May 2023. Lots of mini-posts and I may even catch up before the end of the month. Perhaps… An overnighter parked up (literally) under the railway arches in Worcester, £4 for 24 hours. A minute from the racecourse (never been to a horsey race), three from the station, five from the cricket and the Cathedral,… Continue reading A WEE WALK IN WORCESTER
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IT PAINS ME TO SAY THIS, BUT…
About time to bring the Worcester Wobble to an end, or it’ll take longer than the radio serialisation of “Tale of Two Cities” on LBC. We’d missed the “official” pint in the Paul Pry, but despite the call of the curry I felt we should visit Worcester’s most famous open/shut pub. I’ve had the picture… Continue reading IT PAINS ME TO SAY THIS, BUT…
OUR WORCESTER WARRIORS APPROACH THE WINNING POST
Note: My Worcester notes are making progressively less sense, and the photos don’t help much. Hopefully Pub Curmudgeon will fill in the gaps. Whatever happened to Periscope ? That would have helped. Before Pub No.8 it was it was time for the traditional Pubs & Beer Forum Group Photo (above). The fresh-faced folk are the… Continue reading OUR WORCESTER WARRIORS APPROACH THE WINNING POST
THE WORCESTER TRAD/CRAFT FRACTURE
Part 3 of our Worcester wobble sees the first dissent in the Pubs & Beer Forum ranks since someone stole Mudgie’s bombay mix in Leicester. Strictly Pub No.6 (I’d missed 3, remember) was the Cardinal’s Hat, the oldest pub in town. Strictly Pub No.6 (I’d missed 3, remember) was the Cardinal’s Hat, the… Continue reading THE WORCESTER TRAD/CRAFT FRACTURE
WORCESTER – FROM BAPS TO BANKS
I knew that using “baps” rather than “cobs“ in that last post would cause wailing and gnashing of teeth in West Bromwich. Actually, it was a baguette, a massive one. So massive that while I joined the B&PF throng on their fifth pint in the Eagle Vaults to cries of “Ah, HERE he is” and… Continue reading WORCESTER – FROM BAPS TO BANKS
ON THE WORCESTER SAUCE – VOL I
Three trips from the dying days of September to write up, starting with Worcester last Friday. This one may take ages, or not. It’s an official Beer & Pubs Forum Proper Pubs Day Out, so strict rules apply. Waistcoats made out of bar towels, pints in straight glasses, no bar snacks turned down, the B&PF… Continue reading ON THE WORCESTER SAUCE – VOL I
PIE & DEMI ROUSSOS NIGHT IN FERNHILL HEATH
You may have noticed the absence of a curry on Stourport Curry night, caused by a catch-up with a colleague in a neighbouring village without an Indian restaurant. That’s how backward parts of Worcestershire are, folks. Even worse, Fernhill Heath is in a bit of a Good Beer Guide desert (not quite the same as… Continue reading PIE & DEMI ROUSSOS NIGHT IN FERNHILL HEATH
TOP 100 PUBS – KING CHARLES II, WORCESTER
I was tempted to give the Plough the nod as a Top 100 pub, just for their barely concealed contempt for Charles’s repeated request for samplers. Try doing that in a Sam Smiths pub with Sir Humphrey standing there mate ! Instead, I’m using equally spurious logic to make the award to the King Charles II… Continue reading TOP 100 PUBS – KING CHARLES II, WORCESTER
BORN PIPPY -A MONDAY NIGHT IN WORCESTER
There has to be a Top 100 pub in Worcester really. A year ago it would probably have been the Paul Pry, never the most predictable pub and apparently closed again. My visit on General election night was a year’s highlight, this pint of Hobsons a classic. On Monday night I met a couple of… Continue reading BORN PIPPY -A MONDAY NIGHT IN WORCESTER
WORCESTER’S WINNING POST
In contrast with Surrey, the annual tranche of new Beer Guide pubs in Worcestershire are always a really mixed bunnch, with more boozers than gastropubs. That’s true of the county town as a whole, whose centre has a surprisingly high number of drinkers pubs, the Plough and Dragon standing out. I’d been hoping to coincide… Continue reading WORCESTER’S WINNING POST
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