Intrepid beer hunter Zak Avery explores the city so good they named it twice.
It is said that no-one really comes from New York; it’s a city built on a perpetual influx of people who simply don’t want to be anywhere else, or have nowhere else to go. This cliché of the melting pot has created a semi-mythical city that can satisfy any desire – culinary, cultural or otherwise – ...
By Zak Avery
from Issue 16 published on 25/01/2008
Canada is a major player in the beer revolution that is sweeping North America. Robert Hughey seeks out the beer venues in its largest city.
Toronto, Canada’s largest city with a population just under five million, was once known as ‘Toronto the Good’ because it was a bastion of Victorian morals. Reviving the line with a slight revision might nudge closer to the truth of today: Toronto, the Good Beer Place. Quite a relief, really, after ...
By Robert Hughey
from Issue 15 published on 01/12/2007
Charles D Cook discovers the beers and bars of the Belgian capital
Brussels: the capital of Belgium and also of the European Union, the city is home to many a fine restaurant, museum, and historic site. More importantly, however, from the standpoint of beer lovers like you and I, are the excellent beer cafés, breweries and beery restaurants which inhabit the city.
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By Charles D Cook
from Issue 14 published on 04/10/2007
Ben McFarland visits the beer hot spots of sunny San Diego
America’s backlash against bland beer began on the West Coast. San Francisco, always keen to stick it to the man, got the ball rolling in the 70s. Then the defiant, drizzly duo of Portland and Seattle, picked it up, ran with it and kept scampering along like some kind of crazed, craft beer-drinking ...
By Ben McFarland
from Issue 13 published on 03/08/2007
Ted Bruning picks out a few pubs in the Borough
Great place for pubs, London. Not so great for beer, though. But before sundry London brewers (sorry, Mr Keeling) get apoplexy, let’s qualify that.
Yes, London has Fuller’s. It used to have Young’s, too, although that belongs to Bedford now. And lots of other regional brewers also maintain a presen...
By Ted Bruning
from Issue 12 published on 25/05/2007
City breaks for the beer enthusiast have never been easier, and you couldn’t do better than Prague. But
where’s the best place to find a good beer? Lubomír Sedlák reports
Neither of the two biggest and most famous Czech breweries Plzensky Prazdroj (part of SABMiller) and Budejovicky Budvar (still state-owned) is located in Prague. The first, as most Beers of the World readers probably know, can be found in the west Bohemian city of Plzen (better known abroad under it...
By Lubomir Sedlak
from Issue 11 published on 23/03/2007
Adrian Tierney-Jones scouts out the best beers and the best bars in the French capital
At the start of the 1990s I was a guest in the house of a well-known French writer, an octogenarian intellectual who reputedly drank two bottles of wine a day.
Neither of us could speak each other’s language so communication was a bit limited. However, when I asked for a beer his response was perfe...
By Adrian Tierney-Jones
from Issue 10 published on 26/01/2007
There's more to this Californian city than meets the eye. Jeff Pickthall reports on a thriving beer culture
It is easy to make a list of things for which San Francisco is famous: steep hills; the Golden Gate Bridge; Dirty Harry; Haight Ashbury and the Summer of Love; the earthquake and fire; the Castro, gays and Harvey Milk; Pacific Fleet; the Gold Rush; Bullitt; Alcatraz; fog; sour dough bread; cable car...
By Jeff Pickthall
from Issue 9 published on 22/11/2006
Jack Curtin spends a day discovering the beers and bars of this Pennsylvania city
Sitting at the Standard Tap in Philadelphia on a Sunday morning, happily sipping a pint in an establishment which serves only local beers, and only on draught, it is easy to understand how this city can lay claim to being one of the best beer cities in America.
In fact, the respected Celebrator Bee...
By Jack Curtin
from Issue 8 published on 27/09/2006
Dublin is established as a beer drinkers' paradise. But now the money's rolling in and the city's being transformed, where can you still get a decent pint? Andrew Marshall reports
Little has changed since Joyce penned his classic novel, and despite the increase in European-style cafes and restaurants, the city’s 800 or so pubs are still the hub of social life; a place to meet friends, to laugh, relax and enjoy a pint. Dubliners sum it all up in one word – craic.
In Ulysses, ...
By Andrew Marshall
from Issue 7 published on 28/07/2006
Manchester might have lost its 'cream' in the form of Boddingtons Brewery, but the self styled 'Capital of the North' remains a prime destination for beer lovers writes Richard Jones.
It may not quite inspire the ‘love it, hate it’ extremes of Marmite or Laphroaig Single Malt Whisky, but Manchester is a city that arouses mixed emotions.
Supporters argue that only London competes with it for the title of the most happening conurbation in the United Kingdom, a lively cosmopolitan ...
By Richard Jones
from Issue 6 published on 18/05/2006
For any beer aficionado, a visit to Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark is a must. Andrew Marshall reports
Don’t forget your ticket for some complimentary beers,” says the attendant inside the world-famous Carlsberg Brewery as I begin my introduction into the beer and bar culture of Copenhagen, Scandinavia’s liveliest and most cosmopolitan city.
The Carlsberg Visitor’s Centre offers a free selfguided to...
By Andrew Marshall
from Issue 5 published on 24/03/2006
Yorkshires unofficial capital city is the place for historic pubs, great nightlife and world class beer. Richard Jones went for a stroll
It may be home to hundreds of thousands of their ilk, but Leeds refuses to conform to clichés about Yorkshiremen.
Whereas 20 or 30 years ago you might have found its streets (cobbled, inevitably) filled with flat-cap-wearing, ‘chip on both shoulders’, pennypinching characters so memorably lampooned...
By Richard Jones
from Issue 4 published on 27/01/2006
Alastair Gilmour takes his place in one of the most unusual pub visits he has ever undertaken
Who could turn down the invitation to a pub crawl, a bit of banter and a good time?
It’s a suggestion loaded with possibilities which the Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour delivers in entertaining fashion – a witty and dramatic romp led by professional actors through the life and work of Scotland’s great...
By Alastair Gilmour
from Issue 4 published on 27/01/2006
Relaxing with a few beers – oh, and maybe a chicken – is part of the Bavarian way of life for men and women, young and old. Andrew Burnyeat reports
Imagine a public park filled with row upon row of tables and benches. Now imagine those benches heaving under the weight of the collective backside of the local populace.
The weather is bright and sunny, everyone has a two-litre jug of beer and is chatting quietly to the people around them. Away fr...
By Andrew Burnyeat
from Issue 3 published on 12/01/2006
Ben McFarland hits the road in rural Belgium in search of the perfect pint
When a French-speaking Belgian pours himself a beer, chances are it’s brewed in Wallonia.
Earthy, rustic and full of character, Walloon beers truly embody their refreshingly rural and unheard of homeland which occupies the southern half of Belgium.
Wallonia has lived long in the shadow of Flanders...
By Ben McFarland
from Issue 2 published on 16/11/2005
