Hello, hello! We're a couple of hours ahead of the UK so here, very early indeed, is our regular weekly round up of writing about beer and pubs.

https://boakandbailey.com/2025/04/news-nuggets-and-longreads-26-april-2025-alley-of-cosmonauts/

Here's our contribution to Session #146 hosted by Ding, on the subject of value in beer.

https://boakandbailey.com/2025/04/session-146-now-thats-great-value/

https://www.europesays.com/2023470/ How the Schoonerati ruined London pubs #beer #business #CentralLondon #influencers #LondonPubs #pubs

The Southampton Arms in London, England

Grab a pint of British-brewed ale or cider and a hot roast pork bap at this quintessential London pub.#cider #beer #booze #pubs #bars #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
The Southampton Arms

I've never been to The Liffey in the Old Town before. Though I don't drink, I appreciate #pubs because I can sit there and read for hours while waiting for a gig (like now) or when I'm in a strange city and my accommodation is lonely and dreary.

St Helens 'Oldest Pie' at The Turks Head in St Helens, England

A fossilized pie discovered during renovations of a traditional English pub is now on display.#food #history #pie #pubs #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
St Helens 'Oldest Pie' at The Turks Head

https://www.europesays.com/de/44229/ Pubs in Großbritannien öffnen länger #23.00 #AktuelleNachrichten #AktuelleNews #besonderen #Gefeiert #Großbritannien #Headlines #länger #Nachrichten #News #Pubs #Schlagzeilen #Tag #UK #UnitedKingdom #UnitedKingdomOfGreatBritainAndNorthernIreland #VereinigtesKönigreich #VereinigtesKönigreichGroßbritannienUndNordirland #VereinigtesKönigreichVonGrossbritannienUndNordirland

GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular weekly round-up of the best writing about beer and pubs, with notes on CAMRA, Wirtshäuser, and the convergence of lager and pale ale.

https://boakandbailey.com/2025/04/news-nuggets-and-longreads-19-april-2025-fortified-churches/

Interesting video: "Is bitter disappearing from London pubs?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAR9u6zjtwg

I am not a fan of most craft beer, I usually end up drinking lager if there's only IPA/APA/citrus/weird flavours etc.

https://untappd.com/user/jpennycook

I'm going up the George today.

For those of you not from Portsmouth, 'going up the George' is not a dodgy euphemism but rather walking up Portsdown Hill to one of the best old pubs in the area.

Having a couple of drinks with a work colleague.

NEWSLETTER KLAXON!

Our April newsletter is out now and, if you're a subscriber, should be in your inbox now.

The subject is 'cognitive load' in the world of beer and pubs.

Non-subscribers can read it online here:

https://boakandbailey.substack.com/p/stress-and-confusion-the-concept

#food #art #miniatures #pubs #cool #Edinburgh #Scotland

Most of us just write graffiti in the bathroom stall. This guy makes a miniature of every Edinburgh pub he visits (without the wee passed-oot drunks at the front)

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/edinburgh-miniatures-1.7510023?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Two of these are local to me - the Barony I think of as "the local" though I have to walk past three pubs (including the Cask & Barrel) to get to it. Edinburgh has very many excellent pubs! Which I'm doing my best to keep in business ... ;)

"‘Like you’re a giant’: Edinburgh artist creates pintsize replicas of city’s pubs"

#Edinburgh #pubs
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/14/edinburgh-artist-keith-crawley-pintsize-replicas-city-pubs?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

The Cell in Hong Kong

Order a whiskey neat in the former jail of Kowloon's British-era Marine Police Headquarters.#booze #whiskey #pubs #bars #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
The Cell

Mine’s a pint of Unesco… brewers chase heritage status for British cask ale https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/apr/12/mines-a-pint-of-unesco-brewers-chase-heritage-status-for-british-cask-ale #UnitedNations #Lifeandstyle #Heritage #Belgium #Alcohol #Unesco #UKnews #Beer #Pubs

A little late... GOOD AFTERNOON! Here's our regular weekly round up of good writing about beer and pubs.

https://boakandbailey.com/2025/04/news-nuggets-and-longreads-12-april-2025-townscaper/

Here's my question:

Why do we (UK residents) call them Beer Gardens?
Do other countries have a similar word?
Why isn't Pub Garden used instead?

GOOD MORNING! The latest edition of news, nuggets and longreads is now up on the blog, with notes on tin trays, medieval ports, Ena Sharples, and pubs vs. public transport.

https://boakandbailey.com/2025/04/news-nuggets-and-longreads-5-april-2025-the-conversation/

Smalio diddordeb yn y "best league in the world", chwedl pob twat. Bitter Brains (gwych chwarae teg) ond yn £2.65 ganol wythnos yn y Victoria Park. Dewch 'mlaen y Gleision. @peldroed #tafarndai #pubs #LIVEVE

BBC: Tray bien! Man’s 1,500-strong beer memorabilia haul. “Meet Richard Percival, the man who owns what he thinks is the world’s largest collection of brewery trays. The football fan, who supports Notts County, was on an away day in Brighton in 1982 when he asked if he could keep a Young’s Brewery tray with a ram logo at a pub – which led to him becoming ‘an absolute magpie in both senses’, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/02/bbc-tray-bien-mans-1500-strong-beer-memorabilia-haul/