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Here's my opinion, although I note I haven't formally reviewed any of the pubs.

The Queens Head is a good shout - it had a refurb about a year ago - and you also have the Three Tuns and the...

Resurrecting this old thread. Bloke comes in with his wife and two young kids. Comes to the bar, where they have 5 handpumps, and says "I think I'll have something different, I'll have a Doombar" 🙄....

Here goes,

Bond Brews - Bengal Tiger
Paradigm - Fake News
Kelchner - Ampthill Gold
Animal - Koala
Reunion -PIA
Reunion - Midnight Runner
Oldershaw - Yuletide
Oldershaw - Heavenly Blonde

I can see a keg version of London Pride being all over the place within a few years

The subject of overseas pubs has been raised a few times over the years. As Aqualung has pointed out the practicalities of doing this are difficult, I think in part because the site is based on UK...

It has been a 'busy' week for me, so here are just the new beers, which takes me on to 21/500 for the year.

Dorset Brewing Co - Jurassic
Salcombe - Salcombe Gold
Peakstones Rock - Black Hole...

Ah yes, fair point. It was just a random one I came across, haven't been there.

The WhatPub link on this page infers that it has changed its name to Varsity. The photos look sufficiently similar to back that up

Coco

A good start to the year which has given me 10 new beers towards my 2019 target of 500


Enefeld - Speculation
Enefeld - EB
Osset - Nervous Turkey
Truman's - Swift
Windsor & Eton - Silent...

I'm currently on 714 reviews, so will try to get that up to 1,200 by the year end.

I'm also setting myself a target of 500 new beers, as recorded on my Untappd App which I've been using since...

My December Pub of the Month is The Monks Inn a great new micropub in the real ale desert of Hemel Hempstead

I was in Cornwall over Christmas so their breweries dominate my list.

St Austell - Cornish Best
Skinners - Cornish Knocker
Sharps - Sea Fury
Padstow - Padstow Pilot
Cornish Brewery - St Blazey...

This was almost impossible, my first list had about 25 pubs on it. So I've discounted any local favourites and just had a little tour around the country

The Plough, Worcester
The Gardener's Arms,...

The Christmas beers were out in force.

Tring - Top Secret santa
Oakham - Below Zero
Adnams - Lighthouse
Twickenham - Fig Stout
Leighton Buzzard - Xmash
Cjiltern - Foxtrot
Chiltern - Three...

Had a few last week, including some 'crafty' stuff. The Christmas beers are certainly now out in force.

Oakham - Mk. VII
Windsor & Eton - Silent Night of the Garter
Tring - Citra Session...

My belated offering

JDW/Bodebrown - Cerveja Curitiba
Saltire - Cascade
Milestone - Comet
Arundel - Winter Knights
Tring - Moongazing
Hook Norton - Twelve Days
Greene King - Yardbird
JW Lees...

I've been to Old Harkers a couple of times when visiting Chester for the races. It's always struck me as a well run place and has some decent beers. Gets very busy on race days of course. Just across...

A fairly quiet week, selection wise.

Dorset Brewing - Jurassic Dark
Farr Brew - Our Most Potent Porter
Aylesbury Brewhouse - Pulsar
Rudgate - Bitter Sweet
St Austell - Tribute
Otter - Otter...

19 for me I think. I was surprised not to see either the Gardener's Arms in Lewes or the Blue Anchor Helston featuring.

Last week's highlights,

Windsor & Eton - Roast Chestnut
Windsor & Eton - Canberra
Adnams - Ghost Ship
Wychwood - Hobgoblin Gold
3 Brewers - Special English Ale
3 Brewers - Ruby
Leighton...

They had one Mead at the CAMRA festival in Watford recently. If I recall correctly it was from Lyme Bay Winery, the one mentioned in the article. I suppose it could be considered a bit of a fad; but...

Rudgate Bitter Sweet at Monks Inn Hemel Hempstead. Just to prove that Rudgate do beers other than the excellent Ruby Mild. It's quite tart, but a nice beer to drink after a couple of dark ones.

There is a dead link here.


The Windmill Bushey Heath


The correct one should be https://www.harvester.co.uk/restaurants/eastofengland/thewindmillbushey

Thanks

Thank you all for the welcome back. It's pleasing that some of you remember my travel blogs. I've been re-reading some of them and they've bought back good memories. This is perhaps my favourite one,...

I've finished for the week, so here are mine.

Summerskills - Whistle Belly Vengeance
Swannay - Dark Munro
Peerless - Full Whack
Arundel - Winter Knights
Blindmans - Funny Farm
Shep Neame -...