In 2005 the collected reviews 011 Ratebeer.com announced a strong, dark beer simply called “12,” brewed by Trappist monks at The Abbey of Saint Sixtus in Westvleteren, to be …
The practical stuff first: Cantillon is a short walk from Brussels Midi Station. You can go just to sit and have some beers in their small bar area or …
There are around a dozen Trappist breweries in the world and drinking a beer from each of them should definitely be on your Beer Bucket List. Even better is …
JD Wetherspoon is a chain of around 1,000 pubs across the UK and Ireland. They’re famous for selling some of the cheapest drinks in town, they serve big portions …
Just south of the River Thames, and running parallel to it, is a long succession of elevated train tracks leading in and out of London Bridge station. In the …
In the 15th century, Cornwall’s Blue Anchor Inn was a rest house for monks and it soon after become a beer-brewing tavern. It has that great British tradition of …
Cask ale is tied to many great traditions and traditional beer styles, but the way in which it can enhance subtle flavors, develop wonderful soft aromas, and kick with …
In 2005, Martyn Hillier was the owner of a small florist’s in what was previously a butcher’s store, in the village of Herne, in Kent. He’d run a bottle …
Between the 1920s and 1960s, at the end of the summer, thousands of East End Londoners, mostly women and children, would travel to Kent’s hop fields to pick the …
The Kings Arms in Bethnal Green (11A Buckfast Street, E2 6EY; www.thekingsarmspub.com) is a quiet, unassuming corner boozer, but when you get inside you’ll see one of London’s best-selected …