Pennsylvania Girl Abroad

In preparation for homebrewing our own beer, we had a major decision to make – what type of beer to brew? Jim has home brewed quite a few times in the past, but this recent venture would be especially noteworthy since it would be his first time making beer with brand new beer equipment in […]

Friday night in mid-April, one objective in mind: Relax with friends and drink some great beer, while showing our North Carolina friends in town a new beer spot and yet-to-see London neighborhood. Our choice: The Earl of Essex pub in Islington. Having visited Earl of Essex previously during the winter months, I hoped we’d get the opportunity […]

The Old Brewery in Greenwich is a modern, sleek and cleverly designed microbrewery/restaurant (in a very old building), evidence of just how much Meantime Brewery has done for the craft brewing scene in London over the past decade! Opened in 2010, the Old Brewery is located in an impressive 17th century building near the Greenwich […]

What could be better than a new craft brewery specializing in unique, big, bold beers in London? Well, it could be in our neighborhood and relatively undiscovered for the moment – although surely a name that will be well known very soon. We visited Partizan Brewing with some friends last week and are already looking […]

Crate Brewery Where:  In Hackney, East London. See map. Why you should visit:  Crate entered the craft beer scene in July last year, perfect timing for the start of the 2012 London Olympics. Next to a picturesque canal at the site of an old factory, you can see the Olympic park in the distance.  A […]

You want to take in the London culture, therefore an immersion into the London pub scene is necessary. You’ve endured a long flight, made it to the hotel, and finally you set out to find that perfect British pub. But now it’s decision-making time: this pub or that pub? With approximately 6,000+ pubs in London, […]

Bury St. Edmunds is primarily known in England for two things: an ancient abbey dating back to 900 AD, and beer!  ‘Bury’ as the locals call it, is home to the Greene King Brewery, one of the largest and oldest UK breweries still in operation. For those of you that have ever visited the Yuengling brewery in […]

 CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) The “Campaign for Real Ale” (CAMRA) began in 1971, inspired by four English “blokes” (guys) with a mission to “campaign for real ale, pubs and drinkers rights.” Today CAMRA has approximately 146,000 members, hosts more than 100 beer & cider festivals each year, and has a beer publishing arm that […]