Leeds and Wakefield pubs

Wednesday 6th June 2012.

Travelled first class (advance) once again from London Kings Cross to Leeds.

I had time for a quick half of Fullers - Hope &  Glory at the recently opened Parcel Yard in the recently opened western concourse of Kings Cross station. No photos this time.

At Leeds I had a10 minute walk and then I booked in at my hotel, then started my pub crawl.

First stop was the Veritas for a half of Kirkstall - Pale Ale, then Mr Foley's for a half of York - Diamond 52.

I realised I had broken my camera on the train journey so I bought a new camera in Leeds. Photos of first 2 pubs will appear in a later blog.

Then to Duck & Drake for halves of Roosters - Mild Mule, Slightly Foxed - Slightly Foxed and Howlin Fox, Pennine - Amber Necker and Great Heck - Voodoo Mild.

And then to the Scarborough for a half of each of Adnams - Diamond and Thwaites - Fine Reign. Oops, forgot to take photos here.

Next a train to Wakefield Westgate station. A short walk took me to the Six Chimneys (a Wetherspoons pub) for a quick half of Hambleton - Diamond Jubilee, and then to the Fernandes BreweryTap where I had a half of their Jackdaw Mild and Triple 'O'. I also had a half of Allgates - Kohatu.

Next pub was the Bull & Fairhouse for a half of Great Heck - Golden Bull

Followed by a half of Rat - Lab rat at The Hop.

Harry's Bar was next with a half of each of Copper Dragon - Nation's Pride and Bridgehouse - Jubilee Queen Bee.

This pub below had no real ale but i liked the look of it.

Final pub in Wakefield and the day was Henry Boons. The brewery tap of H B Clark's. There I had a half of their Euro Glory and 60 Diamond.

Train back to Leeds and then bed!

A couple of pubs in Warrington

Friday 16th March.

As I'm spending 3 days based in Preston, it provided a good opportunity to revisit some pubs in Warrington but I visited a new pub for in Preston. The Continental is away from the town centre but was fairly close to my hotel so I went there first.

And a couple of photos of the adjacent railway viaduct.

Then on to Warrington. First stop was the Friar Penketh for a couple of Weterspoons festival beers.

Then to the Lower Angel for a new brewery and I was in luck. I had 2 beers from Tipsy Angel brewery which is located in a building at the back of the pub. Mild Angel 3.6% and  Paddy's Angel ( a stout) 4.5% were both drunk. The beers brewed here are based on old Taylor Walker beers which the brewer had researched for himself. He showed me the results and has quite a number of old recipe details. The recipes have had to be scaled for the Tipsy Angel brewery it brews just one brewers barrel at a time.

So here are the photos:

And the Tipsy Angel brewery is shown below:

I then went to the Ring O Bells but as it only had Wells & Youngs - Courage Directors, I declined a drink. photos taken of pub anyway.

Then to the Tavern which is the home of the 4T's brewery.

A fantastic choice of beers here with 8 handpumps plus the adjacent music room was open (fri sat and sun only I believe) with another 4 handpumps.

The outside of the pub:

And inside

Music bar

music bar

main bar

main bar

main bar

main bar

And finally the Looking Glass for food and festival beers. Then train back to Preston and bed.

A Day Trip To Newcastle

Saturday 28th January. Just over 600 miles by train today. I decided to take advantage of a special offer from East Coast Trains. Any advance ticket £10 standard class or £25 first class. So I shelled out £50 for a Kings Cross - Newcastle first class return.
The train left Kings Cross at 0900, arriving Newcastle 1151.

Platform 6 at Kings Cross

I have only visited Newcastle once before a couple of years ago when I spent a week based there. The city centre has a good mixture of real ale pubs and today I was meeting a friend who lives there as well so off to the first pub of the day.

The Bridge Hotel

The Crown Posada

Bacchus

Lady Greys

LYH

Newcastle Arms

Bodega

 Town Wall

Waiting for the train to leave Newcastle and my first class seat.

 

The train left about half hour late, awaiting train crew delayed further south. I really enjoyed my wander around Newcastle. Found lots of different beers which are listed below.

Bridge Hotel:
Delavals-Lindisfarne Castle 4.0, Tyne Bank-Castle Brown 4.0,Marstons Wai-iti
4.0, Durham-Genesis 4.9

Crown Posada:
Hadraian border-Tyneside Blonde 3.9

Bacchus:
Yorkshire Dales-Bacchus Arctic 3.9, Temptation-Cascadian Dark Ale 4.5, cellar
run Sherfield Village-Cutting Response 4.5

Lady Greys:
Gundog - Red Setter 3.9, Hadraian Border-Tyneside Light Ale 3.5

LYH:
Caledonian - A Nan's A Man 3.4

Hotspur:
Jarrow-Isis 5.0

Newcastle Arms:
Summer Wine - Saison Lime & Coriander 6.0, Big Lamp- Newcastle Arms Winter Gold
4.5

Bodega:
Oakham-Preacher 4.3
Brew Co - Silly Biily chilli 4.5

Town Wall:
Wylam - Reel craft intergalactic Pale Ale 3.9, Wylam-Toon Waal Ale 4.1

Centurion Bar:
Delavars-Seaton Delaval Hall 4.2