New bar in Alton

 25/2/23

A new bar has opened in Alton so  I decided a visit was due.

First though I went to the Ten Tun Tap House

A good choice of cask and keg beers were available.

 

Then on to the new place. Cassisdy's opened on 17th February and is situated on the High Street oppsite the Swan Hotel.

3 cask beers, 4 keg beers and 1 cider will normally be available.

Here are the beers I had in both places:

Electric Bear Brewing Co	A Bitter This A Bit of That	4.5	Ten Tun Tap House	Cask
Longdog Brewery	Black Crow	4.5	Ten Tun Tap House	Cask
Yonder Brewing & Blending	Passionfruit Mimosa	5.0	Ten Tun Tap House	Draft
Siren Craft Brew	Suspended In Galaxy	4.0	Ten Tun Tap House	Draft
Double-Barrelled Brewery	Relays	5.0	Ten Tun Tap House	Draft
Monkey Brewhouse	Sea Wall	4.2	Cassidy's	Cask
Castle Rock Brewery	Oatmeal Stout	4.6	Cassidy's	Cask
Yonder Brewing & Blending	Orange + Mango Bellini	5.0	Cassidy's	Draft
Fallen Acorn Brewing Co	Awaken	4.5	Cassidy's	Draft

3 pubs in Codsall

 23/2/24

Having successfully completed a training course nearby I decided to visit here as I was not going home until the following morning.

The station still retains some of its Grade II listed GWR architecture.

I walked into the village, The Bull (a Banks's pub) had no beers of interest to me so I carried on to the Love & Liquor.

 

Salopian - Golden Thread was my beer of choice.

Opposite here was my second pub, the Cown Joules, a Joules brewery pub.

4 new Joules beers here for me to drink.

Then back to the station for my third and final pub apropriately called Codsall Station

 

Utilisin the old station buildings the pub is now owned by Holdens brewery. 4 of their beers were new to me and duly drunk.

I also took some photos outside.

And finally my train arrived.

Kerrera Craft Beer & Gin Bar

 2/10/22

 

 A much needed new addition to the Guildford beer scene.  Located in Jeffries Passage.

10 taps and 2 fridges await you.

An upstairs room also available and is also the location for the toilets.

The owner Callum told me he concentrating on localish breweries such as Sirem, Double Barrelled and Phantom. Taps 1-5 for more standard type beers and taps 6-10 for different types such as DIPA, sours and stronger beers.

Not far from Guildfords other taproom Growlers and Cans. It was closed but see here for my April visit.

I had 3 beer here:

Phantom Brewing - Echoes 6.8% sour

Phantom Brewing - 1.21 Gigawatts 8.4% a double IPA

Alpha Delta - Rug Pull 7% a oat cream IPA

Verdict: I'll be back.

D8059 plus a goods train on the Watercress Line

 11/09/22

I decided to be a pssenger on the Watercress Line today and take a few photos of Class 20 number D8059 plus Urie S15 number 506 on a goods train.

The empty coaching stock needed to be shunted from the station siding to platform 3.

In the platform ready for the 1045 departure to Alresford.

Running round at Alresford

08288 Phoenix in the cattle dock siding at Alresford

D8059 ready for the 1150 departure to Alton

I particularly like the Horsechestnut Lef moquette in this first class coach.

Upon arrival I then went trackside to take some more photos (MHR PTS held)

First 506 and its goods train arrived, and waited for D8059s departure from platform 3.

Then D8059 departed on the 1300 to Alton

Video of 506 working the 1330  Alton to Alresford non-stop goods service.

And finally a poor shot of 30925 Cheltenham arriving at Alton.