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...
At the time of writing Cambridge United have the best home form in the league! However their away form doesn’t match up with just one away win all season. So making the longest trip of the season up to Barrow in Furness would of course bring great success right? It’s only 260 miles from St Ives (Cambridgeshire). Such a journey required an early start, at 06:50 I parked up at Brampton Hut services and waited for the away bus to arrive to take me the rest of the way to Barrow. We made two stops en route before arriving at around 13:40. We decided to check out the fan zone, which is just to the right of this building: The stadium has a weird name Beer choices inside were Carling or Madri. I opted for Carling but that died so I had a Madri. The club operated a cup deposit scheme where you pay a two pound deposit for the cup but weirdly then return the cup to the bar to receive a token to then finally get your two pound back at the club shop. The bar is card only and the deposit...