In praise of…the Jerusalem Tavern
Last year on the BeerCast we highlighted the local gem that is The Wellington in Bennett’s Hill, Birmingham. A real local boozer that values well-kept and varied ales above everything else is a treat wherever you live. On a recent trip to London we ventured to a similarly well-regarded establishment – the Jerusalem Tavern in […]
Halfway to Orkney
The other Friday we ventured out into a muggy Edinburgh night to celebrate the famous festival. Not the Fringe, or the International, but the Halfway House’s Beer Festival. Each week in August the smallest and friendliest pub in Edinburgh™ showcases a different Scottish brewer and blankets the hand pumps with their offerings. For the final […]
Everyone’s a critic
We were in Doctors pub on Forrest Road last week for BeerCaster John’s birthday – and I think he did drink beer at some point on his journey around the world of booze.* Someone spotted this opportunistic bit of graffiti on a poster advertising pitchers of Fosters lager. Hard to argue, really. Needless to say […]
The BeerCast’s Pub Guide – York
The Maltings Tanner’s Moat MapOpen: 11am-11pm (Mon-Sat); 12pm-10:30pm (Sun)Link: Official WebsiteGood Beer Guide entry: YesThe BeerCast members have just returned from a highly enjoyable long Easter weekend in York, and during which time sampled many tremendous local beers in a number of interesting pubs. Following on from the guide to our home city of Edinburgh, […]
Slurp on those nuts
A beautiful Christmas Day spent in a homely pub, in front of a well-stoked open fire, and what better than a turkey than a mouthful of nuts…. But wait, hop lovers, not the hairy, flaking, dangling kind. Sat in The Lamb in Newbury I partook many festive pints of Harvey’s Sussex Best Bitter, itself a […]
By the bonny, bonny banks of the St. Lawrence…
BeerCaster MrB marches dans la pub L’Isle Noire Named after a Tintin book in which our hero travels to Scotland in search of a legendary ape (no, I am not making this up), l’Ile Noire is a “Scottish” pub in the heart of Montreal. If you’re lucky (or unlucky depending on your point of view), […]
