Alefinder are planning an ale trail in London over the weekend of 20th and 21st June 2009.
It is yet to be decided on the format but currently the choice seems to be between the traditional and well known monopoly board challenge and an alternative idea of visiting all the central London Wetherspoon’s pubs (currently [...]

If you like Nethergate Ale, which I do, you’ll love the Fox and Anchor. Closest tube is the Barbican. Today they have a Nethergate brewed just for them – named Fox and Anchor – and Cross Border. Both very nice. They also had an excellent Purity UBU.
The great thing about this pub is you [...]

This was a relatively new discovery to us, but the Castle has a really good selection of ales – roughly 8 on the night we visited, but usually a bit less because it seems to go quickly. Apart from one seriously dodgy pint – which was happily, if suspiciously changed – the beers are excellent. [...]

Update: I have it on good authority, that the Brockett Arms is has closed (probably to reopen), but never to be the same. The landlord that had been running the pub for more than 25 years has moved on and the pub is boarded up.

55 Britton Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1M 5UQ (map)

Having enjoyed quite a few bottled ales from the St. Peter’s brewery, I thought that we’d try their only pub – The Jerusalem Tavern. The building dates back to 1720, was a clock shop, and has been cleverly restored so that you wouldn’t know you were in 21st century if it wasn’t [...]

So that you don’t have to copy and paste postcodes into google maps to really work out where a pub is, we’re now including direct links to maps of a pub’s location with each review.

9 Stoney Street, London, SE1 9AA (map)

This my favourite pub for finding ales. They usually have 9 ales on (8 guests and Harvey’s) that they shift pretty quickly, so I’ve never had a bad pint in there either. If you head there for ales, you won’t be alone, there’s always someone in there taking notes [...]

47 Chandos Place, WC2 4HS, UK (map)

Thankfully this isn’t really an Irish pub – as the name would imply. The Harp is definitely a great find for central London, it’s pretty quiet and has plenty of ales. They usually have Harvey’s Sussex Bitter (ABV: 4.0%) and several other guest beers. There’s also suicide door for you as [...]

We’ve been away for a long time – but now we’re back. We didn’t stop drinking – we just haven’t posted anything for a long long time.
Last weekend saw Brad and me taking a trip into Cambridge with our other halves. There are myriad pubs in Cambridge (note the correct use of the word myriad) [...]

Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, AL6 9BT, UK (map)

This is either the best pub in the world, or just not for you. Every time we’ve been there, the whole pub talks together and is definitely one of the friendliest public places I’ve ever been. So, if you want a place to have a quiet drink and [...]