A list of the most recently entered visits to pubs Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:30:56 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk en-gb Visited by Magnus Greel on the 02 Jun 2026. Late afternoon fairly quiet just a few folk inside and a few at the canal side seating area. Many bar stools available so opted for one of those. Friendly and welcoming with the knowledgeable bar staff rendering info on all of the many beers available. Soft background music and subdued lighting made for a relaxed enjoyable atmosphere. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:30:56 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=874&v=73100 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 01 Jun 2026. Evening visit until late on. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:55:48 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=1451&v=73099 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 01 Jun 2026. Evening visit until close. 2 customers in then just 1. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:49:44 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=5677&v=73097 Visited by ChrisatSturry on the 31 May 2026. Quite busy, not all local trade. Friendly and great service. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:31:42 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=4843&v=73096 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 31 May 2026. Late evening visit until close. Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:21:22 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=73094 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 30 May 2026. 4th visit of this outing to Broadstairs: My first visit to Trigger’s Broom, the former Four Candles Alehouse, and where this re-invented micropub opened on 23rd May 2026. Friendly, prompt service from the barmaid for our late afternoon visit. Busy both inside and out. Its sweeping changes include now featuring a smallish bar counter with two handpumps for two cask ales in the cellar below. It also has behind the bar counter two casks on gravity dispense with temperature-regulated cooling jackets, making it a total of four casks. The tables are made out of upturned hogshead barrels with high wooden bar stools positioned around them. There are now two WCs in place with the male WC comprising just a urinal. Dogs are no longer admitted inside, unless an assistance dog and to quote the signage: “due to limited floor space”. In tribute to the new name, Trigger’s Broom, a full-size wall-hung broom is prominently displayed on an internal wall and there is a sizeable sculpture of Trigger, the character from tv sitcom, Only Fools and Horses, standing with his broom on an upturned hogshead barrel on the pavement outside as you come in. There is also an array of framed old postcards of Broadstairs adorning the interior walls and an old-fashioned jukebox is positioned in the corridor leading to the two WCs. On the covered window above the entrance door is a line-drawing of Trigger proudly holding his broom to attention and wearing his medal from Peckham Council for being recognised for saving the council money in keeping and maintaining the exact same broom for 20 years, albeit that it had in that time 17 new heads and 14 new handles. As Trigger explained: "Look after your broom". By replacing the parts as they wore out, he believed he was maintaining a single, long-serving tool rather than ordering entirely new brooms. This micropub’s new name is a nod to carrying on the tradition established by the former Four Candles Alehouse. CONTINUES UNDER 1ST BEER ENTRY. Sun, 31 May 2026 23:54:18 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=3033&v=73093 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 30 May 2026. Late evening visit. Fellow at the next table ate 2 large pizzas from boxes ordered in. Sun, 31 May 2026 15:28:30 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=6274&v=73085 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 30 May 2026. Evening visit late on. More staff than customers. Sun, 31 May 2026 15:24:52 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=264&v=73084 Visited by Andrew on the 30 May 2026. Jane and I went for a walk and this was on route. Or maybe we were coming here and you had to walk. Anyway, the garden here is lovely. It's more like a a small field, half of which is a meadow, surrounded by wood. Sun, 31 May 2026 14:06:04 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=5577&v=73083 Visited by Jack William on the 30 May 2026. Saturday evening visit. Very well patronised and more expected according to the “reserved” notices on all the free outdoor tables. Not impressed with the beer service - one ale being changed (that I paid for) but decided to revert to Hophead after a 10 minute wait. It then took another 5 minutes to pour my pint. The taps are mounted about two feet above the drip tray - and the server thought it was ok to pour the beer directly into the resting glass. Took a good while, unsurprising, to get a nearly full pint. Sat, 30 May 2026 20:18:01 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=9124&v=73082 Visited by Jack William on the 30 May 2026. Saturday evening. Comfortably busy inside and out on a very warm evening. Good feel to this unpretentious pub. Sat, 30 May 2026 20:16:47 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=3519&v=73081 Visited by Dosser on the 30 May 2026. Another hot one. Lots outside. 6 beers on. Sat, 30 May 2026 15:47:42 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=92&v=73079 Visited by Wittenden on the 30 May 2026. A few in, on a sweltering Saturday lunchtime. Sat, 30 May 2026 14:49:38 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7617&v=73078 Visited by Andrew on the 22 May 2026. Arrived early afternoon and the garden was busy, but Ian and John had a table already. Good atmosphere. Sat, 30 May 2026 13:39:52 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=116&v=73077 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 29 May 2026. Evening visit until late. Few spare tables left. Sat, 30 May 2026 13:37:03 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=1451&v=73076 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 29 May 2026. Last knockings visit until close. Just me in. Sat, 30 May 2026 13:28:47 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=3455&v=73075 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 29 May 2026. Early evening busy as expected for this popular pub with standing room only in the main bar area however we found a free table towards the rear to enjoy our beers. Fri, 29 May 2026 21:24:37 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=581&v=73074 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 29 May 2026. Busy late afternoon many groups inside and out we purloined a couple of tables by the entrance and enjoyed the atmosphere in yet another back street corner local with a good choice of ales. Fri, 29 May 2026 21:22:42 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=582&v=73073 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 29 May 2026. Another gem of a locals pub with racks of casks on display by the entrance. Usual practice here and not a beer festival as one first thought! Fri, 29 May 2026 21:22:39 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=6632&v=73072 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 29 May 2026. Mid afternoon friendly and welcoming capacious back street local plonked right in the diverging 'V' of a road junction! The Mango Gelato surprisingly won the hearts of the majority after a positive response from a taster. Fri, 29 May 2026 21:22:34 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=6545&v=73071 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 29 May 2026. Spacious cosy and comfortable micropub-ish venue, soft lighting and dark colours adding to the mysterious and gothic atmosphere made for a pleasant stay. Just one other group in the raised area at the rear of the pub. Fri, 29 May 2026 21:22:29 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=9360&v=73070 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 29 May 2026. First customers just after lunchtime opening, friendly and welcoming pub obviously dog friendly judging by the musty aroma prevalent! Fri, 29 May 2026 21:22:24 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=3807&v=73069 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 29 May 2026. Late morning a couple of us ventured here for a swift one before catching up with the rest of the group at The Eaton Cottage. One chap in soon joined by a few others during our short stay. Fri, 29 May 2026 21:22:17 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=3809&v=73068 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 28 May 2026. Final visit and quietest so far for mid evening with just a few folk dotted about. Friendly and welcoming even the bar staff took it in turns to pop out and photograph our bus which also displayed the destination and pub for each venue. Fri, 29 May 2026 21:22:02 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=713&v=73067 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 28 May 2026. Busy early evening even before we turned up, attracting much interest from customers and many passers by stopping off to take photos of the bus parked up on the gravel outside the pub! Fri, 29 May 2026 21:21:58 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=1&v=73066 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 28 May 2026. Very busy with folk outside and many diners in hence the reek of food in an airless stuffy environment, I didn't envy the bar staff in such an atmosphere but they coped admirably with 30 orders all at once! Fri, 29 May 2026 21:21:51 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=100&v=73065 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 28 May 2026. First of four pubs on a bus jolly, today's vehicle being RM1397 (397CLT) and setting the scene for the bemused and curious locals. Late afternoon with many such locals sitting outside enjoying the weather. Fri, 29 May 2026 21:21:45 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=4763&v=73064 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 28 May 2026. Busy with a good few of the Thursday regulars on parade among the lesser spotted for the last half an hour of serving. Amazed to still see the same bitter on from Wednesday of the week before, 20th May 2026, and when I tried it on 21st, it was flat tasting and so I could only manage one. It must win the award for the longest reigning bitter on at 9 days! Fri, 29 May 2026 20:58:43 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=73062 Visited by Dosser on the 29 May 2026. 3 guests, huge crowds for half term, could be better. Fri, 29 May 2026 17:34:51 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7563&v=73059 Visited by Dosser on the 29 May 2026. 3 gadds on, hot day, lots of pensioners very loud. Fri, 29 May 2026 17:31:20 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=2002&v=73058 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 28 May 2026. Last knockings visit until close. Fri, 29 May 2026 15:09:30 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=3030&v=73057 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 28 May 2026. Late evening visit until close. Fri, 29 May 2026 15:04:43 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=73056 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 28 May 2026. Evening visit. Fri, 29 May 2026 14:48:52 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=8917&v=73054 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 27 May 2026. Late evening visit until close. Thu, 28 May 2026 15:16:37 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=73053 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 26 May 2026. Quiet footfall with just a few of the hardened surviving the day’s heatwave and the odd lesser spotted on parade for the last half an hour of serving. No sound of the Tuesday fiddlers! Fri, 29 May 2026 20:56:29 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=73061 Visited by Jack William on the 27 May 2026. Early evening visit about 1/2 hour after 6pm opening. A comfortable 7 of us in. My first visit since the new guvnor took over - not here tonight, the bar being run by the “Wednesday man”. Great stories - a bear in a hot tub and a number of “Boris bikes” being ridden from London to Cornwall for a new year stunt. Friendly welcome, nothing changed internally as far as I could tell. Very pleased to see this is being kept going. Thu, 28 May 2026 08:39:24 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=36&v=73052 Visited by Dosser on the 27 May 2026. 3 ales on but no other customers. Wed, 27 May 2026 19:39:04 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=814&v=73050 Visited by Dosser on the 27 May 2026. Heard there was real ale on but didn't find any. Wed, 27 May 2026 19:36:51 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=6034&v=73049 Visited by Dosser on the 27 May 2026. 3 ales on. Hot evening. Sat outside. Wed, 27 May 2026 19:35:52 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=1918&v=73048 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 26 May 2026. Sweltering evening visit until close. Relaxed and ordered atmosphere in here as always. Wed, 27 May 2026 14:23:44 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=847&v=73045 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 25 May 2026. A rare visit for me on a Monday but part of the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, experiencing the hottest temperatures for London with Kew Gardens in south-west London recording 34.8C and since May's previous warmest days in the UK at 32.8C in 1922 and 1944. Just a sprinkling of the hardened in for the last half an hour of serving. Wed, 27 May 2026 00:43:06 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=73044 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 08 May 2026. Busy on my evening visit on its second day with in excess of 100 real ales on. Thanks must be paid to all the Bexley CAMRA volunteers and those from other branches who helped out too, to make it possible and the success it was. By far one of my most prized beer festivals to attend. 10 x third of a pint measures were greatly enjoyed from my selection of mostly traditional bitters, porters and stouts chosen. Wed, 27 May 2026 00:23:47 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=9507&v=73042 Visited by Dosser on the 26 May 2026. Dark un qent off when I ordered it. 5 left but not to our liking. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:30:03 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=92&v=73036 Visited by Dosser on the 26 May 2026. Boiling. Struggling to get my 5 pints of jaipur in. Had a meal but too hot to really enjoy it. Tue, 26 May 2026 17:27:25 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7563&v=73035 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 25 May 2026. Last knockings visit until close. Tue, 26 May 2026 14:29:54 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=3030&v=73034 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 25 May 2026. Late evening visit until close. Left promptly to seek a basic mid-brown English bitter before midnight. Tue, 26 May 2026 14:23:42 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=73033 Visited by Dosser on the 26 May 2026. Roasting day. 4 beers on. People inside and in the garden. Tue, 26 May 2026 12:58:08 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=3539&v=73032 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 24 May 2026. Busy footfall with the hardened regulars on parade among the odd lesser spotted for the last half an hour of serving. Fri, 29 May 2026 21:03:10 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=73063 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 22 May 2026. Early evening visit on the second day of the 3rd Dulwich Beer and Cider Festival hosted by Dulwich Hamlet Football Club and very well attended. A hearty tribute must be paid to all the hard-working SE London CAMRA volunteers behind the festival and ably assisted by other CAMRA members from branches further afield who made it happen. By all accounts on its third day, it ran out of beers at 8pm just two hours before its scheduled end. A fine selection of 7 real ales passed my lips. In total, beer festival goers were treated to 50+ cask beers, 20+ ciders and perries, plus a selection of bottled and canned beers. Tue, 26 May 2026 03:34:42 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=9506&v=73031 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 24 May 2026. Late evening visit until close. Mon, 25 May 2026 18:56:22 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=73024 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 23 May 2026. A mix of the usual Saturday regulars on parade among a few of the occasional for the last hour of serving. Wed, 27 May 2026 16:40:16 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=73047 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 23 May 2026. Packed on arrival at exactly on the dot of two on the second day of its Spring Bank Holiday beer festival and yet none of the 70 beers, 60 in the garden marquee serving area, and 10 inside this ancient pub’s interior had run out. Certainly ready to sample the real ales after an hour and a half walk from Paddock Wood Station where just outside was an excellent cafe's breakfast and then the rural walk along footpaths all the way. A very orderly and efficient snaking queue provided by ropes on metal poles meant there was no survival-of-the-fittest mode needed and no people were permitted by this roping arrangement to congregate to just sup their beers in the immediate serving area which is my pet-hate to observe and try to navigate around at the average beer festival. All of 5 minutes’ wait was the longest to be served via this queuing system. Plenty of bench-seating inside the beer tent and a spot was found which afforded a view of the snaking queue to the bar and the bongo drummers performing magnificently outside. A great line-up of beers and with traditional styles chosen such as bitters and milds that were minus all those acidic fruits that my tummy is not so partial to. I would give this festival 10 out of 10 as there was nothing not to like about it, including a fellow beer festival-goer and a self-confessed local engaging in good banter and recommending other local real ale pubs in this part of Kent. Mon, 25 May 2026 00:22:15 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=433&v=73014 Visited by Jack William on the 24 May 2026. Lunchtime cycle meet. Good table service from the landlord in the garden. Sun, 24 May 2026 20:23:06 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=6318&v=73007 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 22 May 2026. A rare Friday evening visit for me now for the last half an hour of serving but made a good pitstop after attending the very busy second day of the SE London CAMRA beer festival and being held for the 3rd time in recent years at the Dulwich Hamlet football club. An opportune catch-up with some of the Friday-only regulars was afforded. Sun, 24 May 2026 20:06:45 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=73005 Visited by Dosser on the 24 May 2026. Hot day, 3 beers on, up to £4.90 now. Sun, 24 May 2026 18:25:06 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=1918&v=73004 Visited by Wittenden on the 24 May 2026. Cranbrook was going Nuts in May: we were melting on a scorching Sunday lunchtime.Suitably busy. Sun, 24 May 2026 14:12:16 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7617&v=73003 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 23 May 2026. Evening visit until close. A heavy rock band was bashing out live tonight. Sun, 24 May 2026 13:54:34 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=864&v=73002 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 23 May 2026. Evening visit until close. Sun, 24 May 2026 13:52:00 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=3455&v=73001 Visited by Wittenden on the 23 May 2026. Pleasantly cool on a sweltering Saturday noon. Sat, 23 May 2026 14:22:45 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7617&v=72999 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 22 May 2026. Late evening visit until close. Sat, 23 May 2026 14:12:14 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=2521&v=72998 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 22 May 2026. Evening visit. Sat, 23 May 2026 14:08:20 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7458&v=72997 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 22 May 2026. Evening wasted visit. 2 handpumps, no cask ale available. Bar staff mumbled about it would be on tomorrow but had no idea which ales they'd be. Yes! Sat, 23 May 2026 14:03:20 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=4467&v=72996 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 22 May 2026. Tiny pub with two small bars and packed to the gunnels with many folk both inside and out for our late afternoon to early evening visit. Real ales on gravity so extra work for the efficient bar staff to-ing and fro-ing fetching beer from somewhere out the back! Sat, 23 May 2026 11:26:00 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=9482&v=72995 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 22 May 2026. Lunchtime arrival and already fairly busy in the garden area thanks to the welcome warm weather arriving at last. Here for the beer festival we were expecting it to be pub hours as no information on times was available online only to find out it doesn't start until 6pm! Luckily the chap setting it up offered us a selection of those that were ready and was soon doing good trade from other folk. Sat, 23 May 2026 11:12:31 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=8859&v=72994 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 21 May 2026. Quiet footfall with just a table and a half of hardened regulars on parade for the last half an hour of serving. Sun, 24 May 2026 00:01:58 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=73000 Visited by Jack William on the 22 May 2026. Early evening visit, beer festival in full swing. Good turnout from the local CAMRA branch. Great selection of beers. Music on Saturday and Sunday. Sat, 23 May 2026 06:12:18 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=116&v=72993 Visited by Dosser on the 22 May 2026. 6 guests, 5% and under. Fri, 22 May 2026 18:43:28 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=92&v=72990 Visited by Dosser on the 22 May 2026. Just 3 guests on for such a massive crowd. Warm, but only a few seats available outside on a hot day Fri, 22 May 2026 18:38:01 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7563&v=72989 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 21 May 2026. Late evening visit until close. Fri, 22 May 2026 16:14:56 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=72988 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 21 May 2026. Late evening visit. Light footfall. Fri, 22 May 2026 16:05:35 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=8917&v=72986 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 14 May 2026. Ticking over with the regulars and the odd lesser spotted for the last half an hour of serving. Fri, 22 May 2026 16:01:55 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=72985 Visited by Dosser on the 22 May 2026. First real ale after 15 days in a morrocan all inclusive drinking who knows what. 4 beers on, cheaper than a pint in morrocco. Fri, 22 May 2026 13:57:45 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=3539&v=72982 Visited by McGargle on the 20 May 2026. There's always a couple of 6DN beers on cask but the brewery name messes with the app so not reported. As I'm not too fond of their beers they probably wouldn't have been scored anyway. Fri, 22 May 2026 12:34:18 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=965&v=72981 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 19 May 2026. Busier than usual on a Tuesday for a long while with a mix of the hardened regulars and the odd lesser spotted. Even the fiddlers were still strumming their instruments at this late arrival time of half past ten or thereabouts and marking the first time I have heard them still playing at this time for a month or more. Mon, 25 May 2026 13:25:03 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=73023 Visited by Jack William on the 21 May 2026. Lunchtime cycle group meet. Very pleasant in the garden. 4 ales on again. Thu, 21 May 2026 15:39:34 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=23&v=72980 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 20 May 2026. Late evening visit until close. Thu, 21 May 2026 15:08:55 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=5429&v=72979 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 20 May 2026. Last knockings visit until close. Thu, 21 May 2026 15:04:36 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=2069&v=72978 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 16 May 2026. 8th and final stop on this visit to St Albans: Busy on my mid evening arrival in this very wet-led pub and a table to be shared with some fellow real ale drinkers. Warm, friendly prompt service. Thu, 21 May 2026 00:29:58 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=9378&v=72975 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 16 May 2026. 7th stop on this visit to St Albans: Busy for my early to mid-evening arrival and met with prompt, friendly service. A welcome table to be had following my trek from The Mermaid. Thu, 21 May 2026 00:22:22 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=571&v=72974 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 16 May 2026. 6th stop on this visit to St Albans: Now my second visit following my first visit to it in April this year and to this evidently popular old pub situated on the busy Hatfield Road just outside St Albans’ town centre. It was busy on arrival early evening and having tried The Boot by St Albans’ Clocktower but it was, as on my earlier visit to it, too busy with no seating and the noise level was too raucous, not aided by its low ceilings, to brave trying their mild from Good Chemistry Brewing, based in the St Philip's area of Bristol and established in 2015. Prompt friendly service here and was able to share a table with two others positioned up the other end of it. A couple of real ale drinkers at the bar, perhaps here also as part of the weekend festival of mild ales, recommended the Chestnut Ale and the Old Ale on. I was very much in support of that recommendation and thanked them profusely. Thu, 21 May 2026 00:11:34 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=566&v=72973 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 16 May 2026. 5th stop on this visit to St Albans: Busy on my late afternoon arrival and standing room only next to a shelf at the front window. Half of the establishment is given over to dining at certain times at its rear and although this dining area was not open on my visit, you could not sit down in it with a drink on asking whether that might be possible. Service at the bar was slow for no apparent reason with a few also seated at the bar to not greatly aid the two staff seeing those waiting to be served. Wed, 20 May 2026 23:45:09 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=9505&v=72971 Visited by Hogan Sampling on the 16 May 2026. 4th stop on this visit to St Albans: Historically known as The Verulam Arms, it is on the corner of Lower Dagnall Street, at number 41, and Welclose Street. It is approximately 173 years old, having opened as a public house in October 1853. Busy for my late afternoon clamber into this charmingly preserved ancient corner street pub which can stock up to eight cask ales according to the CAMRA listing, and indeed on this visit there were seven on. Prompt, friendly service at the bar and a seat to be had aided my enjoyment. The only pub so far not to have had a mild on in keeping with the mild festival over selected pubs in St Albans and indeed on the list for such. Perhaps it had been so popular that it had all been supped before I got here? Wed, 20 May 2026 23:25:31 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=561&v=72970 Visited by Wittenden on the 20 May 2026. We came for a late lunch on a changeable Wednesday afternoon. Several drinkers and diners in attendance. Wed, 20 May 2026 21:31:18 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=117&v=72966 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 19 May 2026. Teeming with families attracted by the morris dancing event outside including many unaccompanied children tearing about which meant constant leg/feet shuffling to avoid them tripping over made for a rather tense and frenetic stay. Wed, 20 May 2026 15:40:32 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=548&v=72965 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 19 May 2026. Delightful cosy relaxed and welcoming atmosphere in this cosy pensioners pub with a throng of jolly locals propping the bar up. Wed, 20 May 2026 15:29:19 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=547&v=72964 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 19 May 2026. Fairly quiet and relaxed atmosphere with a variety of tables with comfy seats or for those who wish to dine. Wed, 20 May 2026 15:18:09 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7858&v=72963 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 19 May 2026. Busy edge of town local's pub, a GK house with a good selection on offer sadly none of them were from the GK range. Efficient and friendly barmaid chatted to us while serving and did a good job tempting us to a variety of home made nibbles to accompany our beers. Wed, 20 May 2026 15:05:55 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=2724&v=72962 Visited by Philip Pirrip on the 19 May 2026. Late evening visit until close. Good Tuesday footfall in front room and the fiddlers' backroom. Wed, 20 May 2026 15:05:11 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=7584&v=72961 Visited by Magnus Greel on the 19 May 2026. Starting our west side tour of Lewes pubs. Friendly welcoming and amusing barmaid for some initial banter, just a few folk about on a mid afternoon Tuesday. Wed, 20 May 2026 14:48:22 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=8463&v=72960 Visited by Jack William on the 19 May 2026. Quiet evening at the Carp. Here for a final meeting of the village pond restoration project. It’s looking grand. Wed, 20 May 2026 06:26:47 +0100 http://www.pubsandbeer.co.uk/index.php?ID=P&pub=1691&v=72959