London Pubs (and Paris suggestions?)

[spog]

Another lucky ******* .
Start simple,get a pint of cask ale doesn't matter what it is but get into it by starting simple. Farking lovely cask ale...drooling.

 

[anthonyUK]

I read this article yesterday regarding the growing beer scene in France and particularly Paris

http://modernfarmer.com/2014/06/making-craft-beer-revolution-paris/

 

[beanroy]

That means you had a great time? That's awesome. I'm looking forward at visiting those pubs.

 

[Kumamoto_Ken]

Bumping this.

I'm heading back over to Paris and London in a week or so and have a slightly more relaxed itinerary this time.

If anyone has any updated 'must visit' pubs/bottle-o's in Paris or London I'd gratefully take suggestions on board.

Will definitely check out la cave a bulles in Paris. Don't speak the lingo so I'll happily buy up and enjoy in the comfort of my hotel room.

Arrive London midday on a Saturday so I am dead keen to wander the Bermondsey Mile (http://beer-trotter.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/the-beer-mile-of-london.html) that afternoon. The only downside is my long lost cousin is having a 40th that evening and I want to stay tidy. He's an ex-special forces man so I'm anticipating some heavy drinking (stereotype?)...prefer to arrive at the party quite sober.

Will definitely go to a Brewdog establishment this time. Also keen for The Gunmakers in Clerkenwell and a Fullers Brewery tour if I can squeeze it in.

 

[Maheel]

Bumping this.

I'm heading back over to Paris

jealous o so jealous, Paris (France) so much to see so little time....

live it up

 

[stuartf]

One of my old favs in London was the toucan just off soho square. Not anything special from.a craft beer point of view but I spent too many nights in the basement drinking Guinness and red breast before stumbling back to the tube and waking up on my couch the next morning.

 

[O'Henry]

Don't go to the Gunmakers, it was sold and is nothing of what it was.

Also, Bermondsey Beer Mile gets pretty busy from 2-6, but you can usually be comfortable at Partizan, so I would aim to get there last, doing the top half first then Four Pure, the come back up to Partizan.

There are a few good places around Camberwell, the Bear and Stormbird. There is also a great pizza place, Theos, near Stormbird that has good wine and Orbit and Kernel on tap by the jug. It is a good spot for some grub and not too pricey (for London).

Old Coffee House in Soho is worth a look in for best kept Brodies beers (cask), and the Chesham Arms if around Hackney, has a killer beer garden. But only if you are nearby, don't trek for it...

 

[Kumamoto_Ken]

Don't go to the Gunmakers, it was sold and is nothing of what it was.

Cheers mate, appreciate the advice. I'll give it a miss.

 

[billygoat]

The Dove, it backs on to the Thames, near Hammersmith bridge.
It used to be a haunt of Michael Jackson (The Beer Hunter).
It's a Fullers pub.
Plenty of lovely real ale.
One of the bars sits only three people.