This week the British Bourbon Trail cuts a path up north, to Nottingham. Bourbon certainly wouldn’t have been found there in the times of Robin Hood (nor would the baked potato street vendor that bears his name), and in fact it nearly wasn’t just the prince of thieves who missed out. The first time I visited Nottingham I didn’t find much… Read more »
Note: “Marshals” has now become “Sadler’s Brewhouse and BBQ” I have to admit that for a while it was looking like the only places I could go to explore new and interesting whiskeys were either London, which isn’t too far but can be expensive to travel to, or up North, which despite being where I’m from nowadays always seems like a heck… Read more »
If my travels have taught me anything, it’s that the north is leading the way in terms of the British bourbon revolution. And nowhere is this truer than in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Despite being the city in which I was born, I’ve never lived there and this was my first visit as an adult, so I didn’t really know my… Read more »
Do not adjust your screens folks, you read it right. Of course I’m aware that Scotland is much more inextricably associated with, well, Scotch. I am also well aware that many Scottish Scotch advocates take a rather, shall we say, snooty view of bourbon and other world whiskey. However, the thing that Scotch and Bourbon have in common is, surprise… Read more »
This post is a tribute to one of our favourite places to eat and drink. In London we discovered that following the smell of smoked meat often leads to a decent selection of whiskey. And nowhere is this truer than at Red’s True BBQ. Red’s have outlets in Nottingham, London, Leeds and Manchester. Just to get it out of the… Read more »
Seems obvious doesn’t it? If you want to try anything from outside of British culture, London’s the natural place to go. Especially when it comes to food and drink. And because just about any fool can find his way to London on the train (let’s face it, it’s the end of literally every train line), it’s a great place to start…. Read more »