One man on a quest to visit, document and preserve an important part of English culture… Its pubs and in particular its real ale scene. Join me as I hunt for the best pubs, bars, breweries and beer festivals all over England and further afield. New videos every Friday!
Great video, trust you lot getting the vinyl pub to open for you haha 🤣 poor Paul with his black eye 😢 tell him to be careful, we can’t be without Paul content!
Cracking vid once again Ethan..love Marble Mild..Black Horse is a belting old Boozer. I've not slurped in Preston for years..looking forward to Chorley mate👏🍺👍
Weak alcohol those. I am used to drinking a 6.0 Dragons Breath, dark hefeweizen myself. But I guess if you are making a day of it, 4.5 is enough. Ha, ha. Oh ok, later on on the video are some higher alcohol beers. Fosters on tap? yuck! Who the hell drinks Fosters? I don't think even the Aussies do. Here in Missoula, MT many bars have casino machines. I can see you have those in the Pubs there. I have won more money on these casino machines in the bars here in Montana than I ever did in any real casino in the US even Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada. But I suppose because when I was at those real casino places, I was only passing though.
Yeah on the day sessions you have to be careful. That dragons breath sounds lovely though! Idk who drinks fosters lol, it’s often one of the cheap lagers on tap in pubs. Yes they’re pretty common, in England we call them “fruities” would you believe!
I used to like York pubs. Being able to get real traditional ales..Now it's all light ( jump on the bad wagon ) craft beers. Citrusy nonsense. Totally disgusting. And Timothy Taylors! Need I say anymore. So sad to see the demise of proper Ale craft.
Shame you think so! Any particular beer styles you would be looking for? I like just about anything personally unless it’s super new world hops or super sweet. I do prefer classic bitters and stouts above all though! 👍🏻
another great video. losing my mind over all those cask ales. i think i've only seen a cask ale once where i live (it's not a tradition in california haha). a local brewer made one firkin and charged about $9 for a pint (our pints are 16 oz/473 ml if poured correctly-RARE!- compared to 19 oz imperial pint in the UK). unfortunately it's mostly all about the hop bombs here. do you get many problems wearing a Combat 84 shirt?
I agree with slurpydave. You could swap the pipes over on the tens of keg craft beers and nobody would know. There's such a variety of real ale nowadays that its impossible to choose. They do all fall into a handful of categories so you can at least look for a bitter or IPA. Suppose its a good thing as in the 70's the game was to get the breweries to produce some real ale. In those days when there were tied houses, you sought out breweries and visited their pubs. Tied houses still exist. What is possible thank God, is to avoid the many beers with added 'flavours'. How can you have a gin and tonic flavoured ale?
Victorian looks a great boozer...not been Halifax for over 30 years watch Salford RL playing there. If u do the Leeds/Manc Ale Trail..get the longest journey done first to avoid needing a piss after all the ale😂 I was in Manchester at the time so did it from Leeds backwards. Great vid Ethan👍🍺
@@SlurpyDave254 cheers mate, I’m actually doing the Ale Trail next month so keep your eyes peeled for that one 👀 Halifax is great for pubs and well worth a visit, we didn’t even get around all the pubs we were hoping to! Lots more to go at! 🍻
In these pubs in Britian do they let you have a taste sample for free; or, do they offer a sampler tray of six or so small glasses to taste for a price? There are so many bloody chioces there! I hate paying money for something if don't like the taste. In the brewerys here in Missoula, they will let you have a few free tastes to narrow it down to what you want. Yeah, if I walk into a bar and it smells like a dirty rag or dirty mop, or worse, I bail.
Yeah most pubs will let you have a taster of a beer if you ask for one, generally about a 25ml shot worth but sometimes a bit more generous. Some pubs also have flights which are usually 3x1/3rd pint measures or will just sell their beers in measures as low as 1/3rd pint so you can try a few. This is especially common in craft beer venues where stronger beers like DIPAs and Imperial Stouts are often served.
Another great video Ethan, I really like the pans rounds the pubs just with music. Nice to see Ken in character “do you do Camra discount “ in København, you can take the boy out of Lancashire but you can’t take Lancashire out of the boy 😅. That barman in the Grayston Unity needs lessons in how to hold a beer glass, I hope his fingers were clean 🤮
I would say best of a bad bunch but that’d be giving it too much credit! the saving Grace was that it was about 50 degrees in that pub so any cold drink was nice 😂
Great video, thanks for putting so much heart and time into this one! As an ex pat Geordie , I really value these corners of culture you’re preserving. It’s important, it’s unique to its place and time. Good on you :)
Thanks a lot! I love Newcastle and it’s pubs scene. This definitely won’t be my last video there that’s for sure, I’d like to do another trip visiting the heritage pubs there like Crown Posada and Old George Inn
Ha ha, like u I only normally drink in Micros with cask on..defo 1st one was the best. So many boozers have shut in my lifetime..so sad but if doing this can make people go to the pub more it's worth doing...Nice one Paul 👍🍺
Yeah I’ll happily have a decent keg beer if that’s what’s on offer but I’m 99% a cask beer drinker! Cheers, but Paul is one of the good lads I’m with on this trip, I’m Ethan haha
I just started watching again today on 10/03/2024, US 7:33 PM here in Montana. I am now drinking a "Dump Truck" - from our local Missoula, MT, Bayern brewery. Bayern is a master German brewery. Dump Truck is an extra pale summer bock. I usually drink Bayern's "Dragon's Breath", a dark hef ale. But in the summer, the Dump Truck is nice. Its nice with a lemon as well. I am not into really hoppy beers, usually. I don't mind Sierra Nevada pale ale. I am not much of a British bitters man either, but I am sure, I am sure, if I was in England tasting about, I would find my favorites. I had an "Old Peculiar" and "Old Speckled Hen" at the Churchill’s Pub in Savannah, Georgia, and now I can't recall if I liked them or not. I like the Scotch Tennet, I had that in Windsor, Canada. I have had the Irish Crean's in Boston. I like that too. I am a man for the stouts and the porters. I like a Guinness also, of course, for those who also like it. Now especially, I like to pair my Guinness with a shot of Fernet-Branca. Jesus! I can see they are chem-trailing the hell out of your skies. Cheers! Now, back to your video. Ah, love the pup at the bar. Yes, I have heard of the many pubs closing down in England and in Ireland. The scamdemic fiasco and the lock downs really, really, hurt. But also perhaps, it's the cell phones and computers that the younger crowd have become less social. Maybe they have shun alcohol as well. So yeah, I have got to cross the pond before all the old beauties are gone. But you are right in your premise to document the pubs before they are gone. Nice music!
massive fan of cask ales-real ales. too bad i live about 5000 miles away. vicariously drinking ales. so thanks! could another definition of a micro pub be it’s emphasis on microbrews?
Yeah micropubs generally always get all their cask (and usually keg) beer from smaller local breweries, however that’s fortunately pretty common with a lot of freehouses now. As long as a pub isn’t tied to one of the big breweries or to a big pub co then there’s a high chance you’ll find good quality, local ales in abundance!
Really hard doing this all on your own - well done on this, I'm usually in a pack of people. Wanted to go to York for a long time and need to move it up the list! 🍻
