Pennsylvania Girl Abroad

The never-ending mission to uncover and visit all-things-beer  led us to The Bull in north London this past Sunday afternoon. Having thought that we’d mapped all breweries (and micros) in town, we were pleasantly surprised to find that The Bull has a small 2bbl brewery embedded within their kitchen, brewing under the name of London Brewing Company. […]

Be active and take a long walk: that was our plan for the last Saturday in January.  Jim and I managed to get off to a good start. We woke up, showered, and walked approximately 2 miles before we threw this plan out the window and replaced it with a non-active trip on the London […]

My husband Jim and I spent a large portion of our afternoon at Craft Beer Co. yesterday – a great place to hang out to avoid the snowy cold day in London! Where:  In Central London in the Clerkenwell neighborhood. The location I’ve linked to is the original location, which is what my review this […]

Where:  Como, Italy.  A few minutes off the Como Sud exit on the A9 highway.  See map. Why you should visit:  In a description I read online, they call themselves the “beer kingdom” (Il Birrificio di Como) and I can understand why after visiting the brewery and restaurant. The massive space inside could fit every […]

During the Christmas holiday visiting my family back in the U.S., my husband and I felt obligated to take a break from the last minute Christmas shopping and stop in the Troegs Brewery tasting room in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Where:  Nearby to the Hershey Outlet shopping center and Hersheypark. See map. Why you should visit:  This […]

Kernel Brewery – I remember how excited my husband and I were when we first discovered the Kernel Brewery beer.  We were walking around what we thought was a fairly quiet, deserted area near our neighborhood, below the railtracks, when we stumbled upon a Saturday market, Matlby Street. See picture below of the Maltby street market […]

On Saturday, I woke up and was in the mood for a big American style brunch.  I knew my husband would really be enticed to join me at this restaurant if the brunch also include some freshly brewed beer. I found the best combination – Duke’s Brew and Que in Dalston, North London.  We walked […]

This past weekend there was the 29th annual Pig’s Ear Beer & Cider Festival in Hackney, East London.  As “CAMRA” (Campaign for Real Ale) members, it only cost us 2 pounds (about $3.20) to enter. Beer festivals in the UK are very different from what I’ve seen at beer festivals in the US. In the […]