Beer & Pub Links

Introduction

Here is a list of links to pages and sites that I've found that feature information about eating and drinking.

Following any of these links will take you away from my site, and I can't be held responsible for the content of these sites.

I've grouped the links together into sections. You can use these links to move directly to the sections if you wish.

• Pub Review Sites
• Beer and Pub Blogs
• Restaurant Review Sites
• Pub/Restaurant Listing Sites
• Brewery Web Sites
• Other Beer Related Sites

Pub Review Sites

• Beer in the Evening - Aims to collect reviews for every pub in the country - and even features some abroad too. Sign in and submit your own thoughts.
• Fancy a Pint - Extensive reviews of pubs in the London area. Search by name, area, tube or rail station.
• Pubs 247 - Another country-wide review site although not as extensive as Beer In The Evening.

Beer and Pub Blogs

• Good Beer, Good Pubs - Have a look at my own beer and pubs blog.
• The Good Beer Blog - Reviews and discussion on british beer and real ale.
• Jeffo's Beer Blog - Jeffo (or Stonch as he is sometimes known) is the landlord of the Gunmakers Arms in Clerkenwell, London - an excellent pub.
• Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Another London centered blog.

Restaurant Review Sites

• Restaurants.co.uk - Extensive review site for the entire country.
• London-eating - Aims to cover all of London. You can submit your own reviews. Offers special offers too.

Pub/Restaurant Listing Sites

• LocalPlaces.com - Local listings site run by friends of mine. The site lists pubs, restaurants and other local attractions from around the country.

Brewery Web Sites

• Harvey's of Lewes, East Sussex - Brewers of many gorgeous beers including the award-winning 'Sussex Best Bitter'.
• Bowman Ales website - The original brewers at the Flowerpots, Cheriton, Hampshire have now set up on their own.
• Flower Pots Inn & Brewery website - Meanwhile, the Flowerpots brewery is operational again.
• Brains Brewery in Cardiff - Favourite of mine when I was at Cardiff University. The 'Dark' mild is incredible.
• The Hopback Brewery of Downton, near Salisbury - Brewers of the legendary 'Summer Lightning' bitter.
• Fullers of Chiswick, London - Information about their products and pubs.
• Young's of Bedford - Favoured by the royal family according to the photos.
• Sam Smiths Brewery of Tadcaster in Yorkshire - Traditional but idionsyncratic brewers that still use wooden barrels for their beers, which are all served at very reasonable prices.
• Marston's Beer Company - Originally know as Wolverhampton and Dudley. Brewers of the well known Marstons Pedigree bitter amongst other interesting beers - includings the Jennings range.
• Caledonian Brewery of Edinburgh - Brewers of the excellent Golden Promise organic beer, and the well-known Deuchars IPA.

Other Beer Related Sites

• CAMRA Home Page - Website of the Campaign for Real Ale
• Real Beer Pages - Huge US-based site with information about breweries and many different pubs and beers. Now incorporates Breworld.
• Beer-pages.com - Acknowledged expert on beer Roger Protz has teamed up with Tom Cannavan to present this magazine site. Primarily focussing on bottled beers, but with some information on cask beer and pubs too.
• There are also more beer-related links on my Demise of the Firkin Pub Chain page.

One or two of the pubs and restaurants I've comented on in my beer and pub pages have web sites too, but the links to these are contained within the individual regional sections.