Category: Scooping

1 September 2024

Beer Guide London Visits – 29/08/2024

The Long Pond (1 / 241) A typical micropub a short walk from the station. One room layout with plenty of seating it offers up to 6 cask ales served on gravity from the cold room behind the bar. Note that it closes during the afternoon. There is a lunch time food offering. Hop Fuzz – Cascade – 4.2% (Cask) – £2.20 1/2 pint The […]

25 August 2024

Macclesfield – 23/08/2024

RedWillow Macclesfield32A Park Green, Macclesfield SK11 7NA Town centre bar run by the brewery offering a good selection of their beers across 18 taps and 4 handpumps, but they carry guests as well. It’s a large one room bar with plenty of comfortable seating and additional seating outside. Apparently it can get very noisy when busy due to the acoustics of the room. Waters Green […]

11 August 2024

Beer Guide London Visits – 10/08/2024

Craft & Courage (1 / 231) Cosy little bar in central Crystal Palace. 6 beers on tap and 2 double fridges of packaged beers. Plenty of seating in the small space with the bonus of a secluded garden area to the rear. Food here is limited to the usual bar snacks. Northern Monk – Customer Collaboration // Redmond’s of Dennistoun // IPA – 6.6% (Draft) […]

6 August 2024

Beer Guide London Visits – 05/08/2024

Real Drinks Maida Vale (1 / 227) Remaining branch of what used to be three. Still a great selection of beers available alongside the wine selection. 4 double fridges of packaged beers and 6 on tap, available in 1/3 measures. Small with limited seating but there are a couple of tables outside too. Food is limited to bar snacks. Siren – Mesmerist – 3.4% (Draft) […]

4 August 2024

Beer Guide London Visits – 03/08/2024

Bohemia House (1 / 216) Czech & Slovak bar and restaurant in a leafy West Hampstead. In what was a large residential building is this specialist bar. Formerly the Czech & Slovak Club. To the right as you enter is the restaurant area and to the left is the cosy wood panelled bar area. 8 taps serve a good range of Czech and Slovak beers, […]

28 July 2024

Beer Guide London Visits – 27/07/2024

SALT Craft & Pizza (Woolwich) (1 / 210) Original tap room of Hopstuff Brewery before it was bought out by SALT of Yorkshire and rebranded. Plans for SALT to use the brewery as a southern base have fallen through though with all beers brewed in Yorkshire. 16 taps and a couple of handpumps offer beers from across the SALT portfolio plus some guests. The pizza […]

21 July 2024

Beer Guide London Visits – 20/07/2024

Hope (1 / 203) Classic, award winning, pub close to the station. A good range of beers across 7 handpumps and a dozen taps, although the range increases greatly during their regular beer festivals when the beers can be found to the rear. The cask ales are always in excellent condition. Extensive range of bar snacks and hot food. Elusive – Easy Mode – 4.3% […]

7 July 2024

Beer Guide London Visits – 07/07/2024

Dodo Micropub (1 / 197) Multi award winning micropub in the backstreets of Hanwell. Expect to find 4 keg beers and 2 cask beers served on gravity from the cold room. Food is the usual bar snacks apart from the first Sunday of every month when cheese and biscuits is laid on. Plenty of bench seating laid out in a way that encourages you to […]

6 July 2024

Beer Guide London Visits – 06/07/2024

7000 Jars Of Beer (1 / 191) Bottle shop in the heart of Kingston that also offers 6 quality beers on tap. Expect to find a range of a couple of hundred packaged beers from the UK and beyond. Comfortable space with plenty of seating inside and a couple of tables in the alley outside. The stipulation placed on them when they first opened that […]