This may come as a surprise to some, but it’s illegal to get drunk in an English pub. A law from 1872, leftover from the temperance movement, still stands today. But what exactly was it trying to achieve? Food and Wine tells more: https://flip.it/rKY4Nc #Culture#UK#Drinking#Alcohol#Pubs#Bars
What we didn't discuss in our blog post about video games in pubs was how bars with arcade machines seem now to occupy a viable niche. Bristol has several. Discussing this evening, we wondered if the appeal is that they aren't just about booze, so more inclusive for after work hangouts.
Vu que les prix des carburants repartent vers le haut, je repartage le seul site #fiable pour trouver la pompe la moins chère proche de chez vous : https://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/
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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Concerned For Future Of UK Music Industry - "The State Of Small Venues In Britain Is Absolutely Shocking"
Despite the breeze, it's a Catford Bridge Tavern sun terrace kind of day. Book is The Psychopath Whisperer, which could've been a punchy introduction into the neuro research if it wasn't for his frequent vain diversions into mundane personal career details. 📖🍺 #pubs#books#bookstodon@bookstodon
Very much enjoying the interior of the Black Lion on Kilburn High Street. Is it tail end of the gin palace era or an early precursor to Arts and Crafts?
Excellent beer range too, including super fresh Rothaus Pils.
GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular round-up of good writing about #beer and #pubs with notes on noble hops, alcohol-free Augustiner, and beer festivals. 🍺
GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular round-up of good writing about beer and pubs. We've done this just about every Saturday morning for over a decade now. This week, we've got some great brewery profiles, a bit of dirt-digging on BrewDog, and beer history from German sources, among other things.
GOOD MORNING! This week's beer writing round-up has bad news about some big UK breweries, optimism about pubs from @willhawkes, hop history from @akrennmair, observations on glassware from Liam K, and a flipping massive rabbit, among other things.
BLOG POST: “Sergeant Edward Midwinter… reports that at 11:10 am 22nd December 1913, he observed that the Pilgrim [public house] New Thomas Street, Saint Philips, was closed for the sale of intoxicating liquor.”
#Portland folks: the remade Sandy Jug is now open! Replacing the trashy strip joint is a classier, but still affordable, pub and cocktail bar from the owners of the Sandy Hut.
MORNING! Here's our regular round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, including an 11,000 word academic essay, a 150-word beer review, and various things somewhere in between.