The Times reports the exciting news that Real Ale sales in the UK are climbing according to SIBA.
While crap beer sales fell approx 7.2% in Q2 2008, Real Ale sales have increased 8.1% over the first 6 months.
This increase is take from SIBA’s figures on it’s direct distribution from smaller UK Brewers to 3,000 odd [...]
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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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 [...]
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…
On Friday we decide to have a business meeting at lunchtime at The Florence - a gastro brew-pub. Yummy mummies, but even more yummy beers… Including a micro brew, brewed on site. The lovely Weasel. To be continued. Have a great weekend.