Calan’s was Hebden Bridge’s first micro pub when it opened in April 2015. Although I would contend, that although micro in scale, it isn’t a micropub at all – more of that […]
Calan’s, Hebden Bridge
Do the Majority of Britons really find the price of a pint unaffordable?
CAMRA’s latest press release tells us,’ (the) Majority of Britons find the price of a pint unaffordable.’ Do they? Really? I’d best nail my colours to the mast; I broadly agree with […]
‘Five Beers, Three Ways’ at the Mended Drum, Huby
Man walks into a pub in a small North Yorkshire village. Nice village, nice little pub, but beyond being in GBG2018 it doesn’t offer much hope. Maybe a York Brewery beer if […]
Drink? Hebden Bridge
One minute you’re walking down Hebden Bridge High Street. You see a sign that says Drink? Sounds interesting, so you walk in. Next thing you know you’re down in the tube station and […]
The Fox and Goose, Hebden Bridge
The Fox and Goose wasn’t the first community owned pub in the UK, that’s The Old Crown at Hesket Newmarket in Cumbria. It was however, the first one in West Yorkshire when […]
Crown Posada, Newcastle
Saturday got off to a good start. First thing I saw from my room window was a shiny salmon leaping from the murky Tyne. Quite why it jumped in the midst of […]
FREE TR D I N, Byker, Newcastle
Last night when I told you all that stuff About the way things are You didn’t understand a word But you said you did … After the Cumberland Arms, our ‘not sure […]
The Cumberland Arms, Byker
I hadn’t realised just how far out of the city centre North Shields was. I reckon it was a good twenty minutes ride and a potential flashing incident on the excellent light […]
Beerleeds in Top Ten UK Beer Blogs & Websites for 2018!
It’s not often I get awarded anything. Okay I got a few professional commendations in the past, and occasionally a cheque from the Premium Bonds, but only for £25 a time. I […]
Woodfest2018
I’ll sum Woodfest 2018 up in a sentence: A superb festival that is an excellent celebration of the place where the Brewers art meets that of the Cooper. To be fair, it’s […]
