You’ve got to hand it to them at that Castle. Popped in on Tuesday night at about 8.30 and the place was heaving. Seems the music nights attract the punters. Don’t think many pubs could boast of being packed on a Tuesday. Oh yes, and the Sharps IPA wasn’t bad either!
We had a great afternoon in Southwell on Saturday, visiting The Coach House, The Hearty Good Fellow and the Bramley Apple. 6 beers on offer in each: Old Coach House Exmoor Hounddog Abbeydale Deception Wells Bombardier St Austell Trbute Gone with the Whippet Gales Swing Low Hearty Goodfellow Milton Pegasus Cathedral Golden Imp Everards Beacon Milestone Cromwell Gold Fox Beer Co. Mr Todd Maypole Flanagans Stout Bramley Apple Springhead Roaring Meg Nottingham Rock Cock & Hoop Springhead Liberty Batemans GHA […]
Three cracking boozers in Southwell at the moment, all within three hundred yards of each other. First up, the Bramley Apple. Six beers on offer: Springhead Charlies Angel Springhead Liberty Wadworth 6X Ossett Madaline Lily Outlaw Wranger Copper Dragon Orange Pipin On to the Old Coach House, Again six beers: Newmans Red Castle cream Batemans XB Wells bombadier Harviestoun Bitter & Twisted GK Old Speckled Hen Nottingham Rock Bitter Then to the Hearty Goodfellow, another six: Titanic Iceberg Brains SA […]
The Moon at Morton is hosting a beer festival on the 9th and 10th of January. They will be featuring around 10 local beers.
Tony and Heidi from the Castle have asked me to give them a plug. They are having a beer festival over the Christmas period, running from Sat 27th to Tues 30th December and including up to 16 local and national beers, 2 scrumpies and live music starting with blues from ‘Booba Dust’. Newark CAMRA are arranging a Christmas ramble, ending up at the fest. Stay posted for details.
Popped out for a couple in rainy Newark last night. Surprise and bargain of the night was the Meantime Coffee Porter in ‘Spoons – Beerfest on until the 16th Nov. For a start, it was the first beer I asked for and as I waited for the almost obligatory “Sorry it’s just gone” I saw a dark liquid flowing – it was actually on. And very coffee-tasting it was too. And in good nick. And at £1.49 for a very […]
The Crown at Rolleston will be open again soon. New landlord gets the keys on 10/11/2008. Back to being a pub that serves food at good prices not GASTRO PUB !!! The landlord used to be at the Full Moon at Morton, and always kept a good array of cask ales. When I get the exact date of opening I’ll let you know so you can pop in for a slurp.
