Great Northern C-o-T

On November 17, 2008 By

I hear a rumour that Mark from the Great Northern at Carlton-on-Trent is leaving?
Does anyone know any more?

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Crown – Normanton

On November 11, 2008 By

Since the Crown has re-opened it has had a board advertising that there will be Milestone beers + a guest beer from another brewery.
I have visited a few times and still awaiting.
Can anyone tell when I might see one or is it linked to the opening/brewing of Cathedral ales!!!!

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Beer fest at the Castle

On November 10, 2008 By

Tony and Heidi from the Castle have asked me to give them a plug. They are having a beer festival over the Christmas period, running from Sat 27th to Tues 30th December and including up to 16 local and national beers, 2 scrumpies and live music starting with blues from ‘Booba Dust’. Newark CAMRA are [...]

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Wetherspoon’s, Retford

On November 10, 2008 By

Anyone from Newark who is only used to Newark’s Wetherspoons, should go to Retford and see theirs.
What a contrast – good beer (it’s been in the Good Beer Guide two years running).
The place is smart and well decorated, no broken windows or blood stains on the pavement!
The locals are [...]

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Dark Night

On November 9, 2008 By

Popped out for a couple in rainy Newark last night. Surprise and bargain of the night was the Meantime Coffee Porter in ‘Spoons – Beerfest on until the 16th Nov. For a start, it was the first beer I asked for and as I waited for the almost obligatory “Sorry it’s just gone” I saw [...]

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A bevvy (or two) in Beverley

On November 9, 2008 By

What a brilliant weekend we just had! After years of talking about it, we finally went to visit the pubs of Beverley and to make the best of it, we had an overnight stay. En-route, we stopped off in Hull to visit the two National Inventory pubs, Ye [...]

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Crown at Rolleston

On November 8, 2008 By

The Crown at Rolleston will be open again soon. New landlord gets the keys on 10/11/2008. Back to being a pub that serves food at good prices not GASTRO PUB !!! The landlord used to be at the Full Moon at Morton, and always kept a good array of cask ales. When I get the [...]

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