The Session #19 – German beer
Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007This month’s Session has been set by Lootcorp 3.0 and is on the subject of German beer. …the goal is to dig a little deeper and...
View ArticleCan a pub with football on the telly be any good?
Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007CAMRA guides to pubs often praise the absence of a TV screen, and indeed, a big sign outside a pub boasting Sky / Setanta sports and...
View ArticleHelp — altbier in London?
Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007Now that Zeitgeist is satisfying our occasional cravings for Koelsch, I find myself asking: is there honestly nowhere in London I...
View ArticleThe Beer Rep Cometh
Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007A band of aggressive beer salesmen seems to have passed through our neck of the woods, or maybe a new cash-and-carry has opened?The...
View ArticleLondon pubs in the 1960s
Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007Beatles biographer Hunter Davies‘ New London Spy was published in 1966. It’s a travel guide aimed at cool people, and an excellent...
View ArticleGreene King Sundance
Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007Every now and then, we have to accept that the choice of venue isn’t up to us. That’s why, last Saturday night, we found ourselves...
View ArticlePosh pub/hotel in Hackney
Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007We’d walked past the Ship Inn tons of times. We’d even photographed it and put the pictures here. From the outside, it looked like a...
View ArticleThe Cuckfield, Wanstead
Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007The Cuckfield is a wannabe gastropub/bar on middle-class Wanstead High Street, where East London begins to turn very clearly into...
View ArticlePembury beer festival starts today
Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007Er, yeah, what it says in the title. The Pembury Tavern at Hackney Downs has a summer beer festival starting today and running until...
View ArticleThe Leaving of London
Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007Those happy few who read this blog might have noticed that there’s not been much going on here in the last couple of months. That’s...
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Not Enough Opening Hours in the Day
It seems that this is ‘Quirks of Licensing Law’ season here on the blog: today, a few notes on the problems, and opportunities, of neighbouring districts with different pub opening hours. The 1921...
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News Pubs and Old Favourites #1: The Forester, Ealing
We spent the gap between Christmas and New Year in West London, on the hunt for Proper Pubs. Four stood out and we’re going to give each one its own post. Jess first visited the Forester in...
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New Pubs and Old Favourites #2: The Cat’s Back, Wandsworth
The last pub was Jess’s discovery; this one was Ray’s. He visited with The Ring last October and we finally got there together in deep December. All around it are colossal blocks of flats with lots of...
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