You Won’t Believe How I Spent St Patrick’s Day!

Who doesn’t love a Sunday London beer? Heading back from Reading, we paused in London for some beers. We realised that we were proximal to Richmond, the home of Ted Laso. If you’ve not seen the show, watch it! The Prince’s Head is featured throughout Ted Laso. It’s the place where Ted and Coach catch up over an ESB.

The Prince’s Head is a truly stunning pub and the ESB was perfect. Ted Laso references are everywhere here:

Ted’s apartment

As it was St Patrick’s Day we had to have a Guinness, so we headed across London.

This pub is special, despite being Greene King. Famous for pirates and pirate activities, The Prospect Of Whitby holds a little secret. Just look at this view:

The above is me attempting to be artsy. The Guinness was pretty good!

The Grapes is a short walk away and is owned by a celebrity actor. I’ve never seen and don’t plan to watch Lord of The Rings, so am only interested in the beer.

The Guinness wasn’t great. The view from the tiny outside bit was good though.

We needed to get our trains home from London Bridge. Going to London Bridge means going to Bermondsey Beer Mile, sorry I don’t make the rules. There were some new bar ticks to get!

We started at Mash Paddle Brewery.

To be honest, I wasn’t a fan. Most of the beers they had on were generic. As much as I love Budvar Dark, and I really do, it’s not what I want from Bermondsey. I wouldn’t return here.

Next door is Enid Street Tavern

This place is owned by Bianca Road Brew Co, and had a decent range of beers on. I wouldn’t say it was one of the top tier stops on the beer mile, but it was worth a look. We then headed to Cloudwater.

Where I was disappointed by this:

We also shared some impy, which allowed friend of the blog, Dan, to show off:

Next up, mead. Yes really. Dan and Jonny wished to try mead. The mead place was actually end great! The barman was uber friendly, and was certain he could find me a mead that I’d like. Spoiler alert, he couldn’t, mead is far too sweet for me. I stuck to London Black.

We then headed to Moor, one of my faves:

I really, really like Moor beers. Their stout is one of my all time faves!

We had time for one more taproom. It Ain’t Much If It Ain’t Dutch was new to all of us. As you’ve probably guessed, all Dutch beers!

I think this place is a really good addition to the mile. The range of beers is interesting, and there’s loads of beer creds to get!

That concluded St Patrick’s Day! I’m now caught up with the blog! Phew!

Thanks for reading!

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