August 2023 – Micropub Adventures

27/08/23 – Merseyside (Day 3)

Started out the day visiting the Bow Legged Beagle and HOP in Bromborough, Handymans Supermarket Brewpub in Wavertree, Neptune Brewerys Beerhouse in Maghull and a number of venues in Southport – Beer Inn, The Guest House and Masons Arms.

26/08/23 – Merseyside (Day 2)

A pretty spread out day around Merseyside, starting at Hoylake for Micropub The Black Toad, Birkenhead for Glen Affric Brewery, Central Liverpool for Black Lodge Brewery and The Baltic Fleet and onto Bootle for Top Rope Brewery and North Park Tavern. Finished with Micropubs The Beer Station and The Grasshopper on the way back to Southport, finishing with a beer festival.

25/08/23 – Merseyside (Day 1)

A day out around Merseyside, 1 of 3. Starting off by visiting Southport Brewery and having a look at their brewery setup, followed by visiting Tap & Bottles in the town centre. Headed out to visit several Brewery Taps – Big Bog Brewing, Azvex Brewing and Carnival Brewery, and finishing off with 4 micropubs around the Waterloo area.

24/08/23 – Bolton, Westhoughton and Southport

Heading over to Merseyside for the Bank Holiday weekend, calling in at a number of pubs in Bolton en route, a Micropub and a Brewery Tap in Westhoughton and 3 Mixropubs in the Southport area.

10/08/23-13/08/23 Blackpool, Bispham and Layton

A long weekend staying with friends in Blackpool to see the yearly “Blackpool Air Show” on the seafront. Visited some old favourites pub wise with the addition of a few new pubs. Started with Albert’s Ale Micropub, onto No 10 Alehouse and finished at the Saddle Inn Thursday. Friday dropped into CASK Micropub in Layton. Saturday started with Abingdon Street Market for the Farm Yard Beers Bar, and onto Shickers Micropub. Sunday visited CASK Micropub in Bispham and Cask and Tap in the centre.

11/08/23 – Preston

A day out to Preston. A city packed full of great pubs and small bars so lots of choice. Preston itself is known for a couple of quirky features including being home to the tallest spire of any parish church in England to having the longest continuous row of red telephone boxes

05/08/23-06/08/23 – London

A few calls in London over a weekend whilst attending an event. Firstly a call into the Euston Tap, followed by Micropubs in Hanwell and Northfields, and two Brewery Taps, Hammersmith Brewery and Bullfinch Brewery.