Hadrian’s Wall Brew House Easter tours
April 18, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
Should you need any excuse for a pint or three this Easter weekend, Twice Brewed Brew House and Inn on
Author Archives: Alastair Gilmour
Peep through the blindfold
April 2, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
Without delving too much into the whys and wherefores, the Blind Pig was another name for a US Prohibition-era illicit
Tap into the future and the past
April 2, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
A new micropub in Heaton, Newcastle, has set out to straddle the traditional with the contemporary. The Heaton Tap offers
No time limit
April 2, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
The Curfew has just about it all. Cosy and intimate interior, a suntrap of an outside terrace and a small
In cahoots with…
April 2, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
First & Last Brewery, based behind the Bird In Bush pub in Elsdon, near Otterburn in Northumberland capitalises on not
Tradition and modernity
April 2, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
Milfield is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it village and therefore doesn’t score highly on a destination map of Northumberland. But travellers on the
The hills are alive
April 2, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
A building once used as a slaughterhouse, for kennelling trail hounds, fixing cars and building rabbit hutches has a new
The creative corner
April 2, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
There are four sheds in Graham Dury’s garden in Whitley Bay. Four sheds, one greenhouse and a brick garage “I’m
The joy of shed
April 2, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
Tom and Nicola Smith are taking advantage of building an extension to the brewery in their Northumberland garden – they’re
Brews and blues
April 2, 2019 | by Alastair Gilmour
Tim Barnes had twin ambitions – to make his own beer and sit in his shed listening to music. Both
