I have just returned from a work trip out to Germany. In many ways it was exactly like you would expect. To be honest about it everything was well organised, efficient and clean. This applied to everything we came in contact with when we were out there, including the pub. Zur Gemütlichkeit isn’t really what […]
The Running Horse
I know that when I stay away from home I end up reviewing the pub that I stayed in and all sounds a bit like a crap review on tripadvisor.com. This is one of those posts. The Running Horse is pub in the village of Littleton, on the outskirts of Winchester and it is […]
Amsterdam 2013
They say that people go to Amsterdam for two things (and we all know what they are). I went for a third reason, the beer. Well, that’s not strictly true. After getting back from Milton Keynes beer festival last year the usual suspects and I were talking about the last time we went to Amsterdam […]
Staying near Glasgow airport
OK, so I’m back. I’ve just finished a large job north of the border. Starting a few weeks ago we were staying at a Premier Inn next to a pub, now we’re staying at another near to Glasgow airport. Many thanks to Adam Shafi on twitter, who suggested some different pubs to try, however, the boss […]
The Burnbrae: Now this is what I’m talking about!
You may remember me whinging last year about how crap it can be if we are staying away and the pub next door only has crap beer. Well, this week I’ve been working up near Glasgow and staying at, as usual, a usual Premier Inn. This is probably one of the best Premier Inn’s in the chain. […]
Cask ale week – And finally….
If you read my posts about trying to get to twelve pubs which have been acredited with cask marques, you will know that I have been waiting for a t-shirt now for some time. If you didn’t know about this, you can read about it here, hear and heere. Well, finally it arrived. Email after […]
Cask Ale Week – The Locals
Following on from the last post. It was Cask Ale Week a little while ago and I’m on a mission with my friend Jay to visit different pubs to that we can scan their cask marque certificates. If we get to twelve by the end of the week we get a t-shirt. After visiting the […]
A last minute change of plan
The other day was supposed to be Steppingly beer and curry festival. Me and my mates had been planning on going for a while after the great time we had had there last year. Steppingly had everything you could want from a beer festival. There was good beer, good prices, good entertainment, good food and […]
Mini cider tour of Somerset
Recently work has taken me to Somerset. I am seeing cider in my future. The job turned out to be quite strange, working over night in a gym, sleeping for the first half of the day, having lunch time specials in the pub attached to the hotel for breakfast (curry and a pint for breakfast […]
The Saint George and Dragon
It was pointed out recently by DrinkDrank that everyone is talking about the beer on their travels, so I thought I’d mention my recent trip into Devonshire and the pub we stayed with. A job in Stover, Devonshire, sent us south for a days work. We decided that we would stay at a pub we […]