Tamworth Totter – Part 1: How To Avoid Paying More Than £3 For A Pint

A rare win for Blues at Albion will mean Tamworth Mark is as jolly as me this morning with a third victory of the season before the end of September almost unheralded. I also owe Tamworth’s finest beer blogger (well, he’s in the top three) an apology, as he’s threatened to show me the sights…

A Pint (Or Two) For Pete In Hatton

The late great Pete Allen was the doyen of canalside boozers and his blog not only celebrated pubs through the ages but also some of the Midlands gems on legendary week-long narrowboat cruises. His Pubs: Then & Now blog is a cracking read and covers canal based boozers far better than anyone in the congested…

Eye Of The Tiger

For whatever reason, Everards don’t always get a good press amongst beer bloggers.  However, not only do they deliver good quality cask, they also own a stable of local pubs and were responsible for Project William, which bagged them a CAMRA award. You can be pretty sure that whenever you visit a Leicestershire suburb or…

Peak Practice

Colston Crawford, occasional contributor to this blog and beer columnist for the Derby Evening Telegraph uncovers some absolute gems of pubs in Derbyshire. One of his genius ideas was to offer up ten ‘off the beaten tracks’ pubs in the Peak District with accompanying walks. Being a keen walker, nothing to do with pubs of…