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The first time I drank Boddingtons Bitter I refused to leave the pub. I was in Hyde on the edge of Manchester, en route for a meeting with the graphic...| wb.camra.org.uk
The first time I drank Boddingtons Bitter I refused to leave the pub. I was in Hyde on the edge of Manchester, en route for a meeting with the graphic...| wb.camra.org.uk
The last day of July. It’s one of the first endings of the year. Well, there is the end of winter but no one regrets that. And the switch from late spring to early summer never really leaves a ripple. But… July. Spent the other evening watching dusk arrive at a nearby conservation area, listening … Continue reading "Your Beery News Notes For The End Of July And The Beginning Of The Back To School Ads"| A Good Beer Blog
It’s at least 20 minutes before opening time and a queue has already formed outside The Hope. Although an occasional red London bus zooms past, this isn’t a bustling high street. Here, at the Sutton/Surrey borders, is one of the sleepiest corners of the capital, where daffodils, scorched in the sun, droop lazily as spring turns to summer. I take a walk to avoid waiting around in the queue. On a nearby wall someone has scrawled: ‘No to ULEZ’ despite Carshalton’s traffic congestion en...| Pellicle
Over the past decade, I’ve crossed paths with the Honourable Order of Bass Drinkers more times than I can count, usually during their annual pilgrimage to Burton. Like clockwork, I’d spot them arou…| THE BEERTONIAN
