I mentioned elsewhere that I was a bit disappointed with The Guardian’s top ten list of Liverpool craft beer pubs. Mainly because a lot of them were just pubs that sold some […]
Notes on how to run a successful Beer Festival
To have a successful beer festival, you need a lot of support, volunteers, sponsors and lots of customers. In rural North eastern Leeds, then that means lots of support from the other festivals […]
Festival Special – Beers from the wood
A unique head to head is kicking off at Clifford Champion Beer Festival on Saturday 25th June. Championship winning brewers Elland have come up with two one off special brews for […]
Wapentake, 92 Kirkgate, Leeds, YORKSHIRE!
A long, long time ago in Sheffield, I remember a pub called The Wapentake, aka The Wop, that used to be full of Heavy Metal types drinking out of plastic glasses and […]
CAMRA – Shaping the future in Leeds?
I went along to a CAMRA Shaping the Future consultation event in Leeds last weekend and very worth while it was too. I very much enjoyed the stimulating discourse and the opportunity […]
822! and New Kitchen at Northern Monk Refectory
I headed off down Water Lane to Northern Monk Refectory last night. Okay, so what you like it down there, I hear you say? Well they have just opened (Friday 10th June) […]
Stumble Inn?
‘Ooh look, they’ve won pub of the year in two thousand and six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, thirteen, fourteen and fifteen. Mmm, I wonder who won it last year then?’ My […]