Porto Beers and Bars | Beer Talk
Last month we headed out to Porto, Portugal, for a long weekend. We didn’t have high expectations for the beer there as the micro-brewing revolution that has reached many parts of Europe hasn…| Beer Talk
An article I wrote about beer and pubs in East Northamptonshire which appeared in the Cambridge & District CAMRA magazine ALE, May 2019 Rural East Northamptonshire was the perfect spot for a weekend break, with its pretty villages with stone cottages, medieval churches with tall slender spires, village greens with red kites circling above – […]| Beer Talk
Here’s an article I wrote for Local Secrets about what to expect at the fantastic 44th Cambridge Beer Festival – read on..! Cheers! It’s time for the Cambridge Beer Festival Raspberry, ginger and chilli stouts, porters brewed with coffee beans, chocolate orange ales, and beetroot-flavoured wheat beers — these are just a few of the […]| Beer Talk
Here’s an article I wrote for Local Secrets about what to expect at this year’s Cambridge Beer Festival: An award-winning dark ale matured over sloe berries, a Japanese-inspired vegan IPA brewed with fresh yuzu juice and fermented with sake yeast, and a new ‘CAMRA KeyKeg Beer Wall’ showcasing a relatively new format for dispensing real […]| Beer Talk
Last month we took a trip to Manchester, and then to Buxton in the Peak District. Here are some of the pubs we visited. Manchester Port Street Beer House The Port Street Beer House on Port Street in the ‘hip’ Northern Quarter was probably my favourite pub in Manchester. Set in a little terraced street, […]| Beer Talk
On a visit to the cathedral city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, we headed to the Liberty Belle micropub for a beer. This small and cosy pub on Forehill is decked out with old memorabilia including a petrol pump, a bus stop, and old metal trade signs. The tiny wooden bar area on the raised level doesn’t […]| Beer Talk
I thought I’d finish the year off with an epic post which I was actually meant to publish months ago – July in fact. We took a trip to the Dales in June, and visited plenty of pubs during our stay, which happened to coincide with the run-up to the Tour de France. It would’ve […]| Beer Talk
It’s that time of year again when I rack my brains trying to remember the best beers I have tried over the last year to nominate for the Golden Pints awards. So here are my choices. I’m sure I’ve forgotten a few good ones, but that’s probably because I was having such a nice time […]| Beer Talk
Over the festive period we made a few trips to a few different cities, and had a few beers when there. Here’s a pick of some great pubs that we visited in each city during our travels. London London was the first festive trip of the season, and after a trek to Hyde Park’s Winter […]| Beer Talk
There were plenty of scary beers and scary-looking people out last night around Cambridge on our mini Halloween pub crawl. It was good to see that so many pubs had embraced the fright night theme, with bar staff dressed up in their most terrifying costumes, and beers having suitably gruesome names and pump clips. First […]| Beer Talk
Last month we headed out to Porto, Portugal, for a long weekend. We didn’t have high expectations for the beer there as the micro-brewing revolution that has reached many parts of Europe hasn…| Beer Talk
