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This is very true, of course when a pub is owned by a Pubco it can be completely hit or miss as to the quality of the tenant or manager.

Harvey's are not normally my go to brewery but I was greatly impressed with the quality of the Mild and Old Ale recently in the Royal Oak.

Interested but unfortunately not practical for me.

Well said Del, time moves on and you have to live for the day and what you have got to live with.

"drunken idiot" more like dick head, but then again its Spoons.

The Royal Oak
An enjoyable couple of hours spent on a rainy Saturday afternoon early in the month with some top quality beer.

Some good stuff this past week,

Acorn Mystic IPA
Cross Bay The Blonde Sunset
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Deeply Vale DV8
Rat White Rat
Bedlam Benchmark
St Austell Tribute
Burning Sky Plateau

Joe Strummer was a regular in my local for a couple of years or so in the late 90's, he kept himself to his self and was able to in the pub which was probably why he liked it, we inevitably ended up...

Typically a screwdriver and hammer, a bit messy but it worked.

Seven more in November , not great but brings me to 120.
Pending SW Train strikes doesn't bode well for the remainder of the year.

Nor me.

More excellent beer in the past week.

Hop Kettle Home Grown
Navigation Black IPA
Deeply Vale Citra Storm
Muirhouse Tick Tock
Revolutions Tinderbox
Slaters Western
Acorn Mystic IPA...

Love the bottle labels.

Well and truly out of order.

A day off last Tuesday with a short trip to Reading helped make the list even more interesting.

Vibrant Forest Summerlands
Vibrant Forest Cambrian Root*
Vibrant Forest Barbarella*
Three Blind...

Well done indeed.

Interesting , Gold was a regular at my local a year or so ago , and was dispensed with for the same quality inconsistency issues.

The Saddle Tank was at best less than average in the interest stakes,finding myself in a Marstons pub I had the other choice of Pedigree(which I have never liked) or the two Hobgoblins (normal and...

There was a distinct lack of new pub visits in October for me but The Bricklayers Arms was half decent, despite being a GK joint.

Generally localish as well

Long Man Long Blonde
Flowerpots Perridge Pale
Marstons Saddle Tank
Milton Sparta
Great Heck Dave
Stockport South Island Pale
Nethergate Old Growler
Revolutions...

Only know The Bell, It would be a more than worthy winner again.

A few pubs around Borough on Saturday helped pad the list out a little.

Purity Bunny Hop
Rat White Rat
Three Castles Mocha Mild
Milton Justinian
Milton Sparta
Bridgehouse Landlady IPA...

Big time.

Possibly my worst ever month for new pubs with only two new for the entire month, plenty of beer though in old haunts, total now is 113 :o , my recent target of 150 for the year now looks extremely...

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