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A grand Grand Final day out in Manchester – drinking in the heritage and honouring my East Yorkshire roots. A grand Grand Final day out in Manchester – drinking in the heritage and honouring my East Yorkshire roots. Always good place to start a ...

Two new blogs ready to read - finding some beery hidden gems in Manchester on Grand Final day pe4ucouk.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-gr... and a 450 mile pub crawl up the North East coast pe4ucouk.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-45...

This week I will mainly be taking the porter down the west coast of Ireland - warming up nicely in Westport in the might county of Mayo - Maigh Eo Abú

This week I will be mainly on the other side of the bar helping out at Stoke-on-Trent CAMRA 40th beer club festival back in the iconic Kings Hall celebrating our city centenary - the beer list looks great (ciders, gins and rums also a available)

Tonight I will be mainly barracking for Hull KR come on you Robins get bobbin along

Great atmosphere here at Lancashire Cricket HQ who have set up a fan zone £5 a pint and there are few sports where rival supporters can drink together with no bother a true family sport Rugby League

My first pint of cask Boddies for probably two decades

A grand start to Super League’s Grand Final day in Cottonopolis

Recording podcast episode 72 tonight - picking up our 600 mile pub crawl part 2 in the city of Cow Pie and Desperate Dan - 2 cracking pubs feature with the usual rollercoaster of opinions and disagreeing amicably look out for it hitting You tube and all good podcast platforms

Recording podcast episode 72 tonight - picking up our 600 mile pub crawl part 2 in the city od Cow Pie and Desperate Dan - 2 cracking pubs feature with the usual rollercoaster of opinions and disagreeing amicably look out for it hitting You tube and all good podcast platforms

Birthday treat to myself

Admiring the fine sleck on this stunning @beartownbrewery nomad at the consistently good @JoinersArms Bakewell

Thank you @TitanicBrewers another rotation around the sun and another loyalty free Birthday pint - Sláinte

Celebrating Christmas 100% Lakeland   Grown up kids, ageing grandparents, different shifts and annual leave dates and the thought of cooking Xmas dinner for double figures in ...

A rather belated account of a festive pub crawl around Keswick in the glorious Lake District - the sheer number of pubs and brewery taps as well as wonderful scenery and cheery Cumbrian welcome makes Keswick a must visit for any beer and pub connoisseurs pe4ucouk.blogspot.com/2025/09/cele...

A Yorkshire man’s guide to the pubs of the Wild Atlantic Way – The Wild West of Ireland A note on the beer scene in Ireland – or rather the Emerald Isle of Keg and Nitro, unsurprisingly the black stuff dominates the drinking sc...

Finally got round to completing a couple of blogs that record recent beery journeys.The first tracks a 900 mile jaunt up and down the pubs of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way pe4ucouk.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-yo...

A bank holiday pint back in the mother town - having to sit down £7:90 for a Yorkshire Pint though it is a little niche a Salt/Jopen collab - it’s hoppy

Rehydrating in a new venue 4 me in High Buxton after a ramble over the moors. The Southern toe of the Pennines wr strangely quiet on this barmy August Sunday had the place to me self most of the day - supping Buxton Fringe ale

Episode 71 of the MalTravAle podcast dropping today - our annual outing this year to the North East - drinking and arguing from York to Aberdeen and back.

Loving these Thornbridge Peak District inspired glasses class now on the Frog on the Pine a very quirky but top notch micro

Buxton is a real gem in the middle of the country and not a bad beer scene - stunning architecture and beer - I’ve moved on to the Red Willow Tap in the former NatWest bank

Tonight I am Shirley Valentine in Welsh Wales

Doon the stairs to the subterranean Howff bar - different but beers from Pentland and Swannay Orkney on the bar

We’ve made it to Aberdeen and into the snug of Ma Cameron’s kicking off with a Tennants

Here’s part 1 of our journey - 5 hours on the train to Drizzle!

A pint on the Square at Pizza on the Square - back in the home town

In Episode 70 of the podcast we jump over to the Emerald Isle for a Yorkshire man’s review on the best pubs down the Wild Atlantic Way - expect lots of shenanigans and Stout discussion

Tonight brother & I have been working thro the fine Yarkshire ale offer that Old Malton Royal Oak&Kitchen is presenting this weekend at their annual Fathers Day weekend Beer Fest highlights=Kirkstall Blonde &Roosters APA big shout out to Steve & crew for another cracking evening

In Episode 70 of the podcast we travel over the waves to Emerald Isle for a Yorkshire man’s review of the best pubs along the Wild Atlantic Way - expect lots of shenanigans and stout discussion

Back in Mayo grand pubs and €5:40 a pint

This week I will be mainly sampling pints of plain! £4:50 a pint in deepest Mayo is my best so far Galway city was a €6-7 euro a pint town in County Clare tonight some proper pubs €5:60 a pint