley; the lure of Kelham Island 10 minutes walk away and four Guide-worthy pubs on my doorstep. The Blake Hotel you know, the Blind Monkey has been swapping places with the Raven of late, and the “village” beer shop has just had one… Continue reading WALKLEY’S EMBARASSMENT OF RICHES
BIRTHDAY BOOZE ON A BIG BENCH
June 2023. The last day of the in-laws trip “oop north“, and FIL was allowed to speak in a Yorkshire accent as it was HIS birthday. Mrs RM is 1/37th Italian on the maternal side, which almost entitled her to an EU passport post-Brexit (and a place in the Italian national team after their defeat… Continue reading BIRTHDAY BOOZE ON A BIG BENCH
MORE CLASSIC BEER & FOOD MATCHING
What did I do on Thursday, on a day the rain lashed down. Glad I’m not living in Stockport and Didsbury. (I’m OK, at the top of the hill. Aren’t I ?). Yesterday, three loads of clothes washed and dried, two sets of dishes cleaned, one US inauguration watched, and trips to Tesco and the… Continue reading MORE CLASSIC BEER & FOOD MATCHING
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