One of Retired Martin’s excellent posts, and his sideways acclaim of Wadworth’s 6X, Marston’s Pedigree and Woodford’s Wherry sowed the seeds of this one, particularly the above photo and the caption – That would […]
Leeds Beer Week 2016
What’s all this Leeds Beer Week thing then? If I’m honest I might not get to know, it’s nearly half way through and I’m still in deepest Dorset sampling the local beers and […]
Craft Beer OR just JDW exposing themselves?
I was somewhat bemused to see this laminated flyer in a local Wetherspoons, the one in the concourse at Leeds station, which is probably my favourite JDW in Leeds. A proper station […]
The Beer House Bradford
After two stops in The Record Café plus a couple of other really good places, it was clear that anywhere else we visited would have to be at the top of their […]
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 […]
Left Bank Beer Festival, in Manchester?
If I’m honest, Manchester is a place I’ve never really got to grips with. I’ve been through it more times than I care to remember. I’ve spent plenty time at The Crown […]
Bratfut innit! and a visit to The Sparrow.
I don’t know what it is about Bradford? There’s just something about it, and no, it’s not the multi cultural aspect, which, to someone who was regularly dragged around Huddersfield Monday market […]
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 […]
Confessions of a volunteer key-keg barman at a CAMRA festival.
Warning – some may find these views controversial! A brief overview regarding the provision of key-keg dispensed real ales at the recent Leeds CAMRA beer festival: Firstly, despite the belief of one […]