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Away Days 25/26: KaiKai With The Curler! Fleetwood.

  Things are currently looking good for Cambridge United, which is something that I don’t often get to say! Back on the road last week for a long trip up to Fleetwood, I left Brampton at 08:15 and we arrived around 13:30 and my first thought of Fleetwood was the repugnant smell that met my nostrils as we exited the bus, outside of the Fishermen Friend factory.  Crossing a tram line to get to a stadium is a new one! As we walked to the ground we found it closed up and deserted. It turns out that the stand we had tickets for was closed so we had to walk round to the main entrance. Once inside I checked out the refreshments on offer. Madri was the only draught beer on offer and cost me £6.50! £6.50 in Fleetwood! The popcorn chicken was really nice though!  Me and Dan had standing tickets but were told we could stand if we went to the far end of the stand. I’d heard Fleetwood were a really friendly club but that’s not the impression I got to be honest.  I was pretty bull...
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Beermoose Year In Review: 2025

  Hello and welcome to my review of 2025! I really hate to use the phrase rollercoaster of a year because that is almost always used as a negative phrase and obviously a rollercoaster that doesn’t have ups and downs is really boring, I would know. But unfortunately rollercoaster of a year is what I will have to use as I can’t think of anything better. 2024 felt like a more consistently positive year ( I even calculated an anion gap) with one major negative whereas 2025 has been more up and down. Let’s get into it.  We start in January because that’s the first month of the year. The year started in a rather foggy (photo provided for evidence) Cologne with Aaron and Liz ( Full Cologne Blog ). See what I mean After enjoying a few slurps of Kolsch we headed to what’s probably my favourite place on Earth, Phantasialand ( Phantasialand Blog ). There’s nothing quite like riding Taron and Fly in sub zero temperatures and having a beer in between!  What a coaster Aaron where’s you...

York 2025: Space Raiders & Northern Monks Unite.

 The annual trip to York is something that I always look forward to. York is a city of history, great coffee, excellent walking spots and most importantly excellent beer! I was super excited to hear that Northern Monk had opened a new bar in York and that is where this story both starts and ends (spoiler alert). Visiting York in December isn’t for the faint hearted, the Xmas market fills the centre with people walking as slowly as possible to get the best view of the tat on offer. The weather can also be rather wet and cold however on this trip we were mostly lucky with the weather and only had one wet day! Since I'm a beer man and not a weather man maybe I’ll stick to talking about what I know. Northern Monk can be found round the corner from the market and it’s also dry, which was nice! Sup was the first beer of the trip, a light golden ale with a crisp refreshing finish. More on Northern Monk later but following this pint it was time for lunch! We opted for some loaded fries fro...