At least three people caught out on Friday night by the fake door at the Lord John Russell. Tee hee. Although as has been pointed out to me it is a real door just one that has been locked or glued up or whatever you do to doors to stop them opening.[…]

See! See what you’ve done with your so-called ‘blogmeets’??[…]

First things first. I would like to severely condemn the King’s Head and Railway Tavern in Crouch End on their shameful record on crime prevention. Having been the victim of a cruel handbag thief in Crouch End on a Friday in March I return from[…]

Sound in Leicester Square: it’s better than the ICA. TRUE OR FALSE?
The ICA has English Sea Power. Sound has “Bow Wow (Thats My Name) by Lil Bow Wow.
Bottle of beer in ICA = ‘3.00. Bottle of beer in Sound = ‘3.50 plus compli[…]

The Ben Crouch Tavern accurately assessed – all I have to add is that it seems to be the HMV staff hangout. Poor bastards – after a long day serving scrofulous teens their Crazy Town wares the last thing they need is piped Goth Odyssey. O[…]

Celebs in the Pub – A Note On Etiquette So we’re in an unnamed pub in an unidentified district of North London. We have just finished last in a pub quiz. Several excuses were forthcoming for this poor performance. All of us had drunk […]

Brainteaser It’s anagram time on Pumpkin Publog. Match the six lagers on the left to their secret A-names on the right (no prizes available).
STAROPRAMEN / BRAINY ARGUE
BUDWEISER / DIRT SPREE
STELLA ARTOIS / BREW I’D SUE
RED STRIPE / BOR[…]

Would You Adnams And Eve It?: mostly so I can use that awful pun but also to resuscitate a passed-out Publog, part one of a tour of brewery websites. This one uses a) Flash and b) local ale-drinking folk to c) boring effect. Mentions of word “r[…]

The Question: Is it possible for a day which involves drinking in a Coopers station pub, The Griffin at Embankment, a pub in Sloane Square, a Rat And Parrot, a dodgy pub called The Sawyers Arms right next to Paddington, and a Firkin to still be a goo[…]

Never ceasing in our quest to find the world’s greatest pubs, Pete and I are off to the sunny Canaries to hunt down Top Tourist Trap Taverns. We go so you don’t have to.
Pete may suffer some form of withdrawal symptom from the pubs of (No[…]