If I’m honest, I was more interested in the new looking Bar Stewards on the other side of Gibraltar Street. Thing was, it didn’t open until 5.30pm and when we came out […]
Shakespeare’s, Sheffield
November’s Wash-up
I started November off by telling everyone about Growlers, Otley Road, Headingley, LS 6, a brand new bottle shop where everything is chilled in a line of fridges along the wall. There’s […]
The Weird and Wonderful World of Pub Tickers!
I wrote about Wapentake when it first opened, it’s still very good, and a regular haunt for me. As it’s Leeds’ latest entry into the Good Beer Guide Martin Taylor needed to ‘tick’ it […]
The Horse & Trumpet, Wigston, Leicester, LE18.
You might not get the best out of me with The Horse and Trumpet. Martin Taylor, the guy in the photo above, had dragged me out of the wonderful Real Ale Classroom and it’s even […]
The Real Ale Classroom, Allandale Rd, Leicester 2.
It’s a bit of a mouthful, The Real Ale Classroom, so I will refer to it simply as the Classroom. I must add, that at this stage on my day out in […]
The Blue Boar, Leicester
The Blue Boar had me well and truly fooled. Convinced it was an old pub, I was surprised when the lass behind the bar put me straight; apparently it’s only been open […]
The Bowling Green, Leicester
A new entry into GBG2018 and the main reason we were here. So that Martin Taylor could ‘tick’ it off his list, obviously. If this is a GBG pub then I’m glad I don’t […]
A Day in Leicester with my Beer Blogging Heroes!
Leicester? Nothing wrong with it at all. Nice friendly folk. Clean and tidy for the most part. I couldn’t put my finger on it? Other than, it was a bit like their […]