The newa that Sam Smith’s have banned swearing in their pubs got me thinking on the topic, and my thoughts took me back many years to a different world, and a pub that is now actually owned by Sam’s. Back then, early 80s, this pub on the outskirts of Harrogate was a free house, run…
Author: nick
Home beer and pub beer
A number of blog posts have stung me into action again, particularly the excellent Boak and Bailey (http://boakandbailey.com/) and have made me think about why I drink what I drink, and where I drink it. I’ve realised that the primary reason I go to pubs isn’t to drink beer any more – that’s a strong…
28.01.12 – Home: Kenilworth, England
After a very busy day, I’m at home drinking a Brooklyn Lager. Last time I had any of this stuff was, well, in Brooklyn, at a pizzeria under the shadow of the Bridge. Nice pizza, very nice beer. The location may have changed, but the beer hasn’t. Now think of American lager, and you probably…
18.01.12 – Clarendon Arms, Kenilworth, England
Ah, a pub. A pub with good ale. That’s more like it. Well, it’s a pub that concentrates mainly on food, and shares a kitchen – and chef – with the excellent Harringtons restaurant next door. The chef being one of my rugby coaching colleagues, it makes a good venue for what are euphemistically called…
04.01.12 – Novotel, Besancon, France
There are times when just any old beer will do, and one of those is when you’ve travelled all day to get to somewhere you just don’t want to be. And you’re thirsty… And that’s where I was today. Most definitely thirsty. So to the bar… First up was Heinekin. Now it’s never one of…
Simpkiss TNT
Back in 1985 a group of us had been looking for a pint or two in the Black Country, and were heading home past Brierley Hill when we spotted a Simpkiss pub. Any small brewery’s beer had to be worth a look, and I was partial to their Old Ale, so in we went. It…
Beer today…
…gone tomorrow. A selection of my thoughts on beers and bars past and present