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Newly granular London beer marketing at Hop Burns and Black. As I recently wrote in London Drinker magazine, the young William Blake had a vision of angels in a tree on Peckham Rye Common. I had a revelation of a different kind in more-or-less the same spot. Towards the end of a lengthy […] Hop monsters — the true London beer style? When the late great beer writer Michael Jackson wrote The World Guide to Beer, the book that’s usually acknowledged as introducing the modern concept of beer styles, in 1977, he could hardly have guessed that, less than 40 years later, interpretations of nearly all the […] Historic riverside pub the Dove in Hammersmith, on the Fuller’s Country walk. Pic: Fuller’s. I’m combining my walking and my beer interests to help celebrate the London beer renaissance during London Beer City week in August. I’ll be launching my new Beer Badge Guides project with two great walking tours taking in the […] One of London’s newest breweries in one of its oldest pubs: the Dragonfly brewery in Acton, W3. Sometime in October 2010 I created a new folder on my laptop labelled ‘londonguide’, for everything connected to what eventually became the first edition of The CAMRA Guide to London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars. Rather […] The Lamb Brewery, London W4. PIc: Convivial. The latest and most thorough update to my CAMRA Guide to London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars has just gone online, chronicling the development of the capital’s beer culture which shows no sign yet of slowing. The update suggests over 150 new venues and catalogues London’s […] Tap East craft beer bar at Westfield Stratford City E20, within a javelin’s throw (or a shot’s put) of the Olympic Park. Pic: Rob Howard for Tap East. With the 2012 Olympic Games taking place between 27 July and 12 August 2012, followed by the Paralympics between 29 August and 9 September, we’re […] The CAMRA Guide to London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars (2011) When my book The CAMRA Guide to London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars was published a year ago in July 2011, London’s specialist beer scene was in its healthiest state for years, and the expansion hasn’t stopped since. And with so many […] London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London: Shoreditch and Hoxton White Horse, Hoxton, London N1 Contemporary pub (Independent, small group) 153 Hoxton Street N1 6PJ T 020 7729 8512 w www.hoxtonwhitehorse.com f whitehorsehoxton tw hoxwhitehorse Open 1700 (1300 Sat-Sun)-2400 (0200 Fri, 0100 Sat). Children welcome until 1830. Cask beer 1 (Everards/Trumans), […] London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London: Southbank Crown, Blackfriars Road, London SE1 Contemporary pub (Independent) 108 Blackfriars Road SE1 8HW T 020 7261 9524 w www.thecrownpubandgrill.com Open 1200-2300 (2400 Fri, Closed Sat-Sun). Children welcome until early evening. Cask beer 3 (often unusual guests), Other beer 4 keg, 10 bottles (mainly […] London’s Best Beer, Pubs and Bars updates Central London: Clerkenwell and Smithfield Exmouth Arms, London EC1 Contemporary pub (Barworks) 23 Exmouth Market EC1R 4QL T 020 3551 4772 w www.exmoutharms.com f ExmouthArms tw exmoutharms Open 1000 (1200 Sat-Sun)-2400 (0130 Fri-Sat, 2230 Sun). Children welcome until 2100. Cask beer 4 (unusual often local guests), […] |
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