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As if out trip to Santiago couldn't get any better, we managed to get invited to a semi-private beer tasting at La Atlántica! Only one of the beers was actually a Galician craft beer, a home-brewed Gose, oddly enough. It was lovely. Brewed with actual seawater, if you can believe it!
Read MoreHidden away in the back streets of Santiago de Compostela is a small shop called O Bandullo do Lambón. Good craft beer found!
Read MoreBeerLab looks and feels like any other craft beer bar and restaurant you'd stumble across in Denver, Portland, or even Phoenix. Four of the six tap handles rotate through mostly Galician craft beer.
Read MoreThe craft beer revolution is alive and well in Galicia! Fillos de Malta is a small little bottle shop specializing in both homebrew supplies and Galician cervexas atresás.
Read MoreThis unassuming watering hole can be a pretty lively place at night, when the locals show up, the beers start flowing, and the guitar is passed around. Yes, a guitar. Yes, it will wind up in your lap. Yes, you must at least strum something. They'll love it.
Read MoreOh, come on. Like there's any chance were not going to visit and drink from The Cock Inn. Just who do you think we are!
Read MoreThis pub is adjacent to the Cathedral in the middle of town. Obviously, right? Well... the interior has a whole "death/vampire" theme to it. Skulls, ravens and roses above the bar. A coffin in the corner. Yeah. Weird.
Read MoreI wasn't too excited about visiting a pub inside the train station. It seemed a little kitchy to me. Boy, was I wrong! The Sheffield Tap is huge, with it's own brewing room, associations with plenty of great English breweries, and a huge select on of craft beers in bottles.
Read MoreAs lively as it is tasty, the Rutland Arms is a popular place, with a full kitchen and wide selection of craft beer and Real Ale, complete with a knowledgable staff.
Read MoreNo pub is an island. Unless it's the Shakespeare Pub in Sheffield. Then it's almost literally an island, with not a lot of other buildings around it. Yeah, it's a little scary from the outside.
Read MoreThe Wharncliffe Arms a pub. And that's about it. It's quite small, and so is the beer selection. Food? Nope. Just crisps.
Read MoreLow ceilings are nothing unusual in Kuntsford pubs. But in The White Bear, even Sheila found herself ducking from time to time. It’s a popular place, thanks largely to it’s location right at the roundabout. You literally cannot miss seeing the bar as you come into town.
Read MoreJust a five mile drive from Knutsford, you’ll find The Bull’s Head in Mobberly. Every town in England has a pub called the Bull’s Head. But this is the one that has the best fish and chips Sheila found in Cheshire
Read MoreWe were starting to wonder if it was possible, but we did -- finally -- manage to find hoppy beer in England! We were so shocked, we recorded a video!
Apparently, there's a big difference between the Real Ale movement, and the craft beer movement. I know... I know... they sound the same. But not so much. We bloody yanks like to load up our beers with massive amounts of hops and or malt. Not so much over here. Still, the guys at Brew Dog know how to buck the local trend, and are making beers loaded with flavor. Are they Real Ales? Honestly, I do not give a shit. For they are welcome relief to the two of us right now!
Also, the food here is quite good. I had the Juicy something or other. It's a burger with pimento cheese spread. Tasty. Sheila had tater tots -- yeah, in England -- loaded with melted cheese and grilled onions. Now, normally I'm not a fan of tots. But these were pretty fantastic. I think I'll order them that way from now on and see if that changes my opinion.
Plenty of Brew Dog beers on tap, plus a dozen or so guest beers on tap. They even had the full compliment of Oskar Blues, and I got to educate our bartender on the the G'Knight origin story. Hooray, beer lore!
Thanks, Brew Dog Manchester, for giving us some beer with flavor. Now to find more!
If gritty bars are your thing, then The Cross Keys is for you. We stopped in a few times while we were in town.
Read MoreBrewDog Sheffield's menu is a little smaller than the one we visited in Manchester, but every bit as good. The beer selection is pretty amazing (of course) including a great guest beer selection and a huge collection of bottles.
Read MoreIf we had to pick a favorite pub in Knutsford, it’d be The Lord Eldon. They’ve a decent selection of “real ale”, and a more modest selection of English ales in bottles. But one of those was the Guinness Porter, arguably the best of the Guinness lineup.
Read MoreWe ate at the Angel once and found the food was pretty tasty. Of the still-proud-to-be-a-pub-and-serve-pub-food places, it’s probably the best in town and draws a regular crowd for supper.
Read MoreDrinking Au Brasseur was a treat. The staff spoke much better English than we spoke French, and were happy to swap out a couple of beers on the standard flight to a few we hadn't tried. No up charge, either. This place is pretty popular with the locals, as everyone seemed to know everyone.
Read MoreWith more than 2,000 (actually they're approaching 2,500) beers from around the world, this three story bar was right up our alley. Both of us were able to choose beers which suited our own tastes.
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