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Kent pub report
On a rare country outing we were on our way to another GBG pub when I almost drove past the Halfway House in Brenchley - what a great place. All beers gravity dispensed, and the local Goachers Fine...
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Recommended drink limits
Turns out the "recommended drinking limits" were a work of fiction after all. But then, we all knew that didn't we? How many more of these "experts" reports are similarly dreamt up? Well, at least the...
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Trans-Pennine Rail Ale Trail - New Venue
For those of you who are familiar with the Stalybridge - Huddersfield - Dewsbury - Leeds rail crawl, here's a new additon: the Cellar Bar, directly opposite Batley railway station (through the car...
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Brewery award!
A great accolade has been bestowed upon a Bromsgrove brewery ;~) it seems the accolade is the brewery being listed in GBG - still 10/10 for good PR! cheers MikeMcG from and hearty A STOKE Prior...
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Pub Grub
It confirms what I have believed recently. It doesn't cost much more to eat in a proper restaurant these days and probably represents better value for money. Pubs are pretending to be restaurants...
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Beer In The Evening Top 40 as per 23:38 15/10/07
Please can anyone explain how number 1 is arrived at? The top 13 currently all have an average of 7.4 with 25 or more ratings. 1. Royal Oak - Borough has 7.4 with 232 ratings 2. Wenlock Arms - Hoxton...
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Pubs hope to Cash Inn on Jasper Carrott quiz (Sunday Times 14/10/07)
News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times
 
America getting a taste for good beer

Forget the big-name, watery lagers: more and more Americans are knocking back speciality 'craft beers' and wine, writes James Doran in New York.

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Now Brown plans new tax on pub quizzes (Sunday Mail 14/10/07)
Could this be the final death knell to the British Pub? 70 Most of the pubs I know including my own local only run a quiz to make it a viable pub. They also run pool and darts teams for the same...
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HP Desktop for sale!
Hi, I have an unused HP Pavilion with the fallowing specs: # Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.1GHz, 2000MT/s System Bus) # Memory: 2048MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x1GB) (expandable to 8 GB (4...
 
Are They Able to do this?
I'm not going to be too specific about this because it might cause trouble, but the landlord of my local has developed his real-ale trade and has got into the GBG. Recently the pub owners -lets call...
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Very pleased with Harwich beer
This year-old ish micro is producing superb stuff. Subtle, mellow and moreish. I've had three opportunities through the summer to taste their stuff and I'd give it five stars. Essex - where the good...
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Manchester Paramount
After reading the feature on the Paramount in August's Opening Times, I decided to pay a visit on Saturday 6th October, 1200pm. What a disappointment. The staff were the typical Spoons juveniles, who...
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Know thy enemy
I was listening to Classic FM yesterday when a Sainsburys commercial for their Rugby World Cup drinks offers came on. A part of the commentary said, 'Kick the pub into touch and come down to...
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Blow for Blows' blow
Landlord accused over smoking ban A landlord in Herefordshire is being prosecuted for allegedly allowing smoking in his pub. Tony Blows is accused of smoking himself and allowing other people to smoke...