Sit & Sip opened in Wokingham about 18 months ago, on a very pleasant pedestrian courtyard, close to Wokingham Town Centre. They have 14 draft taps, which typically pour a selection from local breweries such as Siren Craft and Elusive, as well as other UK and...

Housed inside two railway arches a few yards from the city centre train station, The Ale House is one of the best craft beer venues in the area. Considering its location, it’s surprisingly spacious with lots of outside seating areas on both sides of the arches....

Located towards the Tower Bridge end of the Bermondsey Beer Mile, The Barrel Project looks similar to most of the other slightly claustrophobic railway-arch based Taprooms in the Capital. However, once through the door, the space opens out beautifully, and it is...

I would struggle to think of a more ideal High St in the UK than Marlow, upon which to open a Taproom. Marlow is a vibrant and prosperous small town on one of the most picturesque reaches of the River Thames. The High St has a major hospitality-slant, with numerous...

Wild Weather have been offering can sales and growler fills from their brewery in leafy West Berkshire since shortly after they opened in 2012 (the year before Siren Craft opened, and practically "before records began" in Craft Beer years!) In September 2019 they took...

A Hoppy Place opened in the autumn of 2019. Pleasantly situated in Windsor and just a few hundred yards from the castle, it nestles quietly amongst other small independent businesses and is always hoppy to invite you in. In spite of having a narrow shopfront there is...

Founded in Newcastle in 2000, Wylam have executed the tricky manoeuvre of spanning both the cask and keg markets more successfully than any other UK brewery, and would now be ranked on most people's lists as a top ten UK craft brewer. The Wylam Brewery and Taproom are...

Although it might be overshadowed in the public consciousness by Cities such as Manchester and Leeds, the Craft Beer Scene in England's second city of Birmingham has been absolutely thriving for a number of years. Less than a mile to the North of the Bullring and New...

  As a West Berkshire local, I came across the news that Mike and Luci were planning to launch Double-Barrelled Brewery almost a year before the doors opened. During that intervening period, I exchanged several emails with Mike, and I became increasingly excited with...

There are very few Cities in Britain right now with a more dynamic and vibrant Craft Beer Scene than Nottingham. The remarkable Nottingham Craft Beer Week, which culminates in the Nottingham Craft Beer Festival, listed 38 participating venues in 2019. However, amongst...