Tombstone on my Tombstone

A self-inflicted and unaccountable failure to visit the Good Beer Guide listed Playhouse Theatre Bar in Norwich the night before created a dilemma, caused by the need to be in Stockport for late afternoon. Furthermore the part week closure and consequent failure to get into the Tombstone Brewery Saloon Bar in Great Yarmouth meant two……

Norwich Part 2- Where Craft Beer Lives

Norwich is big on craft, The city even has a Craft Beer Week that is on now. And the Norwich Tap House (above) is actually where craft beer lives. And where Pimm’s is sold on draught. And where draught beer is called ‘Draft’ because we are in America- right?The barkeep (because we’re still Stateside) knew……

On and Off Piste in Norwich (Part 1)

Norwich promotes its proliferation of good pubs and extensive beer choice through a now annual City of Beer event. But it has a long standing beery heritage and pubs like the Ribs of Beef (above), were serving the good stuff long before the Fat Cat led revolution came to town. Our business there was to……

Stocks and Shares

After the trauma of Great Yarmouth and the glories of Gorleston, Madame Luna and I crossed the border into Suffolk for two days of bird watching and mothing. Without new Good Beer Guide options, we also did what Pub Curmudgeon calls going off grid http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/off-grid-drinking.html?m=1 at the Shepherd and Dog, Hollesley. This is a pub……

A Blog and a Nog in Norfolk

The tour of East Anglia – or East Angular as a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother once called it – continued in Norfolk, where at least there were still some Good Beer Guide ticks to score. First stop was the Black Lion in Little Walsingham, a village whose place in the history books was assured……

Nights In and White Satin

July is a difficult month. The next Good Beer Guide is still weeks away. Football is a bit thin on the ground (though I have managed 23 games since the last week in June). Birds are between migration seasons. But at least the moths – like this suited and booted White Satin – are turning……

To ‘Ull and Back (Part 2)

There is more to come on my travels down the English East coast but it would do Hull an injustice not to write up the rest of that particular day's sampling. Hull is more Michelin tyre than Michelin star despite a growing food scene. The Omelette is clearly seeking to change that with its egg……