Three Yorkshire blokes planning the perfect post lockdown Beer Trip - we will be taking pubs and bars, travel and culture, heritage and local cuisine
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This is a podcast from The Malt Whisky Trail, the ultimate scotch experience. Home to the world’s largest concentration of Scotch malt whisky distilleries, The Malt Whisky Trail’s® new podcast will showcase the world’s only Malt Whisky Trail® inviting listeners to uncover the secrets of malt whisky country and get a taste of the very best of Scotland in beautiful Moray Speyside. The Trail is made up of nine locations including, Benromach, Cardhu, Glen Moray, Glen Grant, Glenfiddich, The Glen ...
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Episode 64 PART " - Chasing the Purple Moose in Cymru & hunting non Yorkshire brewed ales on the Isle of Wight and a bit of strictly eating A booze packed edition reports from some cracking pubs and some near misses from three corners of the UK – Purple Mooses in North Wales, dodging Yorkshire Ales on the Isle of Wight and how much do the Strictly …
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Episode 64 PART 1 - Chasing Purple Moose in Cymru & hunting non Yorkshire ales on the Isle of Wight and a bit of strictly eating
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Episode 64 PART 1 - Chasing the Purple Moose in Cymru & hunting non Yorkshire brewed ales on the Isle of Wight and a bit of strictly eating A booze packed edition reports from some cracking pubs and some near misses from three corners of the UK – Purple Mooses in North Wales, dodging Yorkshire Ales on the Isle of Wight and how much do the Strictly …
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Episode 63 - Searching for a beery Indian summer - Part 2
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Episode 63 - Searching for a beery Indian summer A bit of a catch up episode Viz magazine’s take on an eccentric Yorkshire brewery, pubby delights of London, Knaresborough, Leeds and North Staffordshire pit villages feature oh there may also be some lederhosen talkAv Mike Hill
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Episode 63 - Searching for a beery Indian summer - Part 1
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Episode 63 - Searching for a beery Indian summer A bit of a catch up episode Viz magazine’s take on an eccentric Yorkshire brewery, pubby delights of London, Knaresborough, Leeds and North Staffordshire pit villages feature oh there may also be some lederhosen talkAv Mike Hill
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Episode 62 - The one about Lager Part 2
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Episode 62 - The one about Lager with the news that Moretti has taken over the mantle as the UK’s best selling beer from carling we spend this episode pontificating about the amber nectar – lager doesn’t often feature positively on our pods is there any thing positive we can find out about it – are any continental lagers that are truly European ava…
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Episode 62 - The one about Lager Part 1
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Episode 62 - The one about Lager with the news that Moretti has taken over the mantle as the UK’s best selling beer from carling we spend this episode pontificating about the amber nectar – lager doesn’t often feature positively on our pods is there any thing positive we can find out about it – are any continental lagers that are truly European ava…
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Episode 61 Beery waterfalls, dray horses and the coopers art - one day in Tadcaster Part 2
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Part 2 we finish off our look behind the doors of Yorkshire’s most secret brewery, we meet a Humphrey and see Yorkshire Squares full of foaming ale - we also have a ‘hot off the press’ Bruce’s review of Glasgow’s drinking sceneAv Mike Hill
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Episode 61 Part 1 Beery waterfalls, dray horses and the coopers art - one day in Tadcaster
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Episode 61 Beery waterfalls, dray horses and the coopers art - one day in Tadcaster - Part 1 In this episode we finish off our look behind the doors of Yorkshire’s most secret brewery, we meet a Humphrey and see Yorkshire Squares full of foaming ale - we also have a ‘hot off the press’ Bruce’s review of Glasgow’s drinking scene…
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Episode 60 – The Brewery Episode Part 2
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Episode 60 – The Brewery Episode Part 2 In part 2 we report back on beer talks by two Stone linked Brewers (Though there's only on Stone brewer @lymestonebrewer) at the Stone Food and Drink festival and offer an intro to our epic trip behind the scenes at Yorkshire's Oldest brewery and discover it has a sister in Stamford Lincs…
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Episode 60 – The Brewery Episode Part 1 Lots of beery catch up – Euros and £1billion of beer sold, the future of Marstons , are Spoons doomed and then we catch up on a month of brewery talks and visits including @stonehousebeer. Myrddins Brewery, @joulesbrewery, @Lymestoneales @lymestonebrewer and @Samsmithsbeer…
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Episode 59 Part 2 Turn left for the Bar or right for the Lounge
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Episode 59 Turn left for the Bar or right for the Lounge Recording Episode 59 of the podcast tonight a mash up of beery trips to London, Lancaster and the North West, Tenby and Lincoln - there will be talk of Irn Brew Sours and do you turn left for the Bar or right for the Lounge when entering a pub - Are pub lounges a thing of the past - the moder…
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Episode 59 Part 1 Turn left for the Bar or right for the Lounge
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Episode 59 Part 1 Turn left for the Bar or right for the Lounge Recording Episode 59 of the podcast tonight a mash up of beery trips to London, Lancaster and the North West, Tenby and Lincoln - there will be talk of Irn Brew Sours and do you turn left for the Bar or right for the Lounge when entering a pub - Are pub lounges a thing of the past - th…
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Episode 58 -Wetherspoons – national treasure or pub killer?
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A heated debate on the merits of JD Wetherspoons - with beery updates from Berwick Upon Tweed, York and East Yorkshire - Wetherspoons – national treasure or pub killer you decideAv Mike Hill
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Episode 57 A beer River dance around Celtic Fringes -Part 2
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Part 2 of Episode 57 - who has the best pubs Ireland, Scotland or WalesAv Mike Hill
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Episode 57 A beer River dance around Celtic Fringes
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Episode 57 – A beer River dance around Celtic Fringes – Part 2 – after catching up on our recent beery trips around the home nations (Yorkshire being the 5th of course) – in this episode we discuss and compare the beer scene in Ireland, Scotland and Wales and have go at naming our favourite pub in each nation.…
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Episode 56 - A beery Riverdance around Celtic fringes Part 1
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Episode 56 - A beery Riverdance around Celtic fringes- we reflect on our recent trips to pubs and brewery taps across our Four nations, we discuss the raising price of a pint and our continued hunt for the perfect GuinnessAv Mike Hill
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Episode 55 ‘Treacle Towns’ taps, micros and Pubs – One Sunday in Macc
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Episode 55 ‘Treacle Towns’ taps, micros and Pubs – One Sunday in Macc We discuss the demise of beery podcasts, Giant dongles in Dorset but mainly about Macclesfield/Treacle/silk town and its status as real ale capital of Cheshire.Av Mike Hill
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Episode 54 Hunting pubs in streets less tread in God’s County
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Episode 54 Hunting pubs in streets less tread in God’s County Episode 54 of the MalTravAle podcast with a focus on pub hunting in some of the hidden corners of York and a short trip back to the mother town of Malton revisiting some old haunts with some hits and some misses – Nick goes all 30p Lee on us and all the usual talk of pints, pies and crac…
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Episode 53 – New Year Resolutions we belatedly catch up on Yuletide and New year adventures – great pubs and brewery taps abound, as well as fine purveyors of Sausage and pies, Kirkstall, Leeds, Harrogate, Knaresborough, Skipton and Kirkby Lonsdale all feature in this months beery adventures. A bonus is that a technical blip meant there’s no musica…
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Episode 52 Yuletide Salutations – slightly later than planned we discuss our pre Chrimbo beer adventures in January, reflecting back on warm welcoming pubs, some dubious Xmas themed beers and share the beery gifts the season and Santa bestowed upon us – Brum, The lakes, North and Wet Yorkshire and Staffordshire all feature in this episode.…
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Episode 51 – Autumnal Tones - as the clocks go back and leaves drift from the trees we reflect on the changing season of Ale with some reviews of beery trips to Loch Lomond, Welsh Wales and Shropshire. Strap in for talk of square sausages, black beers, open and closed brewery taps and future soirees in the black country…
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Episode 50 - MalTravAle racks up the half century of podcasts
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Episode 50 - MalTravAle racks up the half century of podcasts – we look back at the last 2 years of casting – reminisce about the good old days of lock down drinking in pub gardens, revisit our podcast tours and shine a spotlight of our two most talked about pub chains – along with feedback of some of the summer festivals, taps we have visited with…
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Episode 49 - MalTown Crawl Part 5 – The Old Town and T’villages
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We complete our pub tour around the town that named the Podcast – visiting three pubs in the ancient village of Old Malton and a brief viz around some fine country pubs, we also talk beer tax and report back on beery trips to the North east and West Yorks – missed banked pints of Bass, magnificent micro in Stockton and an ancient weighing machine…
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Episode 48 - MalTravAle visits Cottonopolis & Hat Town
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Episode 48 - MalTravAle visits Cottonopolis & Hat Town – The Podcast amigos use their cheap awayday train tickets to tick off some new pubs and bars in Manchester and Stockport – visiting a few pubs which may not last much longer and search the best Guinness in England – 1 Sam Smiths but no Spoons feature in this episode!…
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Episode 47 The town that named a podcast- Part 4 the final stagger
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Episode 47 The town that named a podcast- Part 4 the final stagger Malton pubs 7-11 we virtually sup our final 5 pints in our home town pubs.Av Mike Hill
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Episode 46 - Home Town Crawl 1st Half
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Episode 46 - Home Town Crawl 1st Half – we begin our 11 pub crawl of the town that gave the podcast its name – a beer town since Roman days – as we have covered previously Malton was once drowning in pubs and beer houses – after a bit of decline at the end of the last century, glad to say the drinking scene in the town has had a bit of a revival, l…
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Episode 45 – The Town that named a podcast part 2 - Norton the pub scene south of the river
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Episode 45 – The Town that named a podcast – in this Episode part of a trilogy about our home town we focus on the other town Norton and our real home town – unfortunately the beer scene south of the river is a little limited but we reminisce about the pubs of our youth along with the usual catch up on our beery highlights from the last week and di…
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Episode 44 – The Town the named a podcast
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Episode 44 – The Town the named a podcast – (Part 1) in this Episode (part of a trilogy about our home town) we reminisce about the pubs of our youth that are no longer serving pints – with keep contemporary with tales of working men’s clubs along with the usual catch up on our beery highlights from the last week and discuss the beer news, Nora Bat…
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Episode 43 – We’re Back After a lengthy break we catch up with our normal beery chat about trips and great pints – warning this episode contains a Spoons love in and mention of pies, this episode also features a discussion around the recent surge in continental beers brewed in Tadcaster/Burton and the positive benefits of the £2 bus fares.…
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Episode 42 - Hunting York’s lost brewing history
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Episode 42 Hunting York’s lost brewing history- a different theme in this podcast. picking up a debate we started back in Episode 9 when we started our three episode traipse around York's very fine pubs, so expect a bit of brewing history, a beer festival and a few pints around York- Oh and a story about some nuns that ran a pub.…
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Episode 41 – Searching for Stones in Steel City
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Episode 41 – Searching for Stones in Steel City – back in Episode 14 we planned a virtual beer trip to England’s 4th city, the 7 hilled former industrial power-house of Sheffield, rightly known throughout the world for its fine steel and cutlery – in this episode we do the real thing and a spend a day supping 13 fines beers in a range of Sheffield’…
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Episode 40 - The A-Z of Beer & Pubs- Letters E, R, S and the awkward ones
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Episode 40 - The A-Z of Beer & Pubs- Letters E, R, S and the awkward ones - The finale of our beery romp through the alphabet with our A-Z of beer and pub crawls – in this episode, we feature the letters E, R and S plus a quickfire completion the awkward letters left in the bag – 4 beers, 1 brewery, 2 pubs and a destination feature, with a catch up…
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Episode 39 The A-Z of Pub Crawls continues – the letters F, L & N
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In Episode 39 tonight we continue our beery ramble through the alphabet with letters F, L & N – a very nice mix of pubs, beers, towns and breweries that we are particularly fond off - and some chat about a pub that started off the whole MalTravAle journey and whether Friday is the best night for beer…
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Episode 38 The A-Z of Pub Crawls continues – the letters D, M and P
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Episode 37 The A-Z of Pub Crawls continues – the letters D, M and P We continue our romp through the beery alphabet with letters D,M and P – up this week; a couple of beers, beers' key ingredient, a town with 2 names, two fine Yorkshire destinations and one of Whitby’s finest pubs established by Monks in the 10th century- quite a mix and a report f…
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Episode 37 The A-Z of Pub Crawls continues – the letters I, U & Q
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Episode 37 The A-Z of Pub Crawls continues – the letters I, U & Q After a Whitsun & Jubilee Break - Recording Episode 37 tonight we continue our pub crawl through the alphabet with letters I,Q and U - a little more challenging this one but we have come up with a nice mix of pubs, beers, towns and breweries - and some chat about a beery Walrus!…
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Episode 35 The A-Z of pub crawls - the letters G,J & W
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Episode 35 - we return to our A-Z of Pub Crawls – this week’s letters are G, J & W - so stand by for a couple of very nice pubs, beers, breweries and a large pub chain that sells very cheap beer - plus a return to @BuxtonBrewery & the most expensive pint of 2022Av Mike Hill
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Episode 34 -Post Easter Catch up and MalTravAle go to @BeertownMalton 2022
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Episode 34 – Post Easter Catch up and MalTravAle go to @BeertownMalton 2022 – the usual beery chat and over 13 beers sampled – we also hear a little teaser about Bruce’s epic bank holiday British Isles train extravaganza – the Isle of Skye to Notting Hill and some good news about reopening Sam’s pubs…
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Episode 33 – A-Z of Pub Crawls – the letters H, O and V
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Episode 33 – A-Z of Pub Crawls – the letters H, O and V – we continue our pub crawl trawl through the alphabet – this week an interesting blend of pubs, beers, breweries and cities – we also have a deep discussion about the price of a pint, feedback on pub trips to Selby, London main line stations and the Lakes along with the usual beery banter.…
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Joining us this week is Susan Colville, Brand Home Manager of Benromach. We discuss the distillery's history, its plans for the future, and how to choose the perfect dram if you're new to whisky.Av The Malt Whisky Trail
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Episode 32 - MalTravAle’s A-Z of Pubs and Pub Crawls A-B-C
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Episode 32 – MalTravAle's A-Z of Pubs and Pub Crawls we kick off this new series with our take on the A B C of pubs – pubs to revisit from previous episodes, reminisce about greats pints and beers of the past, a new place to visit and the usual stuff we ramble on aboutAv Mike Hill
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Episode 31- A beery Ramble around Amble
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Episode 31 – A beery Ramble around Amble, Northumberland- another focus on the North East – finding a cracking micro brewery on our New Year break more of Bruce’s tour of the Toon and even squeeze in the 11 best Sam Smiths pubs in LondonAv Mike Hill
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Episode 30 #Pubruary Trip to Yorkshire’s Brewing Capital and catching up on some York icons
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Episode 30 #Pubruary Trip to Yorkshire’s Brewing Capital and catching up on some York icons Half term holiday resulted in a chance for a MalTravAle Podcast face to face get together that could not be missed even if it was wet miserable February Sunday – the plan was to have a reunion with Tadcaster and put boots on the ground in a town we have ment…
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Episode 29 - Looking forward & glancing back on beery adventures
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Episode 29 - Looking forward & glancing back on beery adventuresAfter a short break in January - though in the spirit of research we have very much been #tryanuary as opposed to anything dry - the podcast is back this weekend with a look back at the best beers, pubs and beer trips of 2021 and looking forward to beersnpubs in 22…
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This week we join George McNeil, Managing Director of Johnstons of Elgin's Retail Division, the Scottish family owned business supplying cashmere and wool clothing since 1797. We discuss his new role as chairman of The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, plans for 2022, and the importance of The Malt Whisky Trail within Speyside.…
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Episode 28 – Stone a beer town once again
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Episode 28 – Stone a beer town once again – another pre Christmas bimble this time a very enjoyable Saturday afternoon visiting some very pubs old and new in the Staffordshire town of Stone – in its brewing heyday was a rival for the beer metropolis which is nearby Burton – now a really resurgent brewing and pub scene makes it well worth a visit.…
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This week we join acclaimed writer Ian Buxton for a Book Week Scotland special. We discuss how he began his career in the whisky industry, his popular book 101 Whiskies To Try Before You Die, and his response to the frequently asked question "what's your favourite" dram. If you would like to listen to the full interview visit The Malt Whisky Trail …
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Episode 27 – Three men on a train - a Christmas bimble revisiting the TransPennine Real Ale Trail revisiting our Episode 6 lock down episode thinking what a pub crawl along the famed rail trail might be like in 2021 – we live the dream on a very wet December Saturday – with pints sunk in Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Slawit & Stalybridge…
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Episode 26 -The Pubs of Christmas past, present and the future
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Episode 26 -The Pubs of Christmas past, present and the future as we reach the first Sunday of Advent we are looking towards Yuletide celebrations and hopefully restriction free visits to some of our favourite pubs (well 2 each), as well as a catch up re beery highlights and news and plans for MalTravAle Live next week on the TransPennine Ale Trail…
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Episode 25 Micros in Macc - a beery adventure in Treacle Town AKA Macclesfield
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Episode 25 – Micros in Macc – a planned trip to Macclesfield Food Festival unfortunately cancelled at the last minute turned into a rather nice beery ramble around Macclesfield’s growing Micro Bar offer – some real gems (with a couple of Stoke Micro bars thrown in for good measure). A visit to the bars of Treacle Town is highly recommended – Don’t …
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Episode 24 Beer & Pub Hunting in Yorkshire‘s Rhubarb Triangle
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Episode 24 – Beer Hunting in Yorkshire’s Rhubarb Triangle – 9 pints in 9 pubs in and around Wakey and Castleford – lots of fine cask ales, open fires and whippets guaranteed. Nick evens ventures off into adjunct style beers and fills us in on a sole Malton pub crawl – no doubt Bruce will also have some foody highlights from their West Yorkshire tru…
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