Category: Pubs & Bars

7 April 2022

Beer Guide London Visits 11 – Weekday Openers

One of the more annoying aspects of visiting the Guide entries is the fact that a number of them only open during the week, understandably as the areas they tend to be in have very little, or no, residential presence. For those of us who also work Monday to Friday it makes visiting a bit trickier. However, this year, my birthday fell on a Friday […]

Beer London Beer Guide Pubs & Bars Scooping

13 March 2022

Beer Guide London Visits 10 – Putney, Sheen & Richmond

Still recovering after my trip to Kyiv I decided to stay local and get a few more of the nearest Guide entries visited. My first port of call was the Putney branch of Ghost Whale, one of my favourites. This was my first visit in 15 months and it was so good to be back. As it happened, and unbeknownst to me until I was […]

Beer London Beer Guide Pubs & Bars Scooping

25 February 2022

Beer Guide London Visits 9 – King’s Cross, Euston & Hammersmith

With my trip safely out of the way I could get back to my Guide revisits in earnest, albeit exercising a degree of caution. I opted to start today by heading to the King’s Cross area and take it from there. Rather than the long walk I jumped on the 390 bus from King’s Cross to the most northerly of the four King’s Cross entries […]

Beer London Beer Guide Pubs & Bars Scooping

20 February 2022

Beer Guide London Visits 8 – Richmond

Despite choosing to avoid going out in order to ensure my Ukraine trip went ahead I couldn’t avoid having to to and get some last minute bits and pieces, so I figured it would be rude not to pop in to a couple of local bars too. I began in Richmond, starting at Richmond Tap Tavern. Despite it’s central location in the town it is […]

Beer General Pubs & Bars Scooping

8 February 2022

Kyiv Bars

When researching the bars to visit in Kyiv I decided to stick with those that had ‘Verified Venue’ status within the Untappd app. The thinking behind this was that I would be able to see in advance what beers were available and, more importantly, be able to point at the beer I wanted on my phone screen should the language barrier prove to great. In […]

Beer General Holidays Pubs & Bars Trips

31 January 2022

Where’s The Chicken? II

So I didn’t get much sleep, my leg really hurt and I wasn’t able to get comfortable at all. I guess there is a lesson to be learned here, but I doubt I’ll learn it. Anyway, the first task for today was to locate a craft supplies shop in order to procure a gift for Mrs MusingAnorak so I spent a bit of time on […]

Beer General Holidays Pubs & Bars Trips

25 January 2022

Where’s The Chicken?

So a lifetime ago (last September) I started looking at a possible city break destination. Initial thoughts centred around Poland but then I read somewhere that UK nationals didn’t require a visa to visit Ukraine until the end of January 2022 and that immediately made Kyiv the destination of choice. Flights and hotel were booked. But. It was still a wait of four months. And […]

Beer Pubs & Bars Scooping

28 December 2021

This Is Crewe. All Change.

I grew up in Crewe but was never really a drinker whilst there. Even when I went to university I only drank Newcastle Brown or John Smiths. As a result I had no concept of how good or bad the pubs were in my home town, they were just pubs. Only when I was introduced to the world of Real Ale in my mid twenties […]

Beer Pubs & Bars Scooping

15 December 2021

The Ballad Of Reading Ale

For the first time since my drinking recommenced I headed West, away from London, for my bar visits. I planned on making my first appearance in Reading for a couple of years and reacquainting myself with some of the great pubs and bars there. I have volunteered at Reading Beer Festival for more than 10 years, for my first ever session I was assigned to […]

Beer London Beer Guide Pubs & Bars Scooping

11 December 2021

Beer Guide London Visits 7 – Bromley & Bexleyheath

It turns out that while I was hunting down Snowmen in Bromley Jezza was updating the Guide entries for Bromley. Talk about good timing. It meant that, this week, I had confirmation from my first target that they would indeed be open at 12:00. And they were. Bromley had been chosen as I had seen reports the week before of a beer from Marlix Brewery […]