Beer Moose

  Any excuse for a pub crawl right? With a friend of the blog having a birthday, I headed to Hertford for a stroll around some Hertfordshire pubs! I think Hertford is a nice town and has a decent pub scene, if you ignore McMullens. You may be aware that McMullen’s are probably my least favourite brewery. I find their beers bland and usually very badly kept, even in their own pubs.  We kick things off in The Great Eastern, right by Hertford North Station. Inside was a train lovers paradise! Plenty of train tat on display. The inside had a dive bar/ very locals pubs feel, almost as if the piano stopped when we walked in. We therefore headed to the garden.  An eclectic beer garden for sure! Beer wise, it was McMullens, I opted for SIPA from McMullen’s ‘craft’ offshoot Rivertown. A pretty bland beer, not the best start.  Next we made the short walk round the corner to Saracens Head. What a contrast! Inside was light, bright and modern!  We again opted for the garden...

  When I tell people that I’m going to Oktoberfest they normally say “is that the one in Ipswich?”, or “my local is doing one of them”. It seems that there’s so many ‘Oktoberfest’ events that people forget or don’t realise what happens in Munich each year. To me, what happens is perfection. An incredible mix of brilliant rides, great food, amazing beers and some rather weird things. Los Geht’s!  Just a heads up, this blog is probably going to be in a weird order! I’m joined by Emily from  Retro Rollercoasters ! I’ve also already written a blog ranking the six 2024 Oktoberfest beers, check that out if you haven’t already.  Link to Oktoberfest Beers blog We arrived in Munich and headed out for food and drinks.  The plan wasn’t to go to the festival that evening, but who could resist?  Had my annual ride on Looping! It rides fine until a couple of loops in, where it begins to compress your spine. After that we deserved one of these: The festival was drawing to...