Random news of the day

[hondo]

"The brewery produces around 12 quality, hand-crafted ales a month,"
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news...ater_1_3981095

[Brewguru]

A pub landlord who installed a swipe-card machine in his pub to dispense beer has been told to stop using the device by trading standards officers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-15834482

[hondo]

"next to the Calder and Hebble Navigation"
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/..._pub_1_4024097

[hondo]

"So I got mad at Spongebob in front of the kids and when I get mad I get loud and I get rude"
http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/25944...quarepants.htm

[oldboots]

"next to the Calder and Hebble Navigation"
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/..._pub_1_4024097

"Punch Taverns Heike Funke said: “This is an excellent example of a struggling pub being completely turned around by great operators with a shared vision for the future of this pub.”"

It wasn't struggling before Punch Taverns took it over

[Farway]

TWO giant pandas were very drunk within 15 minutes of arriving in Scotland, it has emerged.

The new stars of Edinburgh Zoo arrived at around 11am yesterday, in time for what local zoologists described as 'a nice wee sharpener'

Daily Mash, of course

[hondo]

http://southwellraces.blogspot.com/2...ival-week.html

[Farway]

Two white Shetland mares, who are performing in 45 runs of Cinderella at Southsea’s Kings Theatre, will be lodging at The Phoenix pub in Collingwood Road when they are not on stage.

The Phoenix

[oldboots]

The Hairy Bikers on Beer and Cider - a few howlers like "most pubs still brewed their own beer in the 1970s" but generally a good show.

[hondo]

"is looking to expand or relocate"
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk...ail/story.html