Wednesday morning, 1030am, somewhere just outside Wetherby, near Leeds, someone’s knocking at the door! Not more Black Friday online purchases, surely? The nice guy from UK Mail helpfully drags the heavy box in […]
A Maltese brewer
One of the highlights of the week was meeting John Pullicino, brewer at Farson’s Cisk, and a lovely man. As we walked out of the brew house our guide, Isabelle, pointed out […]
Lord Chambray
Lord Chambray definitely has to go down as the brewery with the nicest, most glamorous, friendliest tour guide ever! Valentina was an absolute star, she really made us feel at home. She’s […]
Farson’s Simonds Cisk, Brewers of Malta
One brewer has absolutely monopolised the islands of Malta; Farsons Simons Cisk, who are part of the larger Farsons group and the only commercial brewer on the island. I’ve got a bit […]
The Brew, The Strand, Sliema – Malta’s first Brewpub
I stumbled into The Brew by accident. Like, I’ve been disappointed before with pubs whose nomenclature purported them to be brew pubs. Besides, most of the premises on the swish Sliema strand […]
Malta Part II – The Sun in Splendour and WMC’s
The Sun in Splendour Triq Ross, St Julians, promotes itself on the back of it’s quirky beer garden out the back. It’s also a very nice place to sit outside on the […]
Malta and The Pub
I was looking forward to going back to Malta after ten years absence, and hoping that, in terms of beer, things might have moved on a bit? It’s not that there aren’t any decent […]
Deja vu, or just a new enemy?
Marston’s featured heavily in the daily news round from Morning Advertiser today. The strap line on Nicholas Robinson’s, 01-11-16, article reads; Marston’s will flex the full potential of its five breweries by […]