Warning – some may find these views controversial! A brief overview regarding the provision of key-keg dispensed real ales at the recent Leeds CAMRA beer festival: Firstly, despite the belief of one […]
Key Keg comes to Leeds CAMRA Beer Festival
Wednesday 16th March – 0915 x 1530. After two buses across Leeds, I managed to get to Pudsey Civic Hall just in time to see The Brass Castle brewery van pull up outside […]
More from the diary of a (Leeds CAMRA) beer festival volunteer
Tuesday 15th March 2015: 0850 x 1530 hrs Not as much heavy lifting today. all the barrels were on the stillage and the bars in place. Still, plenty to do though. Things […]
The Diary of a (Leeds CAMRA) Beer Festival volunteer
Monday 0830 start of Leeds Beer Festival Pudsey Civic Hall. Team briefing, significant H & S focus. Humping tables and chairs left from a postcard collectors fair into storeroom. Laying plastic sheeting to protect […]
Why Save The Roscoe Head?
Sat in the little room at the back of the pub, she asked me why I’d called in? I said I was a bit sceptical and I’d come to see for myself […]
No Dead Pony Club?
I’ve noticed a theme building recently which came to a head in Liverpool BrewDog, when I discovered yet another BrewDog bar with no Dead Pony Club on draught. A phenomenon experienced in other BrewDog establishments ; […]
BrewDog Liverpool
I stumbled across Liverpool BrewDog by accident. I knew there was one, but not where. It definitely wasn’t in The Guardian top ten craft beer pubs in Liverpool, which I found on […]
Bradford Brewery reveals two more sites as it celebrates first anniversary
Bradford Brewery has revealed its expansion plans in the city for 2016 as it celebrates its first anniversary. The company is opening two new sites and bringing its temporary bar and bottle […]
Liverpool CAMRA beer festival review
The decision to have a few days in Liverpool was a last minute one so I hadn’t really done much research and simply ripped out the two page ‘Liverpool pub feature’ from […]