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Beer of the Week : Hydes Golden Find

Post author By wilco
Post date August 27, 2009

Had this in my “local” Wetherspoons mega ale boutique

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A nice fruity zesty beer, top one Hydes

If you are in Wales this Bank Holiday Weekend then you can go to the Wetherspoons Welsh Beer festival, they have Welsh Beer & Cider on.. may have a quick one on saturday before I go on a stag night (ahhhhhhhhhh)

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Sun Sea and Ale in Newquay West Wales

Post author By wilco
Post date August 24, 2009

I spent a nice 4 days in Newquay West Wales last week, the weather was good, the food was seaside stuff and the beer ranged from bad, good to excellent

I was lucky to call into the The Sea Horse Inn , its a very traditional pub, and a certain lived in feel.

The horse racing was always on and the regulars were more interested in Fizzy Cider or Lager, but there was one ale one Green King LBA (and a few bottles)

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Sorry for the blurry photos my new android phone camera is not very good in low light 🙁

But on Thursday it changed as they were having their Annual Beer Festival (and it lasts until Bank Holiday Monday so get over there!)

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There had a small selection from the barrel plus a few on tap on the bar, some beers I have had many times before but always great to have them straight from the barrel.

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We went back on the Thursday night and had a great time, they had a few locals playing guitar and singing and we left just after twelve.. a good night and a good welcome.

The rest of new quay was mainly Brains only , but the Dolau Inn had a nice pint of the Rev

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But the worst pint of Black Sheep I have ever had, in the Black Lion, Dylan Thomas must have like something else when he reportly drank there while coming up with Under milk wood

Another pint of note was Felinfoel Bitter in the The Royal Oak Aberaeron.

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overall a successful few days away, nice to spend a few days with my son as well as drinking beer and eating fish and chips!

Tags Beer, Holidays, newquay

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My Pub of the year The Philharmonic Dining Rooms Liverpool

Post author By wilco
Post date July 30, 2009

I recently visited Liverpool (but have had flu since! so could not post) and I think this is my Pub of the year

The Philharmonic Dining Rooms Liverpool

this is what Wikpedia says about it

The Philharmonic Dining Rooms in Liverpool, England is situated on the junction of Hope Street and Hardman Street, diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Locally it is referred to as the Philharmonic Pub or simply the Phil. Designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas for the brewers Robert Cain & Company, it opened in 1898. The exterior is in the Art Nouveau style.

By the 1960s, the hotel had become a Liverpool institution. The Beatles used to go there, and John Lennon once complained that one of the prices of fame was “not being able to go to the Phil for a drink” [1]