31st May 2014 - Hopwas Beer Festival

Tamworth

• Silk Kite
• Societe Brewing Co The Publican (Southwold)
• Hogs Back Tea

Hopwas

• Hopwas Social Club (Beer Festival)
• Toolmakers Toffee Hammer
• Golden Duck Tinners Tipple
• Weston Country Perry
• Kelham Island Mistress Flame
• Hartshill Dark Hart
• Fox
• Marstons Pedigree

6th May 2014 - Tamworth

Bolebridge

• Freeminer Speculation
• Fat Head's Rocket Man (Wadworth US copy)

3rd May 2014 - Tamworth

Globe

• Holdens Mild
• Black Sheep All Creatures

Silk Kite

• Fat Head's Rocket Man (Wadworth - US copy)

White Lion

• Sharp's Doombar
• Banks's Bitter

28th April 2014 - Bilston

Sir Henry Newbold

• Lymestone Ein Stein
• Perth Trappledouser

2nd April 2014 - Birmingham (Wetherspoons Festival)

TBC

18th March 2014 - Tamworth

Lunchtime outing in Tamworth

Silk Kite - Six Point Brewing Let It Rain

14th March 2014 - Hereford

Birmingham city Centre

• Railway - Wells Bombidier

Hereford

• Kings Fee - Mayfields Auntie Myrtle's
• Victory - Hereford Herfordshire Light Ale
• Barrels - Wye Valley Bitter
• Lichfield Vaults - Caledonian Golden XPA
• Beer in Hand (Micropub) - Tynebank Pacifica Pale
• Horse and Groom - Wye Valley Butty Bach

Malvern

• Great Malvern Hotel - Malvern Hills Bitter (Santler Bitter?)

5th March 2014 - Tamworth **

Nb - been a bit lapse / busy so this, and some following posts will merely list venues and beers.  Normal service will be resumed...

Bolebridge - Wychwood Piledriver
Globe - Bass, Holdens Mild
Sir Robert Peel - Oakham Citra.

2nd January 2014 - Lichfield

Traditionally I like to do some form of pub crawl at certain times of the year, namely summer and a winter one around Christmas time.  For various reasons this year's Christmas outing couldn't happen till after new year but aho the principle's the same.

After consulting with RG we opted for an afternoon / evening in Lichfield, concentrating on the northern side / Beacon Street area.  A couple of bus rides therefore finds us at the first port of call, The Fountain.  Limited choice of beers - we opted for Timothy Taylor Landlord.

A short stroll next over and down the road to the Feathers.  A better choice, we had Wychwood Hobgoblin noting that there were regular gigs here and also an excellent food venue so may well revisit in due course.

George and Dragon next and an excellent choice of beers from which I had Brakspear Oxford Gold and thence Ringwood XXXX Porter.

Heading towards the centre next pub is the Kings Head - Banks's Sunbeam and final pub in Lichfield, the Acorn (Brains SA and Newcastle Brown Ale.)

We stopped at the Bell, Whittington en route back to Tamworth (Bass.)

Back in Tamworth its the Silk Kite for food and Carling Lager, thence Bonds (Stella Artois) over table football (going from 4-0 down to win 5-4 ands then 9-0 in the second game.)

Finally its the Sir Robert Peel and their house beer (Church End's Appeawling) and final Oakham Citra.

11th December 2013 - Tamworth

In Tamworth, specifically the Bolebridge, this evening for a meal with colleagues from the football club.

Beers sampled were :

• Titanic White Star
• Springhead Roaring Meg
• Moorhouse Elves Bells
• Erdinger