I spent a really pleasant afternoon at The Trackside in Bury yesterday. It's on platform 1 at the East Lancashire Railway, Bury Bolton St station. They had a good range of English and foreign beers and ciders (not that I drink cider). I started with Küppers Kölsch and enjoyed it so much I stayed on it. It was great sipping a beer watching the old steam engines and diesels come and go. I didn't try the food but the portions looked substantial and people seemed to be enjoying it. The staff were good and there was a pleasant mix of people in there. I can't believe I didn't discover this pub earlier.
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I was in Munich last weekend and managed to visit a number of good beer halls during my three night stay. The ones I enjoyed the most were the Augustiner Großgaststätte (Neuhauser Straße 27) and Tegernseer im Tal (Tal 8). I managed to eat loads of bratwurst and pork knuckle and drink lots of delicious beer. I also spent a day in Nuremberg where I visited the world's oldest sausage restaurant but, rather disappointingly, it was full even though it was only midday. So I managed to find a brew pub called Barfüßer (Hallplatz 2) where I had some nice sausages and a couple of their own beers. I also popped into Paulaner Pillhofer (Königstraße 78) which was a nice bar.
I spent last weekend in Basel with a quick day trip over the border to Freiburg. The only brewpub I could find in Basel was Fischerstube at Rheingasse 45 where they brew Ueli beer. I had tried the beer in the hotel and it was a bit tastier than the usual Eurolager. They had three of their own beers on draft, all quite refreshing. There’s an inside seating area with large wooden tables and benches and there’s also outside seating round the back near the brew house. The menu looked good but it was a bit too early for food so we ate later at Restaurant Löwenzorn on Gemsberg. This place in huge and is in a tremendous old building with different dining rooms. As it was good weather we sat outside in the court yard. The food was Swiss/German style and was pretty good. The range of beer was also good. The restaurant was quite expensive but we enjoyed it.
There must be loads of good pubs in Freiburg but due to our limited time there we decided to pick three that were near the Munster and the Rathaus. The first was Ganter Brauereiausschank on Münsterplatz. There was a large outside seating area in a nice square beside the cathedral. Inside was a traditional beer hall with big tables etc. I had two very nice beers (out of the four on draft) then it was off to Hausbrauerei Feierling at Gerberau 46. Here there was a massive shaded beer garden next to a large modern building. There were lots of families here and I seem to remember there was a kid’s play area. They had two unfiltered beers of their own on draft, I sampled both and they were quite tasty. Our last pub was Martin's Bräu on Kaiser-Joseph Str. 237. This is in a cobbled alley way with tables and chairs outside. Inside is typical beer hall style. Again, two unfiltered beers on draft, both good. There was some sort of mall above the bar so I decided to take a quick look and it turned out to be a big food hall. It was packed with people and there were small bars and cafes serving a wide variety of food. There was a stage at the front with a band playing Spanish music but we were looking for something more German. So, it was time to eat and out of the three bars we decided to go back to the Ganter where we had delicious sausages, mash and sauerkraut with a beer gravy followed by proper Black Forest Gateau. I also sampled the other two beers I didn’t try during our first visit. I think I’d like to go back to Freiburg and spend more time there.
When we arrived back from Freiburg we made a tremendous discovery at Basel main station, a massive off licence call Drinks of the World. This is one of the best off licences I have ever been in. I was expecting the usual “world beers” but this had loads of brews that I hadn’t tried before. I settled for a bottle of Pacena from Bolivia, Chinngis from Mongolia and Presidente from Domican Republic. This offy is well worth a visit if you’re in Basel.
There must be loads of good pubs in Freiburg but due to our limited time there we decided to pick three that were near the Munster and the Rathaus. The first was Ganter Brauereiausschank on Münsterplatz. There was a large outside seating area in a nice square beside the cathedral. Inside was a traditional beer hall with big tables etc. I had two very nice beers (out of the four on draft) then it was off to Hausbrauerei Feierling at Gerberau 46. Here there was a massive shaded beer garden next to a large modern building. There were lots of families here and I seem to remember there was a kid’s play area. They had two unfiltered beers of their own on draft, I sampled both and they were quite tasty. Our last pub was Martin's Bräu on Kaiser-Joseph Str. 237. This is in a cobbled alley way with tables and chairs outside. Inside is typical beer hall style. Again, two unfiltered beers on draft, both good. There was some sort of mall above the bar so I decided to take a quick look and it turned out to be a big food hall. It was packed with people and there were small bars and cafes serving a wide variety of food. There was a stage at the front with a band playing Spanish music but we were looking for something more German. So, it was time to eat and out of the three bars we decided to go back to the Ganter where we had delicious sausages, mash and sauerkraut with a beer gravy followed by proper Black Forest Gateau. I also sampled the other two beers I didn’t try during our first visit. I think I’d like to go back to Freiburg and spend more time there.
When we arrived back from Freiburg we made a tremendous discovery at Basel main station, a massive off licence call Drinks of the World. This is one of the best off licences I have ever been in. I was expecting the usual “world beers” but this had loads of brews that I hadn’t tried before. I settled for a bottle of Pacena from Bolivia, Chinngis from Mongolia and Presidente from Domican Republic. This offy is well worth a visit if you’re in Basel.
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So, how old are these world's oldest sausages they sell in Nuremburg?
So, how old are these world's oldest sausages they sell in Nuremburg?
Lol. Nice one.
Rzeszow, Poland. There is a good brewpub called Stary Browar Rzeszowski, which is in the main town square (Rynek). They had three draft beers on all the time (a pils, a pale ale and a black beer), plus a fourth that changed each day (usually rotating between an American amber ale and a white beer). All the beers were unfiltered and tasted really good apart from the American amber which was bit too grapefruity for my liking. I particularly liked the pale ale which had a nice toffee flavour. If you wanted to try all of the beers you could get a deska which was a tray (shaped a bit like a cricket bat) with four beers in .25ltr glasses. It worked out at about £3.50 for a deska. The usual size beer was .4ltr and that was about £1.60. They also did a metre of beer in a long tube with a tap at the bottom. They had good sized outside and inside seating areas, the outside one had awnings and comfy wicker furniture. The food was good and filling, a main course was about 8-10 quid, a really good burger was about a fiver and starters around 3 quid. The staff were tremendous.
Beer is well cheap is Rzeszow, for a normal .5ltr of local draft beer in a bar on the main square worked out at about £1.20-£1.60. A bottle of beer from the supermarket was about 50-80 pence. Food was also really cheap in Rzeszow.
Beer is well cheap is Rzeszow, for a normal .5ltr of local draft beer in a bar on the main square worked out at about £1.20-£1.60. A bottle of beer from the supermarket was about 50-80 pence. Food was also really cheap in Rzeszow.
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>> The Olde Windmill Inn << at Great Cressingham just off the A1065 south of Swaffham.
Been there several times and have been impressed each time.
Been there several times and have been impressed each time.
The Rose & Crown is popular with customers who enjoy sport and talking with friends over a meal and drink. We are near the RAF Halton base and many personnel come to take part in our entertainment. We have plenty of character and are sports orientated. We aim to provide the best sports facilities in the area with this good locals pub having Sky plus a big screen, several pool tables and a satellite juke box. For customers who are less sports inclined we have a comfortable lounge. Situated outside Wendover village we are easily accessible by car for anyone who wants an enjoyable time.
[/QUOTE]Been demolished and replaced with houses !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Inn Beer Shop, Lord Street Southport. I spent a really pleasant Saturday afternoon here yesterday. Mrs Ted found the bar when visiting Southport on a shopping trip with friends a few weeks ago and is such a good egg she booked us into a hotel at the weekend so I could try it myself. It's a bar and off licence with a 50p surcharge on bottles if you wish to drink them on site. There are 4 beers on draft plus hundreds of bottled beers including a great selection of German brews. The premesis is long and narrow so seating is limited but there is also seating outside, some under a glass canopy. It got quite busy at times but as we were there early we managed to get a table inside. The staff were really nice as were fellow customers. At the end of the afternoon I chose a good selection of beers to take away. There was a food menu but didn't try any. Full marks to Mrs Ted for finding this one.
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Which part of Lord street
It's the other end of Lord Street from the war memorial and shopping precinct. There's a fire and ambulance station nearby if that's any help.
I just googled it, it's 657 Lord St.
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I've a rough idea now. If you are ever in liverpool there's the ship and mitre on dale street. Loads and loads of foreign beers. 3 bottles for a tenner or 4 for twelve quid. If you don't want to drink them all at once you get a ticket. Also as a bottle shop near the met quarter.
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Not sure if this pub has made it onto here before
http://gkpubs.co.uk/pubs-in-cambridge/eagle-pub/
The ceiling sounds like it's worth a look. It might sell ale as well!
http://gkpubs.co.uk/pubs-in-cambridge/eagle-pub/
The ceiling sounds like it's worth a look. It might sell ale as well!
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The Albert Hotel in Bowness...
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaur...a_England.html
We ended up in here by default that the 'Hole int Wall' was rammed and thank feck we did.
We only just got a table and decided, for twas my birthday, to go for a starter and main. I ordered sticky spare ribs for 5.95. Mrs F ordered a chicken caesar. When my ribs came it was a full rack...not kidding a whole bloody rack smothered in sauce and absolutely rammed with meat and flavour. The Caesar was also huge like a main. At that point other food began to arrive at tables around us. Some poor bloke had ordered the fish and chips...the fish was 12" long, 4-5" wide and 2-3" thick and he just gawped at it...it looked like a battered sleeping bag!
My gammon arrived and was the biggest I've ever seen served anywhere...to keep it in proportion the egg on top was a ducks egg! The chips are huge and you get about 2Ibs on each plate. Mrs F's steak pie was 7" across...they also brought out a huge bowl of veg.
They didn't sacrifice quality for quantity either...it was all top hole. I have lived around the Lakes for years and you get used to being ripped off...This place just stunned me. We were utterly stuffed and couldn't finish it all...we felt totally spoilt which is what you want on a rare night out together and all for less £16 each!
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaur...a_England.html
We ended up in here by default that the 'Hole int Wall' was rammed and thank feck we did.
We only just got a table and decided, for twas my birthday, to go for a starter and main. I ordered sticky spare ribs for 5.95. Mrs F ordered a chicken caesar. When my ribs came it was a full rack...not kidding a whole bloody rack smothered in sauce and absolutely rammed with meat and flavour. The Caesar was also huge like a main. At that point other food began to arrive at tables around us. Some poor bloke had ordered the fish and chips...the fish was 12" long, 4-5" wide and 2-3" thick and he just gawped at it...it looked like a battered sleeping bag!
My gammon arrived and was the biggest I've ever seen served anywhere...to keep it in proportion the egg on top was a ducks egg! The chips are huge and you get about 2Ibs on each plate. Mrs F's steak pie was 7" across...they also brought out a huge bowl of veg.
They didn't sacrifice quality for quantity either...it was all top hole. I have lived around the Lakes for years and you get used to being ripped off...This place just stunned me. We were utterly stuffed and couldn't finish it all...we felt totally spoilt which is what you want on a rare night out together and all for less £16 each!
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I know The Albert very well. It's a good old place, Bowness. The Crown Carveries pub by Glebe Park is surprisingly good. It's a cheapo chain pub however it has the best view of the lake in the town.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/d...10-the-Lake-Districts-best-pubs-and-inns.html
Here's my next trip in the lakes sorted.
Here's my next trip in the lakes sorted.
Innsbruck Austria. Be aware that there doesn't appear to be a smoking ban in bars in Innsbruck so you may find your eyes and lungs under assault from tabbers.
Anyhow, I visited a few bars where they had decent beer. There is an Augustiner beer hall called Stiftskeller at Stiftsgasser 1. It's quite a large place with different restaurant areas. The Augustiner beer was delicious and the Tyrolean menu looked tremendous. Unfortunately the atmosphere was quite smokey and it was too cold and rainey to sit outside so we gave the food a miss. I think the restaurant areas don't allow smoking but Mrs Ted had already decided we were going to move on.
http://www.stiftskeller.eu/en/news-from-the-stiftskeller.html
Next was Stiegl beerhall at Wilhelm Geil Straße 25. There was a large Stiegl beer menu and some of it was really good but this was the smokiest place we visited, again the weather wasn't good enough to sit in the beer garden. There is a restaurant with no smoking but this wasn't open while we were there.
http://www.stiegl-braeu-innsbruck.at
Our favourite bar was Theresienbrau at Maria-Theresien-Straße 51. We visited this beerhall a few times during our stay. The food and beer were really good, I thought the Stammbräu and the Stout were the best two beers I had in Innsbruck. Tabbers have there own area so everyone is catered for. There is a separate restaurant or you can eat in the bar area. There is seating outside at the front and in a beer garden round the back. On our last full day the weather was really sunny so Mrs Ted and I sat outside the front and enjoyed a few drinks and some food. I had a very good crispy pork dish with dumplings and sauerkraut etc. Tremendous.
http://www.brauwirtshaus.at/
Anyhow, I visited a few bars where they had decent beer. There is an Augustiner beer hall called Stiftskeller at Stiftsgasser 1. It's quite a large place with different restaurant areas. The Augustiner beer was delicious and the Tyrolean menu looked tremendous. Unfortunately the atmosphere was quite smokey and it was too cold and rainey to sit outside so we gave the food a miss. I think the restaurant areas don't allow smoking but Mrs Ted had already decided we were going to move on.
http://www.stiftskeller.eu/en/news-from-the-stiftskeller.html
Next was Stiegl beerhall at Wilhelm Geil Straße 25. There was a large Stiegl beer menu and some of it was really good but this was the smokiest place we visited, again the weather wasn't good enough to sit in the beer garden. There is a restaurant with no smoking but this wasn't open while we were there.
http://www.stiegl-braeu-innsbruck.at
Our favourite bar was Theresienbrau at Maria-Theresien-Straße 51. We visited this beerhall a few times during our stay. The food and beer were really good, I thought the Stammbräu and the Stout were the best two beers I had in Innsbruck. Tabbers have there own area so everyone is catered for. There is a separate restaurant or you can eat in the bar area. There is seating outside at the front and in a beer garden round the back. On our last full day the weather was really sunny so Mrs Ted and I sat outside the front and enjoyed a few drinks and some food. I had a very good crispy pork dish with dumplings and sauerkraut etc. Tremendous.
http://www.brauwirtshaus.at/
Stuttgart! I tried a few brewpubs here. Sophies Brauhaus at Marien Str 28, it was only just beer o'clock and the place was a bit empty so not much atmosphere. It's in a massive room on the first floor of a building so no outside space that I could see. I had a decent pils but the pale ale was of the horrid American grapefruity style. I would have liked to have returned in the evening when more people were about but it was the farthest brewpub from the hotel so we didn't bother.
Calwer Eck at Calwer Str 31. This one also looked as if it was upstairs but they had outside seating so we didn't go inside. I had a nice lunch and a couple of very good beers here. It was really pleasant as the outside seating area was in a pedestrianised street so good for people watching and the weather was good.
Biergarten im Schlossgarten, am Schlossgarten 18. Unfortunately this was a disappointment, mainly because there is lots of construction work going on in Stuttgart at the moment and although the bierhall is in a nice park, the noise of drilling and heavy machinery ruined the ambiance. I also wasn't keen on having to leave a deposit for our glasses and the food was obtained via a cafeteria like queue so we didn't try it.
Karl's Brauhaus at Stauffenberg Str 1 was probably my favourite in Stuttgart. There was lots of outside seating opposite a pleasant park but was busy enough to people watch. Inside was modern and there was also lots of seating. The beer was very good and I had a tremendously delicious crispy pork knuckle one evening. The staff were really good.
We also paid a flying visit to Heidelberg, the old town and the castle made the trip well worthwhile, as did Vetters Alt Heidelberger Brauhaus at Steingasse 9. This was a traditional beerhall style establishment and the beer, atmosphere and staff were great. Unfortunately we didn't try the food as I was saving myself for a pork knuckle in Stuttgart but it looked good and people seemed to be enjoying it.
Calwer Eck at Calwer Str 31. This one also looked as if it was upstairs but they had outside seating so we didn't go inside. I had a nice lunch and a couple of very good beers here. It was really pleasant as the outside seating area was in a pedestrianised street so good for people watching and the weather was good.
Biergarten im Schlossgarten, am Schlossgarten 18. Unfortunately this was a disappointment, mainly because there is lots of construction work going on in Stuttgart at the moment and although the bierhall is in a nice park, the noise of drilling and heavy machinery ruined the ambiance. I also wasn't keen on having to leave a deposit for our glasses and the food was obtained via a cafeteria like queue so we didn't try it.
Karl's Brauhaus at Stauffenberg Str 1 was probably my favourite in Stuttgart. There was lots of outside seating opposite a pleasant park but was busy enough to people watch. Inside was modern and there was also lots of seating. The beer was very good and I had a tremendously delicious crispy pork knuckle one evening. The staff were really good.
We also paid a flying visit to Heidelberg, the old town and the castle made the trip well worthwhile, as did Vetters Alt Heidelberger Brauhaus at Steingasse 9. This was a traditional beerhall style establishment and the beer, atmosphere and staff were great. Unfortunately we didn't try the food as I was saving myself for a pork knuckle in Stuttgart but it looked good and people seemed to be enjoying it.
I visited Gdansk in Poland a couple of weeks ago. It was an early flight but there was time enough for a few people to get totally hammered before take off. Anyhow, Gdansk is a tremendous city with quite a large and beautiful old town. We visited a couple of brew pubs, Browar Piwna at Piwna 50/51 and Browarnia Gdansk at Ul.Szafarnia 9. In both the service was slow and the beer was nothing special really but both were worth a visit. Piwna was in a nice old street with outside space so it was pleasant for people watching. Browarnia is actually part of a hotel and it was at the side of the river across from the old town so was also very pleasant to sit outside. Our favourite bar though was Amsterdam Bar, Beer and Bagel at Ul. Garbary 6. This wasn't a brew pub but it has a few beers on draft and hundreds of different bottled beers. Inside space is a bit limited but there are tables outside. Although other meals are available Amsterdam specialises in bagels and they were really delicious.
There is a shopping mall not far from the old town but Mrs Ted wanted to visit a couple of larger out of town malls. The transport system in Gdansk is brilliant and a 24 hour ticket for the trams and buses worked out at only 3 quid each. With a bit of info off the internet we were able to plan our route using the trams. Out of the old town I was impressed with Gdansk, lots of wide streets and parks, a really beautiful city. The good new is, apart from international brand type shops, Gdansk is really cheap.
There is a shopping mall not far from the old town but Mrs Ted wanted to visit a couple of larger out of town malls. The transport system in Gdansk is brilliant and a 24 hour ticket for the trams and buses worked out at only 3 quid each. With a bit of info off the internet we were able to plan our route using the trams. Out of the old town I was impressed with Gdansk, lots of wide streets and parks, a really beautiful city. The good new is, apart from international brand type shops, Gdansk is really cheap.
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Good reports. Can you tell us the price of beer when you write your travel blog