We kick things off with some Castle Rock, who are one of my fave breweries.
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| Proper pub |
The Vat and Fiddle is a brilliant pub. Pint of Black Gold mild and Mars Bar inspired stout Space Junk went down a treat as excitement built for the game.
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| Decent range |
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| Tasty! |
We then made the short trip to the ground.
It’s a nice ground for sure but the stewards here were difficult, power hungry perhaps. I was hungry for three points but after a game of mostly nothingness which you defo don’t want to lose, Cambridge found a way to lose 2-0. Thirsty for something more cheerful we headed to Liquid Light Brewing.
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| Awesome little bar |
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| Do you think he’s posing? |
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| Loved the Pink Floyd art! |
I really enjoyed Liquid Light, it’s just a cool place to be. Chilled, good atmosphere, art and great beers! China Cat Sunflower was drinking really well.
Next up we visited one of my fave breweries, which I’d wanted to visit for ages, Neon Raptor!
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| Plastic glasses due to a pagan market outside, yes really. |
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| The pagan’s left on their brooms and the real glasses came out |
Neon Raptor are just a fantastic brewery and certainly one of my favourites. Retro Racer and the ninth anniversary impy were just the job. The staff here were great and I thank them for taking time to speak with me and managing to find me a pint glass to buy.
By this point we were hungry and local legend Ed had recommended that we eat at Kean’s Head and my word he was right. The curry here was amazing.
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| Tucked away |
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| I actually really like this |
Chicken curry with chorizo, honestly some of the best curry I’ve ever had!
From here we headed to The Canalhouse, a legend of the local scene due to this rather special feature:
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| Boats |
Beer here was perfectly good!
Just a short walk away is Angel Microbrewery.
To be honest I found their own beers hit and miss and I always didn’t enjoy paying £6.90 for a pint of nitro stout! It’s meant to be cheap in the north! Also wrongs were righted by Treason by Stancil.
We decided to call it a night.
The next morning we were bright eyed, bushy tailed and fulled by a spoon breakfast. Our first port of call was Nottingham Castle where we learned that it burnt down. Luckily some geezer with a fair bit of dosh built a big house which is now the museum.
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| The view |
We rounded the corner and headed to Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, which is supposedly the oldest pub in the UK.
The Guinness here was decent but the pub itself felt like more a tourist attraction than anything else. At least it’s ticked off. Round the corner is another pub which claims to be the oldest in The UK and apparently has the papers to prove it.
It doesn’t look as old…..
Personality is of course more important than looks, at least that’s what I tell myself, and this place has lots! Local characters, rock and metal music and Titanic Plum Porter! The dream trio. I forgot to take a photo of the plum Porter,
Again round the corner is another old pub, this one is grade two listed I’ll have you know.
Here we enjoyed a decent roast dinner and some decent beer from Nottingham Brewery.
We made one last stop, Brew Tavern and look what they had!
A fitting finish to a great weekend (minus the football which is always the worst bit). Thanks for reading.
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