Xian is probably best known as the place you stay when visiting the breathtaking Terracota Army. It’s the oldest of the ancient capitals having accommodated thirteen dynasties since 221 BCE and is […]
Alexandra Arms, Rugby
I read somewhere recently about there being a difference between Pub men and Beer men? I might revise that to Pub and Beer people because Mrs C came out on the recent […]
Brewhouse and Kitchen, Dorchester
The building looks like it’s been transported from one of those new build, just outside town, on a roundabout, got a Premier Inn, Service Station and a Restaurant pub type of places. […]
The Black Swan Pickering via Istanbul!
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 […]
Itza all Female Beer from a Nomadic Brewster
I was quite priviliged to be invited, strictly as an observer, to an ‘all female’ brewing day at Burley Street Brewhouse in Leeds a couple of weeks ago. For those unfamiliar with the […]
The New Inn & Cropton Brewery
For a little pub in the middle of nowhere, the sizeable car park was exceptionally busy, even for Saturday lunch time. Walking into the warm glow of the bar, there was hardly […]
Brass Castle Taphouse
If Malton were a murky metropolis, then Brass Castle would reside beneath a rumbling railway arch in the midst of a grimy area of, soon to be uplifted, urban desolation. Malton however, is a pleasant, […]
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 […]
The Lyme Regis Brewery
Glasses of fine ale, blue sky, warm sun, sitting in a cobbled courtyard outside a brewery … doesn’t get much better does it? The Pearl of Dorset is a lovely little place, […]
Bradford Brewery Tap
Bradford Brewery Tap, is one of the newer venues in the city, apparently. Only a short walk from North Parade, it’s housed in quite a sombre, almost severe looking building that is […]