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A crescent terrace of red-brick four-storey houses (shops on the ground floor) viewed from a gable-end on which is painted a bearded man in a woolly hat gazing down at a small bird perched on his index finger while another appears about to land on his shoulder.

There's a lot of free art to see on our streets, Kate discovers for our latest Substack newsletter, and that includes the walls of pubs, @philmellows.bsky.social notes: britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/spread-you...

The Waterloo Inn The first new addition to the Burton Ale Trail for 2026 makes a bold statement. Perched on Ashby Road, The Waterloo Inn stands as part of this year’s expansion across the River Trent and it’s a pub…

The Beertonian visits a new pub on the Burton Ale Trail: thebeertonian.com/2026/04/13/t...

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Some great suggestions for anyone travelling over for a Leeds game and wants a good pub and a bit of the city art scene. #lufc

People strolling through the ornate County Arcade in Leeds with its tiled floor, arched glass atrium and marble columns. Photo: Visit Leeds.

In the latest return visit to the destinations in our book,
@philmellows.bsky.social and travel writer Kate Simon take a day trip around Leeds, checking out new beer venues and suggesting other things to see and do britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/leeds-wher...

The Maltings? Yeah, sorry. Tragic, that. Was a great pub.

We've started going round some of the destinations and updating them for our Substack. (Chester done, and Leeds should be this week). Keep an eye out. And have fun on your travels!

Nice to be of use!

Manchester’s Best Beers, Pubs and Bars 2nd edition (2026) - CAMRA shop Guidebook to more than 220 pubs, bars, tap rooms and bottleshops in Manchester and its boroughs such as Bolton, Trafford and Rochdale. Available April 2, 2026

Pre-orders are the lifeblood for authors, especially for niche titles from small publishers like @camraofficial.bsky.social. You can now order the 2nd edition of Manchester's Best Beer, Pubs and Bars direct here:

shop1.camra.org.uk/product/manc...

A handpull at Stockport Beer Festival advertising Steelfish Mild at Heart

We're excited to welcome you back to the 2026 Stockport Beer & Cider Festival this June! Early Doors tickets are available at just £16.50, which include £10 in drinks vouchers, a lovely glass to enjoy your drinks*, and entry on the day you choose.

www.stockportfestival.org.uk?ref=SF

A busy scene at Microbus, Gateshead, with handpumps, crisps, electronic beer board and bits of bus.

Bored with craft? You may not be alone. In our latest newsletter @philmellows.bsky.social speculates on a shift back to 'ordinary' beers and finds fresh excitement in a couple of micropubs: britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/when-the-n...

A Guide to Nottingham's Art Deco Pubs Thinking of a visit to Nottingham for my Art Deco Walk? Here's some Art Deco pubs you can visit while you're here.

A Guide to Nottingham's Art Deco Pubs by Lucy Brouwer: watsonfothergillwalk.substack.com/p/a-selectio... (Thanks for the steer, @boakandbailey.bsky.social)

Beer Tours UK Tees-Off With Golf-and-Ale Experience Pioneering tours operator Beer Tours UK is offering a new Golf-with-Beer experience for the North-West of England and North Wales, following a successful trial in 2025. The highly experienced Chester ...

New golf-and-ale experience from @beertoursuk.bsky.social via @britbeerwriters.bsky.social www.beerguild.co.uk/news/beer-to...

The interior of a Belgian style cafe with small wooden tables and normal sized chairs.

We removed The Strawberry Thief from our Bristol pub guide a while ago after a couple of disappointing visits. Then it became Froth & Fries and seemed to be downplaying its Belgian beer list. Now we've visited properly: beer is great, pleasant and efficient table service, bitterballen on the menu.

Murderers has won awards for its screened sports, btw, on all day long.

Sounds like you need a copy of our book, James! In the centre try The Murderers. The Fat Cat is one of the greats but a bit of a hike. It has a sibling, the Cat & Canary, not too far from the station past the Coach & Horses. Or head north for the Kings Head, the Plasterers and the Leopard.

Fancy a pub crawl with a sea view? Morecambe Bay, Carnforth, Hest Bank and Morecambe, Heysham.
The Bay DayRider costs just £6 for unlimited travel all day🚌

micropubadventures.co.uk/thebaytrail/

#beertime #RealAle #beer #CAMRGB 🍺 #CosAlien#camra #GoToThePub #SupportOurPubs #cask #BskyBeer

Book open on pages detailing york's beery offerings

Apropos of last post viz forthcoming break @philmellows.bsky.social and Kate Simon's Beer Breaks in Britain opens with York, which is handy. We've been to Leeds and Sheffield recently so that will be 3 of the 4 entries in The North section ticked off.

I’m very much looking forward to this years Trade Project, a trade only set of beers from Distant Lands in collaboration with Baron, Beak Brewery, Elmeleven, and Rivington Brew Co.
Check the second image for launch venues. I’ll be enjoying the beers at Hop Stop Beers.

Like previous years, we've worked hard to make CCBE something special. Well, our international guest for CCBE 2026 is now sorted… and yes, it’s an absolute banger!

The Latvian legends Arpus are coming to Chester & complete our brewery line-up for 2026!

#BskyBeer

Poster advertising the AF Beer Weekender at the Kings Cross Beer & Burger Store, January 23-25, promising "the largest selection of AF beer pouring on tap in the UK".

The Rows is a unique network of medieval open walkways that run along the first-floor level of the four main streets at Chester’s historic heart. One corner is pictured with half-timbered two and three-storey buildings with shops on the ground floor and red roofs, towers and chimneys above.

For 2026 we've got a new series of newsletters that will return to a destination in the book and pick out a compact circuit of drinking places and things to see and do along the way - which you can complete on a day trip. We begin with Chester: britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/chester-wh...

St Mars of the Desert: an oasis in the industrial hinterlands Brewery taprooms often feel in conflict with their industrial surroundings, but few so much as The Brewery of St Mars of the Desert (SMOD).

BLOG POST: We really liked St Mars of the Desert in Sheffield. Here, we've tried to articulate exactly why. 🍺🍻

boakandbailey.com/2026/01/st-m...

Well worth a listen. It’s important at the moment to promote pubs as diverse and inclusive social spaces and this is a great example.

TYNESIDE LAMBIC TRAIL 2026
24/25 Jan 26

Looking forward to once again joining some great Tyneside bars to show off the best in lambic and mixed ferm beer from the UK, Belgium and Beyond.

Details coming. Save the date and please share!

Pete Brown Pete Brown started pairing his favourite beers and songs as a joke, then discovered that scientists at Oxford University were doing something very similar, and taking it really seriously! He talks...

FAVERSHAM! I am talking Tasting Notes and blowing minds with how music changes the flavour of beer (or rather, your perception of it) on 20th Feb with @favlit.org and @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social. Info and tickets here! Lots more events coming up. www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/2026/events/...

Some awesome Xmas gift ideas to add to your wish-list from a few of our members ⬇️⬇️⬇️

A beer cask branded Shepherd Neame, wreathed in festive lights and decorations, with a Santa hat on top. Stillaged casks are visible out-of-focus in the background.

"The beers we’re looking for here require substance. They need to be special. They have to match the smells and flavours of the season". @philmellows.bsky.social wonders 'What is a Christmas beer, anyway?' for our latest newsletter: britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/what-is-ch...