The highlights and lowlights of 2009
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Jan
03
The Blog o’Beer 2009 Awards
Nov
13
The Salcombe Pub Crawl – The Fortescue Inn
Well I have to admit, I don’t remember much of the stags Salcombe journey to the final pub, The Fortescue Inn. This was mostly because myself and another one of the guys walked on, while the stag was pointed in the right direction by a couple other members of our party… And to be honest…. From the looks of it the stag insisted on having a chat with anyone who took a slightest interest in the stag party.
The Fortescue Inn was a nice little place, split into two this is a pub that is tailed for many different people. One half, it’s a Very gentle looking pub, serving Otter. Now anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis should know, serving Otter is one way to get my love!
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Nov
03
The Salcombe Pub Crawl – The Victoria Inn
Well the first stop on the Stag tour was this great little pub. With that in mind – must pubs in Salcombe seem to be quite little, so I suppose you can ignore that remark in someway, but this place is nice. It has a nice “homely” feel, the open fire they had helping a lot to this feel.
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Nov
01
The Salcombe Stag Pub Crawl
If you follow us on Twitter, you’ve probably realised there was a stag do over the last weekend…
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Sep
18
Devon Beers help Beer Industry
Well if you’re the sort of person that thinks that Devon has the best Beers – you now have moe evidence! Brewers such as Otter and Dartmoor are helping the Beer industry buck the national downward trend. From BBC News … Rise in local brewers’ popularity CAMRA says sales in Devon are bucking the national trend [...]
Sep
17
The Tarka Line Rail Ale Trail
Well from the looks of the this is exeter site, the Tarka Line Rail Ale Trail has been relaunched. I’m not altogether sure what it means as the website looks kinda like the last time I looked at it. But (as long as I get a new booklet) I’m sure its a good excuse to go [...]
Jul
22
The Grand Otter Round Up! Part 1
Last week we went on a small tour around East Devon, ending up in Budleigh Salterton. It may appear to be a quiet sea side town, but at least it has a decent cheap Threshers. What I was impressed with was the 3 bottles of local beer for 6 quid. We brought three bottles of [...]
Jul
04
Beer Take Away
With many thanks to my parents, I’m currently enjoying a couple of Pints of Pistons Bitter from the Beer Engine in Devon. Taking full advantage of the take away service they have. Sadly its losing its life a little as its been more then three hours since purchase, but the fact that its still frinkable [...]
Jun
26
Otter Brewery has new Eco Cellar…
…and more interestingly they’re talking about buying some new pubs. Hopefully they’ll buy one in Exeter….hopefully! ThisisExeter