Articles by Leigh Linley
Leeds Beer Blogger since 2007 - raising awareness of independent breweries, pubs and bars. Brewer and Industry interviews and Beer and Food matching. Spends any spare time that might drop my way writing fiction, homebrewing, reading and watching David Lynch films.
Leigh Linley sits down with the team at North Bar to celebrate their first 15 years -and looks forward to a summer of Celebration.
Want to enjoy a local beer and give money to a good cause at the same time? The get along to The North Leeds Charity Beer Festival this month.
Leeds’ very own Ellen & The Escapades haven’t just been brewing up a new album in recent months…
Fancy a Beer? Leeds Beer Festival is about to kick off , and Leigh Linley picks out a few must-drinks ahead of the opening weekend.
Find out what special guest Calls Landing’s Stew & Oyster have in store for you on Valentine’s Day…
Fancy celebrating Burns Night with some of Leeds’s best Pubs? Or honing your beer-tasting skills? Then we have events for you!
Leigh Linley takes the short hop from train station platform to beer heaven in The York Tap
Headingley. Despite being full of pubs, only Arcadia and beer-shopping mecca Beer-Ritz offer any real excitement for those in search of quality Real Ale. However, fear not, intrepid Beeronauts. All is not lost. Next weekend sees Headingley’s first Independent Beer Festival take place…
…The complimentary olives were plump and doused in tomato-chili-oil, ideal to be mopped up with the excellently pliant flatbreads. Can you go wrong with home-made flatbreads?
Leeds Brewery have revived another Leeds instutition – The White Swan, City Varieties…
Blogger Neil Walker takes us through the beer list for The Hop’s upcoming Beer Festival.
So, what am I going to miss about Tetley’s? Well, just the simple things. That huge, strangely malevolent red neon sign, shrouded in a miasma of steam pouring out of the Brewery, a modern update on Blake’s “Dark Satanic Mills”…
…Plus, any place where I can sip a glass of Bernard Dark and listen to Lambchop gets my vote.
Kirkstall’s a surprinsgly vibrant, active and local-minded community, and this sort of event is perfect for the location…
‘There is nothing worse than settling down with a nice little half of Rudgate Ruby Mild and some Cajun wedges only to discover you’ve picked the most simpering piece of toss since Wendy Holden’s Beautiful People.’
During their meeting, drops of blood appeared on one of the women’s hand, dripped from above. Screaming, she looked up, expecting to see blood dripping from the ceiling. Of course, there was none…
“To sit in a pub, with someone you know, talking about a subject you love is one of life’s great pleasures. But to sit in the same pub, with a pint, your imagination and a host of peculiarly deceitful strangers can be far more intoxicating, than any heady brew served up by the landlord. To get lost, not in the conversation, but in the realms of possibility is what makes the unspoken truth so special” – It’s the reason why Chris King loves pubs.
…Dough’s food is undoubtedly the trump card here; an ever-changing, vibrant menu, modern-British and organic where possible. Flavour is king here, and there’s no fussiness…
There’s something unique in the way that a good Pub or bar channels conversation. No matter what the topic, the conversation flows; and it’s conversation and company – not alcohol – that’s the true heart of The Pub.
