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THE FIVE BEST PUBS IN EAST LONDON? 5 GREAT PUBS TO EXPLORE
By jonno on January 10, 2013
The east end of London has been made famous by Jack the Ripper and the BBC TV show Eastenders. Perhaps neither is an ideal way to promote one of London’s most culturally diverse areas. The East End was seen to … Continue reading →
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Santas favourite tipple
By jonno on December 24, 2012
So what makes a big fat jolly man so jolly? Something we have mused on for quite a while now and our dear Santa certainly has a bit of a belly to put it all away. We reckon he must have been … Continue reading →
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Santas favourite tipple
So what makes a big fat jolly man so jolly? Something we have mused on for quite a while now and our dear Santa certainly has a bit of a belly to put it all away. We reckon he must have been … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas presents, Great London Pubs, Pubs in London, Real Ales
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A Yard of Ale – Something Even Prime Ministers Do!
As Troy and I were researching London’s best pubs we stumbled into the Hat and Tun, up by the Leather Lane markets. Behind the bar was a rather dusty yard of ale glass. We started to chat with the barman … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Hawke, Guinness Book of Records, Real Ales, Responsible drinking, Yard Glass
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The best beauty treatments – and beer! Rarely found in London’s best pubs
During a break from my research on London’s best pubs, I was sitting in the doctors surgery and picked up a copy of one of those women’s magazines to pass the time. I was caught by an article talking about … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty treatments, Londons best pubs, Real Ales, Things to do in London
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Excuse me barman! There is a fish in my beer! And other London Pub stories
Well that may sound rather odd to a lot of you, but honest it’s true! We have heard some “corka’s” during our research of the 7,000 London pubs, to whittle them down to the best 160 pubs in London listed … Continue reading
The best London pubs may result in a hangover!
How much for a Hangover? In recent news it has been reported that an increasing number of Britans are suffering with hangovers. Recent Government figures show that we drink an average of 5,800 pints of beer in our life time. … Continue reading
Great new beers in Londons best pubs. Created by Fullers
We got excited in the office the other day. It does not happen often, normally birthdays and Christmas, but the other day was different. No, we didn’t find London’s best pub, nor a new pub that we fell in love … Continue reading
More ‘free house’ pubs close than tenanted or leased pubs in the UK and London
While we have pointed out in early 2011 that fewer London and UK pubs were closing than a year or so earlier, interesting figures show a huge gap between ‘free house’ pubs, and tenanted or leased pubs. A ‘free house’ … Continue reading
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Tagged BBPA, Beer Tax, free house pub, Great London Pubs, How many London pubs, London free house, London pub app, Pub closures, Pub Crawls, Pub News, Real Ales
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London Pubs and Silly Cups
I was on my way into the office after reviewing another one of London’s best pubs and decided that with the sun shining and a bit of blue sky, a pause for coffee would be good. It was also a … Continue reading
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Tagged glass size, Great London Pubs, Real Ales, War posters
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Finding London’s Best Pubs
Just one of London’s best pubs I was talking to a work colleague the other day called Mr Porter and that reminded me of when Troy and I were busy last year exploring pubs in our quest to find London’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Great London Pubs, London pub route, Real Ales, Things to do in London
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A Little Bit of Morse – The Miller of Mansfield, Goring
“Lewis” you may expect to be bellowed from the driver’s seat of an old red Jaguar parked outside any Oxfordshire pub, as this is the home of Inspector Morse, the character made famous by John Thaw (The “Guvner” in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Real Ales, Thames pubs, TV shows
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A pint of ale or a trip to IKEA? This is the question!
Saturday afternoon in suburbia and it always comes down to that age old question. Do you keep her indoors happy, or slip in a game and a few sherbets with your mates? The answer…well it would take a braver man … Continue reading
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Tagged Best English ales, Days out, IKEA, Real Ales, Things to do in London
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Hip Hip Chaps! – Oars Away!!! Our new FREE Putney pub crawl in London on The Thames
Of course it is still winter and cold and wet, but we know Spring is just around the corner and the daffodils will be coming up to brighten our parks and gardens. So this month Troy (with sun tan) and … Continue reading
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Tagged Boat race, Cambridge, Days out, Great London Pubs, London pub route, new ale, New beer, Oxford, Pub Crawls, Real Ales, Things to do in London
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Misery on the Tube, light at the end of Hammersmith
5pm on a cold winters day and I am waiting for the Tube to get me to west London to review another pub. Although it is peak time, the Tube is surprisingly un-busy (I was going to say quiet, but this … Continue reading
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Tagged Great London Pubs, Pub Crawls, Public Transport, Real Ales, Underground travel
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Not quite the Lambeth Walk – A few nice London pubs around Waterloo Station
We had spent a rather satisfying Saturday night in Borough and I decided that a trip to the Imperial War Museum would be a good excursion for the Sunday morning. However, the sun was shining brightly and the day far … Continue reading
Why launch another pub website?
Well, the simple answer is, it hasn’t been done well enough…yet. Not for Jonno and my standards anyway. It all comes down to passion. We’re passionate about the best pubs in London, and we enjoy telling our mates, their mates … Continue reading
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Tagged London pub route, Pub Crawls, Real Ales, Wetherspoons, Why Start
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The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
What a find! Jonno and I are researching this pub crawl idea (now The London Pub Crawl Co.) and in the process of looking at the competiton (more on this later), we remembered this tremenous voluntary organsation, called CAMRA – … Continue reading
Posted in CAMRA, Good Beer Guide, Great British Beer Festival, Pubs
Tagged CAMRA, Good Beer Guide, Great British Beer Festival, Real Ales
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