London / UK Visit Feb-Mar

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We arrive Saturday Feb 25, I am going to try for Fulham FC tickets that afternoon. We leave the next day for Cardiff and spend a week in Wales, then back to London Saturday March 3, flying home the next day.

Anyone around and interested in meeting up? Cheers!

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Set a goal to tick every existing Brains ale.

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I can’t tell if you’re joking or being serious :wink:

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Also what is best bottle shop in London to grab some cans to bring home?

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  1. I really like Brains-

  2. Brewdog bottle shop -but the address can be confusing to gps and the gps user

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Decent bottleshops in London include:
Mother Kelly’s, Bethnal Green
The Bottleshop, Bermondsey
Hop, Burns & Black, Peckham Rye (my favourite)
Caps & Taps, Kentish Town
Kris Wines, Camden Town / Islington border

The top two listed are drink in as well, each has 15 or 20 taps.

Have a great trip!

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Brewdog bottleshop closed a while back!

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:cry:

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Saturday March 3 could be an opportunity to meet up depending on when you get back to London?

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Likely around noon / early afternoon. ( I haven’t booked the train yet. )

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Am I likely to find beer from any of these counties around London, or not really?
Hertfordshire
Isle Of Wight
Merseyside
Tyne & Wear

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I’d say: first two would be down to luck of what’s on , but you’re likely to come across the latter two (ie Mad Hatter or Wylam in craft beer orientated shops/bars ).

Thinking about it, Tring of Hertfordshire are quite common on cask so you may well come across them.

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McMullens are Hertfordshire. Try the Nag’s Head on James Street in Covent Garden

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And don’t forget Market Porter in Borough Market. You never know what hardly recognized beer from anywhere might be there.

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Thanks!

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Forgot all about McMullens*. There’s also the Spice of Life in Soho where I went for my Protz 300 tick. In that area could drop into Harp, Lyric, Brewdog Soho, Spice of Life and Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden or a similar route to see what’s on.

*Put it this way, there are now two McMullens pubs 10 min from where I work but have never bothered going to either.

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So this is a go! We arrive early the morning of Saturday Feb 24th, Fulham FC at 5:30PM afternoon and evening plans TBD. Back in London for 1:30PM March 3rd. Tentative plan is to visit several pubs near our hotel in Islington area and likely Bethnal Green. Shoot me a message if interested in meeting up. Cheers!

Does anyone know if Mother Kelly’s can pack up a box suitable for checking on a flight? I sent them an email but did not get a reply.

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For Cardiff theres a couple of good bottle shops - ‘The Bottle Shop’ & Discount Supermarket which is a short bus ride out of the centre & looks like a standard corner convenience store but has a great selection of Welsh, UK / world beer & a few odd country ticks. All the good bars are v close to each other in the centre.

Where in Wales are you heading?

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Wales section is going to be Cardiff-Caerphilly-Brecon-Pontneddfechan-Llandeilo-Swansea-Cardiff

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I’m afraid you’ve picked dates when I’ll be out of town.