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Bar IG2

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates East London — Other locations: Ilford

The Bar, Gants HIll, Ilford IG2

Bar 19 Seven Ways Parade, Woodford Avenue, Ilford IG2 6JX T (020) 8551 7441 W thebargantshill.co.uk Open 1200-2330 (2400 Fri-Sun) Cask beer 2-3 (local), Other beer 1-2 keg Outdoor Front terrace on street Fri, […]

Henry Addington E14

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates East London — Docklands

Henry Addington, London E14

Traditional pub 22 Mackenzie Walk E14 4PH T (020) 7719 1114 W www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/thehenryaddingtoncanarywharflondon Open 1000 (1200 Sun)-2330 (1830 Sat-Sun). Children welcome until 1800. Cask beer 7 (Fullers, Sharp’s, St Austell, Nicholson’s guests) Cask Marque, Other beer 3 keg, […]

Kings Arms SE1

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London — Southbank

Traditional pub 25 Roupell Street SE1 8TB T (020) 7207 0784 Open 1100 (1200 Sat-Sun)-2300 (2230 Sun). Children in restaurant only. Cask beer 8 (Adnams, Caledonian, Dark Star, Ringwood, Sambrook’s, Wychwood, occasionally changing guests), Also 1 cider Food Good value Thai

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Coal Hole WC2

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London – Covent Garden

Traditional pub, regional heritage pub 91 Strand WC2R 0DW T (020) 7379 9883 W www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/thecoalholestrandlondon Open 1000-2300 (2400 Fri-Sat). Children welcome until 1900, later if eating in wine bar Cask beer 8-10 (Fuller’s, Sharps, St Austell, Nicholson’s guests) Cask Marque, Other beer 3 […]

Magpie EC2

London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London – City

Magpie, London EC2

Traditional pub 12 New Street EC2M 4TP T (020) 7929 3889 W www.nicholsonspubs.co.uk/themagpiebishopsgatelondon Open 1000-2330 Mon-Fri, closed Sat-Sun. Cask beer 10 (Fuller’s, Sharp’s, St Austell, Nicholson’s guests) Cask Marque, Other beer 1 keg (Staropramen), 2 bottles Food Nicholson’s pies […]

Queens Head WC1

London ’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London – Bloomsbury, Euston & St Pancras

The Queens Head London WC1

Contemporary pub 66 Acton Street WC1X 9NB T (020) 7713 5772 W www.queensheadlondon.com f The-Queens-Head tw TheQueens_Head Open 1200 (1500 Sat, 1600 Sun) – 2300. Children welcome until 1900. Cask beer […]

Beer sellers: La Cerveteca, Barcelona

First published in Beers of the World, February 2009

La Cerveteca, Barcelona

Catalunya may be some way south of Europe’s “beer belt” and its Penedès vineyards may have a well-earned place in world wine guides, but this corner of the northern Mediterranean is also the heartland of Spain’s industrial revolution. In the mid-19th […]

Beer sellers: La cave à bulles, Paris

First published in Beers of the World December 2008

La cave à bulles, Paris

Regular readers will already know that not all French beer comes from multinational-owned Alsatian fizz factories, but even if you’ve encountered the odd bière de garde or Breton brew, you probably have little idea of the scope and breadth […]

Beer sellers: De Bierkoning, Amsterdam

First published in Beers of the World October 2008

De Bierkoning bierwinkel, Amsterdam

Amsterdam has always had a good line in pubs with its celebrated bruine cafés oozing traditional gezelligheid (cosiness, homeliness). But a couple of decades ago you’d have been lucky to find anything other than a foaming but bland Dutch pils […]

Beer sellers: Meadow Farm Shop, Tyndyrn

First published in Beers of the World August 2008

Meadow Farm Shop, Tyndyrn

No longer a land of keg-only pubs closed on Sundays, Wales is currently one of Britain’s most dynamic brewing regions. The nation’s cultural independence and distinctiveness has been boosted further by devolution, including a renewed pride in its beer – […]