Tag Archive: Cask Beer

Mar
25
2013

Marble Arch – Manchester

Complete Range of Marble Beers!

Marble’s brewery tap stocks its complete range of magnificent beers. If you are amongst the quality beer-centric community, this will be sufficient recommendation for you to make a point of visiting this gorgeous pub next time you are in Manchester. But it’s not just about sensational beer. Built at the …

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Mar
20
2013

Larwood and Voce – Nottingham

Deeply Satisfying Sunday Lunch

On the edge of the Trent Bridge quadrilateral, The Larwood and Voce, looking rather like a cricket pavilion provides quality pub food and a convivial atmosphere. It’s owned by the oddly named Moleface Pub Co, and named after the famed Notts cricketers. We got there just on noon and the place …

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Mar
14
2013

In Search of Craft Beer – Liverpool

The problem with Craft Beer…?

Yes. There is a significant problem with craft beer. And that is, once you have tried it, you’ll probably be completely spoiled for drinking anything else. So what’s so bad about that? Well… nothing… provided you can find somewhere that sells it! Based as we are in Nottingham, we owe …

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Mar
12
2013

Clove Hitch – Liverpool

Craft Beer in a Georgian Terrace

I think Jane Austen would have felt right at home in 23 Hope Street, Liverpool. But this elegantly fronted Georgian terrace, smartly made up with its pretty hanging baskets and carriage lamps conceals an unexpected box of delights. What the A-board on its doorstep announcing an affordable pre-theatre menu …

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Jan
10
2013

Brewery Tap – Leeds

We’ve been in the Brewery Tap several times over the last couple of years since it opened. It’s owned by the Leeds Brewery and has a small micro-brewery upstairs in the pub; this isn’t the main Leeds Brewery but where they do their Leodis lager I believe. Leeds beers obviously feature heavily downstairs but there …

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Jan
09
2013

Friends of Ham – Leeds

Truly Spectacular Craft Keg

Something different, this. A tiny deli shop just off (appropriately) Boar Lane in central Leeds near the train station; we’ve passed it a few times but never been able to physically get in. There’s obviously been a bit of a buzz around it since it opened earlier in 2012. We were …

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Jan
08
2013

Fanny’s Ale House – Saltaire

Good selection of cask ale and craft keg

On a busy main road in Saltaire, up the hill from the famous mill, is this cosy little pub with a real fire, friendly pub dog, and a good selection of well-kept real ales on cask (and a couple of craft kegs, Sierra Nevada when we called). …

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Jan
07
2013

Pin – Leeds

Real Ale and Craft Beer Bar, with a Big-Screen Sports Theme!

Tucked down a back street just south of the river in central Leeds, this is an unusual place. It’s a real ale and craft beer bar, with a big-screen sports theme. Yes, really. It’s a single small square room with a bar in one …

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Oct
04
2012

Salisbury – Manchester

City Centre Cask Beer Pub

The main reason I have included The Salisbury in the guide is my sentimental attachment to it dating from my student days at UMIST. I can testify that this cracking city centre pub has remained architecturally exactly the same since the early seventies when I was a frequent customer whiling …

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Oct
01
2012

Gladstone – Nottingham

Beautifully Maintained Quality Beer Pub

If you have read any other of my pub articles, you may be aware of the extraordinary amount of faith I place in the sight of a set of well-maintained hanging baskets to inspire confidence as quality indicator. I don’t think that I’ve ever been let down by this rule …

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