The second surprise Mr Stredwick pulled out of his bag on his Brewtown Tours adventure to Malton and Pickering was The Black Swan Inn, Pickering. Okay, we’ve all been to characterful seventeenth […]
The Black Swan Pickering via Istanbul!
A Bad Seed of an Idea! Cask, Keg & CAMRA and why we are still listening to Prog Rock?
It’s often puzzled me how brewers arrive at some of their brewery, and beer, names? Stood at a small bar on the mezzanine floor above Bad Seed Brewery, sipping a glass of Bad […]
York Tap
Although part of a provincial mainline railway station, York Tap looks almost like it should be sat at the end of a Victorian seaside pier. A sort of wood panelled, beigey-pink pavilion, […]
The Queen’s Head, Newbiggin by the Sea
If you look at a map of Newbiggin by the Sea, there’s a large open space in the middle of the town, like a huge chunk of the place has just disappeared. […]
A day out with Brewtown Tours in Leeds
A while back, a mate introduced me to this Aussie guy called Mark Stredwick. When I got to know him I discovered he’s not actually Australian, originally he hails from Yarm, Teeside, […]
Historic Coaching Inns of the Great North Road by Roger Protz
The first thing I do with a book like this is to scan through and see if anywhere local is included. Second check, is for any pubs I’ve visited previously. This touchstone […]
The Volunteer
I’m not sure how accurate or comprehensive Pubs Galore website is? Whatever, they list ‘The Volunteer; as being the 165th most frequent British pub name with 28 of them currently operating. Apparently […]
Anarchy Brew Co – Up in Smoke in North Northumberland!
Built in 1860 by the Craster family, it’s now the only smokehouse left in the small seaside village of Craster, Northumbria. Robson’s took over the business in 1906 and their renowned Kippers […]