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Third beer was from Calke in Derbyshire, near Ashby de la Zouch - Tollgate Billy's Best Bitter 5.1%. I've had a few Tollgate beers, both in pubs and from off licences and have always found them well...

A few more local beers tonight, these bought at local mini-market, off-licence, butcher and post office, Beeches of Walkley. I'm starting with two from Thornbridge that I haven't tried before, Tzara...

Here's another one that John wouldn't have picked off the shelf. To be honest I wouldn't normally pick this one off the shelf either, and I can't quite remember why I did. The beers in Abbeydale's...

Another 440ml can from the Dram Shop expedition of last week: Abbeydale Funk Dungeon Hop Bretta Tradition 4.9%, a bretted pale ale with a single hop, Hallertau Tradition. This is a product of...

As well as working through a minikeg of Black Sheep Bitter, I'm dipping into the bottles and cans I picked up at the Dram Shop last week. Last night I went for the Abbeydale Lost Souls 10.5% imperial...

Same score - and same thought! It's almost enough for a game of football...

I've moved this query from Mick to this sub-forum in hope that Dave will see it.

Yep, I'd completely forgotten about that!

I suppose it's not so much that the listing is useful. The Scottish Queen got a mention on Retired Martin's blog today and I couldn't remember if I'd...

There are 22 pubs listed on Pubs Galore in Tamworth Central. I've crossed through half of those (hotel, sports bar, NRA, etc) and five of the remainder are chain pubs (Marstons, Stonegate, Craft...

There is a half-hourly shuttle service between City and Trent Valley stations. The timetable as it stands has a seven minute wait at TV for the train to Tamworth, but that's only hourly, so if you...

Good to know I wasn't imagining it!

I managed three pub visits in December when a trip to Scotland (with a justified reason) was cancelled midway when the regulations changed and made it illegal to come back. I broke my train journey...

I've noticed a few instances recently of pubs not appearing in town and area listings, but existing as an entry and being found by a name search. The example that prompted this thread is a closed...

Maybe combined with Lichfield?

'Grumpy'? Downright offensive towards the end. Referring to people as 'Proper Twats' and calling the majority of real ale drinkers 'gullible and stupid' is no way to engender a proper discussion, or...

There you go - knock yourself out!

Yes, I think his last post was when RP Adam gave him a ticking off for what I agreed was a pretty nasty attack on people who drink beers like Doom Bar, and suggested that he put a sock in it, to...

If you'd written that five or six years ago I'd have said you were bonkers. I went to Tamworth a few times when the Hatters were in non-league and the football was always better than the beer. Most...

Sorry to hear about the Alfred - I was there a few years ago and the beer was pretty good, and the atmosphere too. What a shame, indeed.

Nice one, John. (I prefer them too.)

Well, that was the longest hour and a half of my life! Thanks for posting the link, now I'll know what to say if anyone suggests going through Standedge Tunnel.

What a very unpleasant chap he seems to be. (Apologies to anyone who likes him.)

Thanks a lot. After about five minutes I was suffering from claustrophobia and had to get myself a couple of beers, otherwise I'd have been climbing the walls.

Andy, is this your coat?

OK, this is really off-kilter. But this story of "fine wine thieves" is just too good to ignore.


"A gang of wine thieves, who were making off with an estimated €350,000 (£317,000) worth of...