Tale #1 - Sheffield is the ale capital of Great Britain.
Easy one to kick-off. Now this one is true. With new breweries popping up every week and an army of ale-orientated hostelries to deliver them plus a plethora of expertly-led bottle shops, the Steel City can't be topped.
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| Sheffield Tap. Nice. |
The unenlightened might suggest other cities but they're easily shot down.
Por ejemplo:-
Maaanchester has a growing number of nice pubs and bars, true, but it's only relatively recently that Marble were the only decent brewery there. Now in 2015, there are others, and well-hyped too, but this is media city after all. (Or is Salford really a separate city albeit in the middle of Manc?). Also they have a lot more 'attitood' compared to the friendliness in Sheffield city-village. Ditto Leeds.
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| The Beagle, Chorlton |
Liverpool; no ta la. Not a fan. A few 'eventful' nights out there have completely put me off.
London. Good pubs but there are at least seven tube stops between each decent boozer, unless you want to visit Bermondsey, apparently. FYI, no direct link to Heeley or Woodseats either.
Norwich? Rubbish. All tractors and twigs. Never been but Danny went to Uni there he thinks.
Newcastle? More to it nowadays than the infamous Bigg Market but it's full of stag and hen do's. Last time I went, I loved the place, mostly. We started at Bacchus but, after a Tactical Nuclear Penguin at BrewDog, it all went err haddaway, I divvnt kna, etc. But I was on a stag do!
Newcastle? More to it nowadays than the infamous Bigg Market but it's full of stag and hen do's. Last time I went, I loved the place, mostly. We started at Bacchus but, after a Tactical Nuclear Penguin at BrewDog, it all went err haddaway, I divvnt kna, etc. But I was on a stag do!
Nottingham?- see Newcastle but they do have a Hooters. #idealstagdo
Derby - the better side of Brian Clough way IMHO with lovely pubs (see earlier BlogBit) but the beer is a year or two behind us up the M1.
York? Nice place but not a City. OK, it's got a cathedral (so has Ely) but it's got a smaller population than Meadowhall. Huddersfield is great but no cathedral. Sorry, have you thought about getting one?
Derby - the better side of Brian Clough way IMHO with lovely pubs (see earlier BlogBit) but the beer is a year or two behind us up the M1.
York? Nice place but not a City. OK, it's got a cathedral (so has Ely) but it's got a smaller population than Meadowhall. Huddersfield is great but no cathedral. Sorry, have you thought about getting one?
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| The Maltings in York |
QED
Sheffield #cityofale , 1-nil up early doors.
Sheffield #cityofale , 1-nil up early doors.
You need to look again at Leeds lads, not sure what bars you visited but we have some amazing (and friendly) venues here. Having lived in Sheffield for 4 years and now Leeds for the past 7 I would say their both pretty evenly matched.
ReplyDeleteYou need to look again at Leeds lads, not sure what bars you visited but we have some amazing (and friendly) venues here. Having lived in Sheffield for 4 years and now Leeds for the past 7 I would say their both pretty evenly matched.
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