“Fancy a drink after work?” There is no better criterion against which you can assess your career decisions than your first response when this question is asked. In some jobs, the thought of imbibing with colleagues is a pleasant one; ro[…]

1. Pete is not a connoisseur of fine ales. This is evidenced by the fact that he once failed to distinguish authentic Czech lager from Safeways Value Lager in a taste test.
2. Apparently micro-breweries are very popular on the West Coast of the good […]

Micro-breweries – a buzz word of late. But lets look at that word. Brewery I understand, place that brews – preferably beer. Micro – well it means small. As loathe as I am to side with Tony Hopkins and Robbie Coltrane and the whole […]

And a glass of white wine for the lady (…..as beer goes right through me): Pubs have always been a male haven with the only female present usually being the barmaid. But as we haul ourselves into the 21st century us gals are bravely pushing asi[…]

The Etiquette Of Drink Numbers – Lesson One: went to the pub last night with Frances and her new boyfriend. Four pints were consumed: the first was bought by me, not part of a round, as an atonement for lateness (this is good pub practice). The[…]

Now, I’m a big fan of quiz machines in pubs. The quiz element of the machines is a noble art which JPM, in my opinion, have mastered. However, the recent phasing out of all the old machines in favour of the new touch-screen things with loads of[…]

This is three days late but it has to be said. Trick or treat children in pubs. NO.[…]

A half of bitter is probably the cheapest alcoholic drink that you can order in a pub – it would be Old Kent Road on a drinker’s Monopoly board. I had one last night, not out of poverty (someone else’s round) but because, perversel[…]

Actually this post is not about the most used word on the publog at all. Instead it is a bonafide review of a pub, something we occasionally get round here. But since i rather like this boozer, and will be recomending its idiosyncratic Robert Robinso[…]

Further sharing platter scandal unsurprisingly as part of the overall Rat And Parrot defraudment: inequality in food portion terms. In other words: you get a billion billion ‘cajun wedges’ which nobody wants but you get only one ‘ch[…]