You would probably like the Pie and Vinyl shop in Portsmouth too!
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Indeed - every pub should have one. Despite my entreaties Lady BC was adamant no it’s healthy eating January - did manage to negotiate another round so partial result.
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Grain beers are lovely
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On Saturday, I was fortunate to have the steak and ale pie at our local. My wife was less hungry, so settled for a sticky toffee pudding. All this was accompanied by a couple of pints of Loch Ness Brewery, Saazi-Ness. I think the healthy-eating January bus must have failed to stop by us; but then, we had just completed a 10km walk with no lunch!
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I wish this pub was my local. The pub up the road from us rarely has cask beer on so I hardly ever go. Not a proper pub!
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A pub without any beer on tap is a bottle shop. 
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Adnams Broadside - bottled – on draught is better but finding it is a challenge. Dark ruby red ale.
I must enforce a 2-bottle limit (6.3!), as it’s so yummy. If not, nap time comes pretty quickly.
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Sainsbury’s Winter Warmer - bottled (5%). Described as a fruity beer, with fruity fig notes. A Hall & Woodhouse product. Not overly tasty to my palate, was expecting something more robust – although Broadside is a tough act to follow. Maybe the bottled version suffers a tad?
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I often find bottled beers inferior to cask versions.
Agree – many bottled versions are good, albeit chilling them down is required to de-excite the bottle, meaning you have to pour and leave to stand for 10 mins, or you just get that ‘cold taste’. I don’t follow the trend for ‘cold beers’ (not just lagers) from the pump, which extends to Guinness too.
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Enjoying a pint of Entire at Ma Pardoe’s in the Black country. Moving on to Bathams brewery tap at the Vine in Brierley Hill later.
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Very disappointing news from one of my local area breweries, today.
Their Wolf is one of my favourite dark ales…well, ever.
I suspect, given the climate smaller breweries are operating in, that they are unlikely to be the last to make such an announcement.
Profoundly sad.
Cheers,
Ian
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Things are tough when breweries are shutting down, most of the good ones here get sucked up and ruined by the major players. Shame.
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Happening everywhere unfortunately.
Since they’re closing anyway, you could ask if the Wolf’s recipe could be disclosed, then you could try brewing it yourself 
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