This is the continuation of an idea we started with last year but was put into hiatus by lockdown. Each quarter we choose a brewery to supply us with guest beers. So, in April, May and June we have Overtone Brewing co from Glasgow. Known for their vast output in Read more…
Jacqui and I generally only get one day off a week. We’re not complaining, we knew this would be the case when we opened Tom’s. However one of the major frustrations was so many other pubs being closed on a Monday when we wanted to go out for a pint. Read more…
We’ve been rather blown away by all your interest in our reopening details with our email and social media channels getting daily enquiries. We know you’re all very excited to get back to a semblance of normality. We’re also hoping the weather will play ball so we can get back Read more…
Hello again. Along with practically every other licensed premises in the country we’ve had a lot of enquiries asking us what our plans are for opening so we thought we’d scribble a few notes to let you know what we have planned. The first thing to say is that, we Read more…
After our recent Cheese and Beer matching evening we had some feedback to say you’d like to try your hand at a zoom based quiz. So we’ve roped in Quizmaster extraordinaire Phill Thorne to run our first online quiz on Saturday 27th February. You’ll need a screen to show the Read more…
Thank you to everyone who came to our first online Beer and Cheese night on Saturday; it seemed to go really well, if the smiles and reactions are anything to go by. We particularly want to thank those who took the time to complete the feedback form. We’d like to Read more…
Good afternoon everyone. I wanted to update you all on our position following the Prime Minister’s broadcast last night but also touch on a couple of topics close to our hearts. I’m talking about Dry January and mental health. You will be unsurprised to learn that locally we will revert Read more…
Those of you who read this blog regularly will know that back in 2019 I wrote about a fermentation temperature controller called MyBrewbot. The plan was to trial it over an extended period and blog about it but things, mostly covid related got in the way. I’ve been using the Read more…
Happy New Year to you all from Tier 4. I must admit we’re weren’t terribly prepared for entry into T4 but who was? Having read the guidance I was quite surprised to learn that for us it makes no difference at all whether we are in T2 or T4 we Read more…
I saw a meme on twitter earlier this month featuring the Queen about to give her Christmas speech captioned “well, where do we start?” Rest assured people writing “looking back” posts all over the country are wondering the same thing. Back in January Jacqui and I were in positive mood Read more…