More Manchester retro beer
First there came a recreation of Boddington’s Bitter last year, now Chester’s Mild has made a comeback. Named Man-Chesters Mild, I came across this re-imagining by Stockport’s Runaway Brewery in…
Huddersfield Narrow Canal anniversary
Today marks 25 years since the Huddersfield Narrow Canal reopened to navigation. I’ve just returned home from a couple of days photographing the west side (Ashton to Diggle) and will…
Which is Britain’s best beer city?
Prompted by a trip last week to Manchester, the city of my birth, I got thinking about which UK city is now “best” for beer.“Best” is a difficult term to…
Do I like beer festivals? I’m still in two minds.
Do I like beer festivals? I'm still in two minds.I’ve always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with beer festivals. I think my first was the Midlands Real Beer…
The food menu board at the Red Monkey (Le Singe Rouge), Bristol showing French descriptions of typical pub snacks
Memorable pub food (The Session #149)
This post is in response to the July edition of “The Session”: a recently-revived monthly collection of writings. Every month a specific beer-related subject is chosen. This month’s is “pub…
Island Princess at the Aruba cruise berth
Holiday of a lifetime
We're back in the UK now after a 4-week trip to the US and Central America. It's the first time that we've been able to be away for so long…
Original?
It’s some years since I used to blog for business and I’ve been intending to start something more personal, but hadn’t quite got around to it. Until now. This will…