An afternoon in Richmond

For my afternoon out this time I took the train to Richmond and, as before, my…

The Three R’s – LPG tour of Kiburn and Hampstead

The final CAMRA London Pubs Group tour of 2021 took place on 8 December when we…

Distortion – a designer brewery

Although Distortion is another brewery based in a railway arch, that is probably where similarities to…

Pub reopenings in North London

Despite the problems that the pub trade has been experiencing in the last few months, there…

Spartan Brewery

It’s not unusual for brewery owners to fit in brewing with other jobs but Spartan take…

ESB revisited

What better way can there be to celebrate the 50th birthday of Fuller’s renowned Extra Special…

Coppa – Coppa Who?

Every so often you get an invite out of the blue. So, when, just before Christmas,…

Football and beer at St Albans City

St Albans City FC (nicknamed The Saints) played host to Hampton & Richmond Borough FC on…

Health and wellbeing

DEFIBRILLATORS IN PUBS I don’t want to cause undue concern but this item, which I picked…

Idle Moments – Feb/March 2022

Hello and welcome to 2022. May I be (very likely, by the time this comes out)…