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It's on the list for a revisit in late November ,so I will keep an eye on the reviews just in case I need a plan B.

Gents many thanks for your up to date advice.I will have to conclude that I was unlucky .The Wenlock will remain on the list.

Wenlock Arms

In for a session last night and confronted by ale not in good condition and no attempt to bring on fresh barrels as the evening wore on .Once the NBSS 1.5 Oakham Green Devil IPA was...

Great Western


One of my all time top 10 ,now downgraded from full marks due to some bright spark in the Holden's marketing department making "improvements".A dumbed down ale range didn't...

That's a good point.Also CAMRA have gone to a lot of trouble in the GBG breweries section to (I assume) ask the brewer how their ale should be served, with sparkler or no sparkler,although not all...

Nicholson's have a lot of pubs in and around London,and I would say that the dumbing down of the ale selection has been company policy since well before Covid.Once they got St Austell to brew their...

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Very sad news .........a pub much enjoted by the PuG crawl in 2017.

Classic.:nishelypished:

trainman enjoys a good game of darts,maybe one for him ;)

Seconded,I've always enjoyed their XX mild.Shame on the new owners but at least they are maintaining the GK ethos.;)

The George,Croydon.

Any pub that has Burning Sky Aurora (5.6%) and Thornbridge Jaipur (5.9%) as regular ales in the 2020 Good Beer Guide ,among a selection from 15 handpumps must be a winner,but a...

There I was in Craft Beer Co. Islington enjoying a fine real ale session when I noticed a keg tap dispensing Marble Lagonda IPA,so I had to try it.

What a disappointment,it was bland with only the...

I would certainly be interested in any update when you next visit these two.In the past,from my point of view, these were the "go to" pubs in Burton and Brum.

But he only left very recently,while the GBG was printed in August .I prefer the conspiracy theory anyway to explain why it wasn't included in the 2017 version.

That brewery will be a great match,always striving for beer excellence.

I got this second hand from aem,but apparently the young barman at The Craven Arms ,Birmingham has left which is a crying shame as he was responsible for the outstanding ale range here.Apparently...

The Jerusalem Tavern. Dont know what went wrong ,but very poor beer .We were forced to walk up to Craft Beer Co.,Leather Lane and were rewarded with some outstanding Marble ales.Every cloud has a...

Southampton Arms ,Gospel Oak.

Four of us visited to drown our sorrows on Saturday evening and had a series of hazy,shoddy pints from some well respected brewers.Really hope this was a one off...

That's a good idea for the definition of "The North" when considering the (next) PuG craw after Derby
Now we just need a simple dividing line between the South and the Midlands :whistle:

That's what make ale drinking so interesting,one man's meat is another man's poison;)

Same thing happened on my trip at the end of last season.:sick:

I think we all agree that opinions about beer are totally individualistic,but given that you spend a lot of time in Wetherspoons ,I was wondering if this has coloured your view of Titanic and Oakham...

That's a great shame for such an excellent brewer,they really should change the name. :moremad:I do hope the reference that the new recipe will "fool all but the crustiest of sea dogs" isn't a...

That's a shocker,it was on my "must visit" list on the back of a few exceptional ales when last up north.Now not so sure......