Beer Viking plays out of the home ground that is London, in particular a lot of research is put into Victoria, Soho, The Rake at London Bridge, Dullitch and Fulham. Hailing from Canada originally I often get asked if I can stand all the warm beer in England and isn’t there anywhere that serves beer [...]
I found this useful and well written guide to UK pubs - GreatBeer.co.uk - today while trying to find the telephone number for the Black Rabbit pub in Arundel. Our own pub report to follpw here in BeerViking, in the meantime worth keeping this link.
Planning A Raid on Brighton…Any Tips
Below is some potential spots mapped out.
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German was on hand from Vancouver to help in making an important decision. What beer was going forward in the Golden Ale category for Beer of the Summer 2008?
First order was to see how the Darkstar Sunburst did against the award winning Hopback Summer Lightning.
And the result was that in a nudge and a wink, [...]
Again as part of the hunt to find somewhere near Victoria Station ended up visiting the Thomas Cubbitt - which really is more of a bar than a pub.
Saying that, they did have Little Creatures and I’m sure some other excellent beers which makes it worth going back to check it out some more.
During the recent Victoria raid, which coincided with the need to find some decent places near Victoria Station in London, came across the Horse & Groom.
And what’s not to like.
It’s a Shephard Neame pub that is quite small with some outside space on a mews in Belgravia.
It might be a litte too far away to [...]
Have recovered enough to finally write something, will follow with posts about a couple of places we made it to.
Anyway, main thing is that as Doc and myself are often leaving from Victoria these days, we decided it was time to do some research and find some drinking holes down that way.
Below is hopefully a [...]
In the Cotswolds. on advice of the Good Pub Guide 08 went to the Queens Head in Stow-on-the-Wold.The pub was not of standard and would give it a miss, but they do serve the local brew, Donningtons, and I can recommend the BBA was a very taste ale to try.
Was on the bus this morning re-reading the Independent from yesterday and read an excellent article about the Crown Liquor Saloon in Belfast. Apparently, this pub from the early 1800’s has stood tall through thick and thin with even IRA bombs blasting around it.
Kudos’s to regulars there!
If I ever make it to Belfast [...]
Why do the Sam Smiths’s pubs rock? Let me excplain…