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Another Saturday Taproom
It’s been ages since I have used the Starbucks app and I still had some credit on it, which was a plus. The barcode scanning method seems more effective too. We need faster Internet, whether it is mobile, fixed or Public WiFi. It’s interfering with my Festival drinking. Bristol Rovers are at home to Newport County and the Commercial Rooms is full of Rovers fans. The Stillage and the bar cask Festival Ales are beginning to run dry.
So you go looking for a joint Taproom (via Google Maps) and you fine a Left Handed Giant Taproom. Great Ales and Glasses and I come away with a glass in a well wrapped Box. Great customer service. Just around the corner is the Newtown Park / Verdant Tamproom. Solid brews and a mobile van Chicken Sandwich. Didn’t rain.
Superior Stillage
You know when it rains when it isn’t forecast, however it had stopped by the time I got to Newport. Mind you the cold had arrived. The train arrived on time although it was only a two coach Class 158 but it was nicely refurbished. Bags dropped efficiently at the Ibis. Coffee in the Knights Templar and PIA needed to be uninstalled again.
The Commercial Rooms had all Autumn Festival Ales on still and there was not a dud out of the seven I had. The Shift Manager was great and it turns out she was from Aber.
Moved on to The Left Handed Giant Brewpub. Got weak and bought a T-shirt. Great place but needs faster WiFi. Quality start to #mb05.
Deya Taproom
Begin the day with a little red sky, then blue sky and then Spoon’s Coffee. Discover a wonderful Beer Garden with a Stream and then drinl a Bragdy Conwy brew. Google Maps guided in the Sun, I progressed on to The Deya Brewery Taproom.
It was large, it was clean and they were still doing table serving. On 2 medium T-shirts but the world of the Finesat of Fine Ales. The toilets were very clean to. WiFi ADSL2+.
Favourite Beer
Despite having a TGI Friday next door, the Premier Inn breakfast is on site. It’s small but perfectly formed with an actual real toaster. Warm, overcast and humid. Cooling Pints in The Moon Under Water are helping.
Favourite Beer, the current name. Siting in the window watching the world go by whilst drinking very Fine Ales. Great welcome too. Could a repeat visit be to the City Centre Premier Inn. Happy Birthday Favourite Beer!
Cheltenham Newbie
Optimised for light departure doesn’t always work on a weekday and then you hit the rush hour, however I think I did the best I could do. 35 minutes from the Premier Inn to Spoons. Again the best I could do ie in the middle between town and Deya. Really like The Moon Under Water and iPad Mini 6 is running like the wind. No Jelly scrolling.
The Bank House, two floors and the smell of Curry Thursday. Of the two Spoons, The Moon Under Water wins.
Self Servicing Beano
The rain has stopped, the Premier Inn WiFi is surprisingly fast (still not that fast) and I am full of their Full English. The Lord High Constable of England (Spoons) has Brecon Carreg Water and 38/17 WiFi.
Warehouse Four opened on time and is still very much work in progress. However, all the basics are they. Seats, beer, WiFi and power. Friendly welcome, good beers and sofas to boot. The only issue is that all the beers I tried were too lively and I got underserved. Nothing too serious and it’s only a teething problem. Definitely going to come back.
Tank, also part of the Gloucester Brewery and back across the bridge from Warehouse Four. More foody and some great Craft Ales on Keg. Today’s it’s some winner’s from Bath’s Electric Bear.
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