Beer we are in this club together : Cardiff Beer Club launches
The excellent City arms in Cardiff now has a Beer club for it’s customers. For every £1 you spend we’ll give you a point on your card. Overnight we’ll turn your points into money for you to spend in the pub. We’ll give you 10p for every point you have! You can then use your...
Photomarathon and tapas style snacks in the Wellington pub Cardiff
On Friday myself and my son were going to the Photomarathon exhibition at the old library in the Hayes in Cardiff as we were two of the numbers! But on the way we decided to get some food and popped into the newly refurbished Duke of Wellington, not normally my cup of tea a posh...
Don’t have a shed to convert to a pub in your garden? go Inflatable
As you know my other site, loves a great pub shed but if you have the room in your garden but are mad enough not to own a shed to convert then the next best option is to spend the money (which you may have more than sense) on an Inflatable pub. I can see...
Next time you walk past that old pub call in, it may be gem
Camra have launched a great book about Real Heritage Pubs in Wales. I went along to one of my favourite Cardiff City pub (after the Goat Major), The Old arcade on monday, thanks to Brains for the lovely half of dark and the snacks on the house Anyway the book is a great celebration of...
Google Street View Launch throughout UK – of course I look for Pubs first
As reported by everyone, Streetview goes live with most roads in the UK.. So here are my favourite Pubs Otley arms View Larger Map The Philharmonic Dining Rooms Liverpool View Larger Map The Black Pub Winchester View Larger Map But looks Like the google eye has missed St Mary Street In Cardiff where the Goat...
What are your five favourite pubs in the UK? asks What's on Tap
We need help finding great UK pubs for What’s On Tap. If you have a 2 mins enter your fave 5 here The five on my list that I would go to again in a flash are.. 1) The Goat Major In Cardiff 2) The Black Boy Pub in Winchester 3) The Philharmonic Dining Rooms,...
Pub Review : The Otley Arms – Treforest – Freehouse
I have been drinking on and off at The Otley Arms for the last 15 years.. and a few years ago its was my permanent local for about 18 months…where people know your name sort of place, even though I only live 4 miles away now – as the bus drives, I don’t visit this...
Goat major Beer festival – Cardiff – Red Hop Lover, DangleBeer & Bread of Heaven
The wonderful Oasis in Cardiff that is the Goat Major is having a mini beer festival this week, you would not know it as nothing on the Brains website I had a tip off from ArfurD Beers on today include Brewseters Red Hop Lover, DangleBeery & Brains own Bread of Heaven. Later in the Week...
Good start to 'Spoons Festival : Purityale one to go back for
Had a few tasters today at the Gatekeeper in Cardiff, with my mate Simon. I said I wanted a nice Porter this festival and I was not dissapointed, Caledonian double dark oatmeal stout Caledonian double dark oatmeal stout Maybe I should have left that for the end as my pallet was just tasting wheaty lovelyness...
J D Wetherspoon Beer Festival Starts today
Love em or Hate them you have to admit that the ‘Spoons has brought Real ale to the unwashed masses (and me, who washes sometimes) Today is the start of their 30th anniversary Beer festival (28 Oct–15 Nov 2009) and around the country they will be having up to 50 beers on I hope some...
No wonder Owain Glyndŵr never got anywhere
Today me and MrsUW went into the Owain Glyndŵr pub in Cardiff, for a quick pint (for me) and something soft for her, I have not been in that pub for about four years. I ordered a pint of VOG Wheats occurring (a nice surprise to have that in this sort of pub.) Vog wheats...
My Pub of the year The Philharmonic Dining Rooms Liverpool
I recently visited Liverpool (but have had flu since! so could not post) and I think this is my Pub of the year The Philharmonic Dining Rooms Liverpool this is what Wikpedia says about it The Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool, England is situated on the junction of Hope Street and Hardman Street, diagonally opposite...
