Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
UK beer blog running since 2007, with tasting notes, beer history, pub reports and commentary on British booze culture.
By Jessica Boak, Ray Bailey.
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The slow death of a Bristol estate pub
We never knew, or never noticed, The Mayors Arms, one of Bristol’s few surviving post war buildings. And now it’s set for demolition. Actually, we did notice it – just not before 2009 when it …
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BRAPA | Blog
On 5th April 2014, I had a dream. Or was it a nightmare? To tick every pub in the Good Beer Guide!
By Si Everitt.
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BRAPA .... THINKS VERY FILEY OF YOU (EAST & NORTH YORKS BEGINNINGS)
Thursday 17th October 2024 I'll keep this brief(ish) as I've been suffering from flu-like symptoms which I caught from some filthy Londoner on my way home from Epsom last Sunday. On a glittering sunny Thursday …
Campaign for Real Pubs
They can still be found if you know where to look...
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Updated 6 months ago
The Cross Keys
The Cross Keys, Penkridge, Staffordshire ST19 5HJ An old pub standing by the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal to the south-east of the village centre, it was originally isolated in the middle of open fields, but …
Closed Pubs
Recording the slow, sad death of the British pub.
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The Bull’s Head
The Bull’s Head, Bilston. Staffordshire A street-corner pub in an area of car dealerships and industrial premises, which was in very poor condition by the time the StreetView image was taken in 2011. It had …
Jane Stuart - Writer
My musings on beer and football culture.
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Preston Pubs
When my pals from Friends of Highgate Brewery got in touch, inviting me to join them for drinks round Preston today, I readily accepted. You may recall I enjoyed a tour of Preston by my …
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Mappiman's Real Ale Walks
Walking the UK, ticking off CAMRA Good Beer Guide Pubs and hunting for Geocaches.
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30/10/24 - Redstone Caves, Shrawley Woods and Glasshampton Monastery
Good Beer Guide Pubs from HomeMy one man protest at the 50% budget increase for capped single bus journeys starts here. Instead of the ever reliable Kidderminster Number 3 whisking me off to exotic climes, …
Merseyside Pub Guide
The Researcher's Blog.
By Phil Wieland.
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Birkenhead
On a chilly damp Saturday afternoon I headed under the Mersey to Birkenhead where I started in the Richmond:Outside this one looks a bit down at heel, the inside is much better, plain but pleasant. …
Micropub Adventures
Micropubs, Breweries, Pubs and more…….
By Scott Spencer.
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9/11/24 – Ilkeston, Heanor and Loscoe
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Prop Up the Bar
Travelling the land looking for the perfect pub. Then wondering what the one around the corner is like...
By Nick C.
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Belgian Beer in Bishop's Stortford
In which I find myself with a couple of hours to spare in the Herts town of Bishop's Stortford, late on an Autumnal Saturday afternoon.I figured that should be ample time to get around the …
The Pub Curmudgeon
A jaundiced view of life from the darkest recess of the saloon bar...
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A morsel for the masses
Well, Budget Day has come and gone, and there has been the usual phenomenon of various unpalatable measures being trailed in advance, and a sigh of relief being breathed when some of them at least …
Pub History Project – Leicester
History and Beer.
By Barry Lount, Stephen Bunker.
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BULLS HEAD, 13 OXFORD STREET
First record we have is circa 1815, William Haddon was the victular. John Briggs, circa 1827 – 1846. The Bulls Head was up for auction in 1842, whilst John Briggs was in occupation. Thomas Sarson, …
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The Pub Man
There is only pubs.
By Cooking Lager.
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Small is Beautiful The End
By far the largest part of Schumachers book is in regard to the third world and this section really hasn’t aged well at all. The world is different place 50 years on, but it exposes …
By Cooking Lager, 1,432 words
Real Ale, Real Music
By Chris Dyson.
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A Cultured Night In Bradford....
A rare new pub has joined the select group in Bradford city centre that are in the Good Beer Guide for the 2025 edition, so I have been along to give it a try whilst …
By Chris Dyson, 2,161 words
retiredmartin
On permanent exploration of places, pubs, people and new music.
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LOW KEY BUT LUSH. ASHFORD’S CRAFT BAR
November 2024. Ashford. Two (2) successive posts about Kent’s most beleaguered town (blimey, even Rainham is better these days), can Paul Bailey and I make Ashford the new beer destination ? Well, no, obviously not, …
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Will Hawkes — Blog
Beer, food and travel journalist.
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October: Cheerio GBBF, Finchley Festivities & The Man Who Tamed Britain's Toughest Pub
Brum Rush PANDEMONIUM, if press reports can be believed, broke out in the family room at the 1990 Great British Beer Festival. A rabbit leapt from a magician's hat; 20 children, plus organiser Pat Waters, …