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Vale of Belvoir Mild trail   (1 messages)   Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 08:21:59 GMT
This year we have 26 pubs on the trail - that's rather over half! There will be three trips for this , each from the Horse and Plough at Bingham , leaving at 7.30 pm on Saturdays 7th,14th and 21st of May. Price is 5 a seat ...

Rushden steam rally - real ale bar this weekend   (1 messages)   Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:13:38 +0100
The Rushden (Northants) steam rally is on this weekend, and has an excellent real ale bar (which they keep separate from what they call the 'fizz' bar). On past performance over more years than I can remember now, I'd thoroughly ...

Pub reopenings (Cheshire/Derbyshire)   (1 messages)   Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:57:24 GMT
Some time ago I lamented the passing of the Shady Oak (Fernilee, Derbys) and the Vale Inn (Adlington Road, Bollington, Cheshire). The Shady Oak reopened a few months ago after a revamp, although I haven't been in there ...

Coalheavers Arms, Peterborough - Beer Festival   (1 messages)   Date: 28 Apr 2005 20:30:14 +0100 (BST)
The Coalheavers Arms in Peterborough is having a beer festival this weekend. It runs from Friday 29th April to Monday 2nd May; there will be 74 real ales and 4 ciders on offer. Some of the festival is in a tent in the garden ...

Beer in London Docklands   (4 messages)   Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:46:18 +0100
I've a few weeks work coming up in central London, but I'll be staying near the ExCel Centre in Docklands. As I may be venturing out in the evenings in search of a drop of the real stuff, I wondered if anyone could recommend good ...

Stourbridge Beer Festival starts today   (1 messages)   Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:50:01 GMT
Beer changes, beer list and other info at: http://www.stourbridge-camra.co.uk Hope to see you there. -- Will Westbury, Stourbridge CAMRA See website 'contact' page for email reply. ...

Re: Aircraft luggage: beer bottles?   (2 messages)   Date: 27 Apr 2005 09:50:55 GMT
Don't easyjet have a size not weight restriction for cabin baggage ? i.e. anything that fits through this gap is OK ? Obviously if it is 'legal' -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- william ...

Aircraft luggage: beer bottles?   (16 messages)   Date: 26 Apr 2005 08:46:17 -0700
I'm going to Cologne with EasyJet soon. I am thinking of buying a few bottles of Koelsch to bring back. What are peoples experiences of bringing back beer bottles on budget flights? * Cabin or hold luggage -- can't get ...

Smoking in pubs   (7 messages)   Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:44:03 +0100
Whilst at Glasgow this weekend, I was appalled at the amount of smoke in pubs we visited - truly appalling, and I can honestly say the worst I can ever remember anywhere. To name them: Scotia Bar, Victoria Bar, Three Judges ...

Reading Beerex this weekend !   (1 messages)   Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 20:10:35 +0100
Hundreds of real ales, dozens of kinds of cider and perry, country wines, foreign beer in bottles. All the usual sideshows. Thurs 28th April to Sun 1st May, in a tent on Kings Meadow near Reading Station. Details here: <http://www ...

Guide to the best beers in Britain, only 10USD!   (2 messages)   Date: 25 Apr 2005 03:28:16 -0700
No, this isn't a spam ad from me, I just thought I'd pass on what looks like a pretty bad UK internet-published beer guide (it was from a googlegroups ad) go have a look here http://www.barrywholt.com/bestbeers/index.html for ...

East Anglian Beer Festival - This week!   (1 messages)   Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:57:40 +0100
Bury St Edmunds Corn Exchange Wednesday 27th - Saturday 30th April 2005 12pm - 11pm Wednesday 5pm - 11pm Thursday 11am - 11pm Friday and Saturday Anyone have any more details? List of beers or anything? DP ...

London pubs   (19 messages)   Date: 22 Apr 2005 13:19:41 +0100
I'm visiting London this summer, and intend to do some serious pubcrawling. I need suggestions for the top 10 pubs of London (zone 1-6). Some are pretty obvious, such as the Wenlock Arms/Royal Oak/Priory Arms, but are there ...

Beer is sacred   (2 messages)   Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 18:18:31 GMT
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&?ViewItem&item=6172462334 :-) ...

Bartrams Election Beer Poll   (1 messages)   Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 20:26:22 +0100
To celebrate the forthcoming election Bartrams Brewery has brewed three versions of their Premier Bitter. On the bottle labels/pump clips are caricatures of the three main party leaders. Each 'leader' has been dry hopped to ...

Greene King IPA Is Blessed?   (2 messages)   Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:30:19 GMT
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6172462334 :-) Paul ...

Grenoble, France   (6 messages)   Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:06:47 +0100
Has anyone got any tips for finding a decent beer in Grenoble this weekend, or is it a lost cause? -- Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK ...

Help? 2&4pint plastic flagons & polypin source?   (1 messages)   Date: 19 Apr 2005 08:37:09 -0700
Hi folks, as part of the preparations for my aforementioned 'cuckoo brewery' project, I am trying to find a source for new (empty) 2 & 4pint plastic take-home real ale jugs (flagons? - the ones I've seen were beige/stone coloured ...

Help? 2&4pint plastic flagons & polypin source?   (1 messages)   Date: 19 Apr 2005 08:36:00 -0700
Hi folks, as part of the preparations for my aforementioned 'cuckoo brewery' project, I am trying to find a source for new (empty) 2 & 4pint plastic take-home real ale jugs (flagons? - the ones I've seen were beige/stone coloured ...

Good beer + B&B - Stoke-on-Trent   (9 messages)   Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 22:24:51 +0100
A group of us are doing a canal trip from Stoke next month, and to (a) avoid the Saturday traffic and (b) do the food shopping for the trip as late as possible, my husband and I are going up to Stoke to stay for the Friday ...