2025 August « Oh Good Ale
1 post published by Phil during August 2025| Oh Good Ale
Like other CAMRA members, I regularly score the cask beer I drink using the National Beer Scoring System (NBSS). This isn’t just for my own convenience: venues generally need to score an aver…| Oh Good Ale
For the July 2025 edition of The Session David Jesudason has asked us to think about pub food. I’ll start by reproducing part of a post from 2018 on the decline of weekday lunchtime pubgoing,…| Oh Good Ale
Mild Magic 2019: the Eastern leg The ups… I’d been to Marple before, albeit only in search of beer and quite briefly at that; train in, head for the Samuel Oldknow, bus out. I saw a bit…| Oh Good Ale
1983, Chester I knew we were on when I saw Tom going back for a pudding. Most days, we’d clock out at lunchtime, go to the canteen for something to eat – a hot meal served with plates a…| Oh Good Ale
This is a second post about 2025’s Mild Magic, Stockport and South Manchester CAMRA‘s annual celebration of mild. The previous post focused on the beers; this one’s about the pubs. I visited 48 pubs during MM so I won’t comment on every single one, just note down what comes to mind as I go along. […]| Oh Good Ale
For June’s Session, Laura Hadland asked us about The Ultimate Pub Quiz Round. Like the previous topic, this is a subject on which I’ve got too many thoughts rather than too few – hence …| Oh Good Ale
This is the second of four posts on the 2023 iteration of Mild Magic, CAMRA’s annual campaign to promote mild around Manchester. A trip down Oxford Road started badly at the Ford Madox Brown (JDW) …| Oh Good Ale
Fell in the street in a drunken heap… For May’s Session, Phil Cook has asked us to consider “the beers and pubs in art and fiction that have grabbed our attention”. I immediately thought, “that’ll be easy – I’ll do beer and pubs in folk”. Immediately after that, however, paralysis hit. What did I mean […]| Oh Good Ale
Mild Magic, Stockport and South Manchester CAMRA’s annual celebration of mild, is over for another year. Like all these events/challenges, MM involves visiting a certain number of pubs and dr…| Oh Good Ale
Hosting the April Session, Ding says: “I would love people to tell us where they find the greatest value in beer.” He usefully points out that ‘value’ can mean a lot of diff…| Oh Good Ale
This month’s Session is about the best beers we can drink at home right now. Briefly (the end of February crept up on me while I was thinking about something else): this topic ought to be made for me. Ever since I first laid in a couple of 12-packs from Harvey’s, way back in the […]| Oh Good Ale
Now that the ticks have been counted, the prizes distributed and the prize draws drawn, it’s probably a bit late for a retrospective post on 2024’s Winter Warmer Wander (Stockport &…| Oh Good Ale
What’s the best thing to happen in beer since 2018? asks Alan McLeod, relaunching The Session. I’m very much in favour of The Session being revived – it’s good to be reminded of how man…| Oh Good Ale
This is the fourth round-up (of five) of pubs from this year’s Winter Warmer Wander, Stockport & South Manchester CAMRA’s annual celebration of dark, strong and festive beers. This one covers t…| Oh Good Ale
Here’s the third round-up (of five) of pubs from this year’s Winter Warmer Wander, Stockport & South Manchester CAMRA’s annual celebration of dark, strong and festive beers. This one covers poi…| Oh Good Ale
Here’s another round-up of pubs from this year’s Winter Warmer Wander, Stockport & South Manchester CAMRA’s annual celebration of dark, strong and festive beers. This post covers Altrinch…| Oh Good Ale
Jasmine Green Tea Pale 4.0% Malted barley, malted wheat, hops, jasmine green tea, lemon rind, yeast 9/10 Pale yellow, clear, light but effective conditioning. A fresh-tasting golden ale with a bit …| Oh Good Ale
For this year’s Winter Warmer Wander – Stockport & South Manchester CAMRA’s annual celebration of dark, strong and festive beers – I decided to do something I’d never attempte…| Oh Good Ale
Belatedly, here are some notes on Mild Magic 2024, Stockport and South Manchester CAMRA’s annual celebration & promotion of mild. One of the pleasures of Mild Magic is planning proper trips out…| Oh Good Ale
Belatedly, here are some notes on Mild Magic 2024, Stockport and South Manchester CAMRA’s annual celebration & promotion of mild. This post covers a second group of pubs and bars on the Mild Ma…| Oh Good Ale
Belatedly, here are some notes on Mild Magic 2024, Stockport and South Manchester CAMRA’s annual celebration & promotion of mild. This year, Mild Magic featured 97 pubs divided into 60+ a…| Oh Good Ale
Do you have a favourite bar… …where you can play pool with strangers Maybe wear some lipstick and not be in danger Of getting beat up in the men’s room Feeling safe is important i…| Oh Good Ale
This is the fourth of four posts about Mild Magic, CAMRA’s annual campaign to promote mild around Manchester. A trip to Stockport – combining mild ticking on my part with craft-related shoppi…| Oh Good Ale
