Articles in Tavern Tales
Leigh Linley sits down with the team at North Bar to celebrate their first 15 years -and looks forward to a summer of Celebration.
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.
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…
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”…
‘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.’
Dogs, children, real-ale and a canal? Sounds like a horror film, but guest-blogger Chris Ball & Fran Graham would like to tell you otherwise after a lazy afternoon at their LS13 tavern-of-choice…
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.
The site of two of Headingley’s most well known pubs has seen little change in over a thousand years. Blogger Thomas Atcheson finds out what links the two taverns, from the Ancient Britons to the latest influx of Leeds students.
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.
