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In Bristol. Beer blogging in the UK since 2007. Also wrote some books about beer and pubs. Header image shows a detail from the cover of one. Won't repost if you don't use alt text. Find us at boakandbailey.com
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialBack at the pub that inspired the post below and apparently it's still an issue.
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialNice enough to get a later train!
@boakandbailey.bsky.social£7.09 with Camra discount.
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialHow much what?
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialOnly a few places, most of them in London, only for a week or so
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialReader, I missed* the train *Deliberately decided to get a later one.
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialHeart legitimately stopped when I saw it.
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialWe've never had it on draught before. John Keeling posted a list of which pubs had ordered it last week, and I happened to be in the right place at the right time.
@boakandbailey.bsky.social*commences carb loading*
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialYep
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialUh oh. I have an hour before my train is due. This could be dangerous. (Jess)
@thebeernut.bsky.socialReposted by @boakandbailey.bsky.socialI'm the sort of ageing beer geek who gets excited when there's a new version of Duvel, and I probably always will be. New blog post: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/10/yes-...
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialWe have extremely fond memories of the Bock.
@johnzee7.bsky.socialReposted by @boakandbailey.bsky.socialMore Zoigl-ing today in the Oberpfalz. I'm not sure how it has taken 10 years of living in Germany for me to visit this region.
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialHigh tables are the worst of all worlds.
@jwdtucker.bsky.socialReposted by @boakandbailey.bsky.socialIt was definitely a big feature of student pubs (eg the long-long Green Room) in early-2000s Toronto, where they had *definitely* come from skips. And I really liked it!
@beerfoodtravel.bsky.socialReposted by @boakandbailey.bsky.social... it may just be me although when I'm there the other people who sit on the couches are older folk, both men and women, and dog people! Every pub is different as are we all, but I'd hate to lose 'my' sofa now. Great piece by the way, I do love a bit of mild obsession! It's quite cathartic. Cheers!
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialWhat you've done there is reply to headline instead of reading the post.
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialFine for a Pall Mall club, a bit weird in a pub.
@boakandbailey.bsky.socialBLOG POST: “We’re not fans of sofas in pubs. We sink into them, they make us drowsy, and they make us feel as if we’re at home. Not in the sense of homeliness; as in, why did we bother coming out?”
