GLASGOW

10. Bath St

 There are 23 pub trails in Glasgow. There are eleven trails in the centre of the city, plus five in the West End, three on The Southside across the river and three going East and of course the famous Subway Crawl

Three trails explore three of the main streets in the city centre HOPE St; RENFIELD St and WEST NILE St

Two trails are around Squares; GEORGE SQUARE and the OLD FRUIT MARKET in Merchant City.

Another five, trails take in : QUEEN St & GLASSFORD St, JAMAICA St/ST ENOCH, Around THE TRONGATE, BATH STREET

WATERLOO St & BOTTOM of HOPE St and CHARING CROSS .

Across the river Clyde, on the South side are PAISLEY ROAD WEST , SHAWLANDS and QUEEN’S PARK trails.

Going east are trails for up GALLOWGATE , DUKE STREET, Dennistoun and along to SHETTLESTON

In the West End there are more trails - GREAT WESTERN ROAD two trails covering Great Western Road and Woodlands Road via St Georges Cross to

Kelvinbridge Undergrounds

BYRES ROAD - two trails one down Byres Road and the other using Ashton Lane ,

FINNESTON,

KELVINHALL TO PARTICK - two routes back and forward between Kelvinhall and Partick subway stations

and MARYHILL - two trails split into top and lower

Plus the SUBWAY CRAWL - subway stops and the closest bars.

Glasgow pubs around Baths St

Leave Central station by the left hand exit onto Hope St (see trails Hope St and Lower Hope St & Wellington St ) and turn up to the right. The second turn on the left should be St Vincent Street (not lane).

GLASGOW: BATH St TRAIL

From central station turn left at main exit and go along to Hope St and at the lights cross diagonally to go along Bothwell St. At the corner there is Bavaria Baurhaus (trail 16). Turn right up Wellington St for two main blocks (ignoring the lanes) to go left along West George St to basement bar, The Golf Lounge, half way along. Leaving here return to Wellington St and continue up it to reach on the next left side corner Buck’s Bar. Continue up to the next corner and turn left into Bath St and on the corner is Bar Bloc.  Stay on the left side and almost next door is Pie and Brew at Adobe (closed on visit). Continue along Bath St watching the basements for The Butterfly and the Pig. In the next block is Slouch and closely followed by Palomino. Walk down another two blocks and on the corner across the street is The Griffin.

Return up Bath St again keeping on the left and down Holland St is The State (trail 16) on the right. Next along Bath St at the start of the next block is The Tiki Bar & Kitchen Inn. In the next block is St Judes and in the next Lucky 7 Bar and Canteen (closed on visit).

Continue down Bath St and cross over Wellington St (Bloc Bar opposite) and watch for a basement bar The Howlin’ Wolf. Leave here by the back door onto Sauchiehall Lane and next door on the left is Malone’s. Return to Bath St and walk to The Bay Horse on opposite corner and in basement.

 A place this size is bound to have its own guides to illustrate the vast quantity, quality and styles of pubs.

CAMRA in Glasgow

Glasgow guide illustrating top ten pubs in different styles of drinking (and dining) eg Style pubs or Live Music pubs.

Timeout listing of best pubs - controversial

A good proportion of the pubs have real ale but many do not. The west coast still has a bit of a lager flavour - occasionally only lager. Real ale is not limited to trendy style pubs, and not even in many of these.

Glasgow does not have the tourist grouping of pubs as found in Edinburgh - they are mainly aimed at Glasgow folk.

Practically every pub offers food at lunch or all day

The Golf Lounge

The Golf Lounge is a basement bar with golf theme. tastefully furnished with low lighting and dark wood. Servery to left inside door along left wall. Lots of standing room alongside servery. Right hand side of room has mixture of tall and dining size tables. Middle of room has reception desk for golfing parties. Through back are tables down the middle and on either side large booths for playing golf in using computer screens on the showing the course on wall.

Heavy/IPA:        Bitter and Twisted; Heaven cent IPA

Lager:               Coors;  Carling; West 4;  Staroperamen

Cider:               Aspall Guinness

Buck’s Bar

Buck’s Bar is a corner and basement bar. The basement is reached by a flight of stairs, there is one from each end going down to main door. There are windows either side of this door and also a little outside seating at barrel tables. The hill goes steeply down the left-hand side of the building enabling outside seating, windows and a door into the bar. The basement windows often have a canopy above them but these and the side windows make in quite light inside when accompanied by coloured lights hanging from the ceiling.

The smallish servery is on right side wall and has a tall counter. There are small square dining tables around room the room at the windows with booths for six in middle and at back of room.

It is popular with meals at lunchtime and evening.

Heavy/Pale Ale:        Disco Forklift Truck Mango Pale Ale

Lager:                         Peroni;  Budweiser Budvar; Tennent’s

Cider:                         Magners Dark Fruit

Pub Jukebox:

Alcohol themed music to listen to while you browse.

tequila - The Champs

Bloc+

Bloc+ is a basement bar/diner with some seating below ground level by the stairs before entrance to the bar. Once in the entrance there is seating to both sides.  Wooden tables and metal stools to the right followed by the servery. To the left and up a couple of steps there is seating along the walls with tables and chairs while down the middle left is more booth style seating. Opposite the servery are more wooden tables and higher up wooden benches. As befits a basement bar the ceiling is low however, the lighting is bright. Cooking smells throughout room. The bar always seems to be bustling even when quiet.

Have a pint here

Heavy (Bitter): Caesar Augustus;  Punk IPA;  Brookland Summer Ale

Lager:             Carling;  Prevha;  Innes & Gunn Lager;  Staroperaman;  Blue Moon;  Samuel Adams;  Heineken

Cider:              Strongbow                                              Guinness                

PLACES TO VISIT WITH PUBTRAILS

 The towns and villages highlighted on this web site have a wide variety of pubs and beers in them.  All of the places are great to visit, whether for a day or longer, and most have tourist attractions for all of the family.

There is a large variety of pubs throughout the different towns shown below. Some you may wish never to visit again but even discovering these can be interesting. There are pubs that you would not take your wife into. While some you could not take your girlfriend into. A few you would not take either into. However, most of the pubs are very pleasant.

HOME MAP of places visited

Alnwick Ambleside Anstruther Bakewell Bamburgh Barnard Castle Bath Berwick upon Tweed Birnam & Dunkeld Bourton on the Water Bowness on Windermere Bridge of Allan Chester Chichester Dunblane Dunoon Edinburgh Ely Fort William Glasgow Gourock Greenock                   Helensburgh Inverness Kelso Keswick Knaresborough Largs Linlithgow Lyme Regis Melrose Montrose Newton Stewart North Berwick Norwich Oban Pebbles Penzance Portree Pitlochry Quorn Richmond Rothesay St Andrews Seahouses Seend Shrewsbury Skipton Stirling Stratford-upon-Avon Stockton Heath Whitby Windemere Whitstable York

 The Butterfly and The Pig

The Butterfly and The Pig is a basement bar without a basement feel to it. Instead, it is decorated with a mixture of furniture with a area set out as an old kitchen with ironing board, crockery cupboards and washing hanging over the wine stored in an old sink. To the left of entrance is armchair and couch seating and closer to servery tables with tall set for dining (including white tablecloths). The servery is ahead on the back wall and there is more dining around to the right.

Have a pint

Real ale;           Northern Lights

Heavy/Pale Ale:  Franciscan Chieftain; Blue Moon;  Belhaven Best

Lager:               Carling; Staroperaman;  Maltsmiths Lager

Cider:               Aspall                                        Guinness

 Slouch

Slouch is a two roomed basement bar with door in middle with a bay window to each side letting in lots of light and giving passers-by a view down into each room. To the left is a room with many dining styles tables against the walls and a large performance are.  Music on most nights (Jazz Tues; Blues Wed) and food served until 2am (closes 3am). A wide corridor, where the toilets are, connect to the right-hand room which has almost a square island servery with wooden counter and tiled facia. There are low tables and couches opposite the servery, under the window. There is booth seating along the right wall and also behind the servery with TV. Both ceiling and lighting are low. Dogs are welcome (if staff can pat them). There is some outside seating where steps come down from street to main entrance with wooden benches and barrels as tables. Pride themselves on serving food and offering music and no entry fee.

 Have a pint here

Heavy (Bitter): Joker;  Caledonia Best

Lager:  Tennent’s;  Heverlee;  St Mungo;  3 Hop lager;  Drygate Pilsner

Cider: Magners                                 Guinness

Palomino

Palomino is a glass fronted pub/diner. There are three tables for 6 by the front entrance. Then up a few steps to the main room. The wooden servery is along the right wall. There are tall tables in the middle with stools on either side. The left-hand side has booths and there is some more seating in an area at the back.

Have a half pint

Heavy (Bitter): Innes & Gunn IPA

Lager:             Heineken; Samuel Adams;  Birra Moretti;  St Mungo

Cider:              Symonds                                  Guinness

PUB QUIZ

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Answer at foot of page

The Griffin ★

The Griffin looks like an old traditional art nouveau corner bar from the outside.  Around the right corner is one room width while the left side is much longer. There are six, six-seater booths down to the left alongside the windows. To right of door is a couple of tall tables then a three-table seating area. The servery is a long thin horse shoe shape with wooden counter and brass foot rail. Tiled floor with ornate high ceiling and old-style lamps with a lot of light coming in the large windows. Walls have large and small mirrors and a tiled dado line. Opposite right side of servery there is some stools at shelves. Through from main bar is a smaller room with a small semi-circular servery called The Gin Palace, with dining style tables.

Have a pint here.

CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2024

Real ale;              Skye Gold; Skye Black; Sky Young Pretender; Skye Red

Heavy (Bitter):     Neck Oil; Skye Blonde; Skye IPA

Lager:                 Birra Moretti; Cruzcampo; Sky Craft Lager

Cider:                  Inch’s Cider Guinness

The State

Actually on trail 16

The State is a traditional old pub with large etched windows to the front and doors at each side leading to an oval island bar with marble counter and brass foot rails. The counter has fancy wooden posts around it holding up a curved gantry for glass storage. The main area is dominated by the bar and its fittings. Old photos and theatre posters fill the space in the walls not covered by large mirrors. 4 TVs and modern toilets keep you in the present. Wood, mirrors and counter all sparkling clean. There is some seating to back and to the right-hand side (seating at left has been removed for modern toilets although cornicing and wall have been preserved.) Attractive old fireplace in righthand corner (although not a real fire) with banquette seating and tables to either side. Only midweek lunchtime meals. Blues music on Tuesday night.

CAMRA Glasgow pub of the year 2007, 2012, 2014 to 17, 2019, 2021, 2023

Regular in Good Beer Guide , including 2023, 2024

Have a pint here

Real ale: Nelson IPA (two by Two); Simple Pleasure (Almasty); State No 3 (Stearts)  White Dwarf; Citra; Green Devil (all three Oakham)

Heavy (Bitter): McEwan’s Export;  John Smiths

Lager:             Tennent’s;  Estrella; Innes & Gunn; Staroperaman; Birra Moretti; 1604

Cider:             Strongbow                                Guinness

Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn ★

Tiki Bar and kitsch Inn is a delightful basement bar with a large outside area, under canvas to the left. The small servery is in the far-right corner and serves on two sides. Basement effect supported by low lighting on low ceiling. Lots of cane and bamboo seating, furniture and shelving. Small semi-circular booths with banquette seating along the right wall. All tables have large bamboo/cane style chairs around table.

Thai food in upstairs restaurant

Lager     Tennent’s; Heverlee

Cider     Magners Guinness

St Judes

St Judes is an entertainment complex over four floors with kitchen and bar, venues and Lola’s Nightclub. The bar is on the ground floor through to right of entrance to the townhouse. This is a long thin room with the servery starting half way along the right wall having a shiny copper counter. At the entrance are two round window seats flanking a DJ station. The right wall has a tall table while the left wall has smaller tables running along the wall and opposite servery. There is a high ceiling with low hanging lights in large lampshades in front half of room. The ceiling is much lower once the servery is reached. servery has metal stools with false wood design on the seat top!

Have a pint here

Lager:   Fosters; Heineken; Birra Moretti; Maltsmiths lager; Amstel

The Howlin’ Wolf

The Howlin’ Wolf is a basement bar on Bath St and has an entrance on Sauchiehall Lane. The servery is along the left side wall. There are three tall tables seating six on either side in the middle of the room with the right side having low seating in the corner and booths along the wall. There is a good bit of standing are alongside servery counter. On far wall there is a wide corridor connecting to a wall panelled square back room with dining sized tables and chairs. This has an entrance from Sauchiehall Ln. Food till 2am. Blues videos.

Have a pint here

Heavy (Bitter):    Caledonia Best; Seven Peaks; Disco Forklift Truck

Lager:                 Brewgooder Lager; Heverlee; Tennent’s; Kelvin Pilsner; Menabrea; Voller Weizen

Cider:                  Magners                                               Guinness

Malones Irish Bar

Malones Irish Bar is a one roomed Irish bar half way up Sauchiehall Lane. Servery is on left side of back wall. Outside wall is mainly windows and exposed brick. Small performance area in corner. Tall tables around walls and windows with four dining height in middle of room.

Have a pint here

Heavy (Bitter): Jubel Peach

Lager:             Heverlee; Corona; Tennent’s; Innes & Gunn; Camden Hells

Cider:             Magners                                    4 x Guinness fonts              

 The Bay Horse

The Bay Horse is a basement bar with tops of windows just above street level. Going down the stairs takes you to part of the servery straight in front of you with a slightly longer counter around the corner. The whole bar, including servery, is bright and shiny, and well lit which is a change from dark basement bars. There is a large titled area around the servery for standing in. beyond this there is a step up to a raised area going around the room with some seating under the windows. Round to the right of the entrance is a pool table.

HISTORY - OLD GLASGOW PUBS

Have a pint here

Beer:     Caledonia Best

Lager:    Tennent’s; Stella; Bud Light

Cider:    Magners                                                              Guinness                            

Links for Glasgow city centre Pubtrails

  • Trail 1 - Around George Square

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    Waxy O’ Connors

    Dow’s

    The Vale (now closed)

    Camperdown Place (closed)

    Millenium Hotel

    The Alchemist

    Flight Club

    The Ark

    The Press Bar

    Committee Room No 9

    Katie’s Bar

    The Piper

    Assaggin i(was Doppio Malto)

    Drouthys

    The Counting House

    The Anchor Line

    The Citizen (was The Trading House)

    The Auctioneers

  • Trail 2 -Hope Street

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    Stereo

    The Old Hairdressers

    The Society Room

    The Pot Still.

    Molly Malone's.

    MacConnell's

    Ardnamurchan (was Trader Joe's)

    Rufus T Firefly

    NYC Bar

    Hope & Vincent

    Ad Lib (closed)

    The Toby Jug

    The Smokin' Fox (formerly The Hope)

  • Trail 3 -renfield St

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    The Merchant

    The Maltman

    The Raven

    Lauders.

    The Atholl Arms

    Walkabout

    The Renfield Bar

    Revolution

    Missoula

    Revolucion De Cuba

    The Drum and Monkey

    The Horseshoe.

    Dury Lane Bar & Kitchen

    Yes Bar - closed

  • Trail 4 - West Nile St

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    Vroni's Wine Bar

    The Shilling Brewing Co.

    The Iron Horse - closed

    The Station Bar

    The Intermezzo

    Alfie’s (was Alfredo's)

    Cul Cuil (was The Courtyard)

    All Bar One

    Innes & Gunn Talroom

    Los Iguanas

    Revolution

    Ross's Original Bar

    Tabac

    August House

  • Trail 5 - around the Fruitmarket

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    Bar 91

    Beer Cafe

    The Metropolitan

    Marmalade Skies (was Boudoir Wine Bar) - closed

    Bar Square (closed)

    The Tap Room (was Steak, Rattle and Roll which was Bar Espagnol Mercado)

    O'Neil's

    Bar Soba

    Bar Gandolfi.

    Bar Home

    Babbity Bowster,

    Strathduie (was Macgregor's Pie & Ale Howf and before that Strathduie !)

    The Black Bull

    McChuills

    Connolly’s LIQR (was LIQR and before that The G-Lounge)

    Blackfriars of Bell St

    Mharsanta

  • Trail 6 - Waterloo St and bottom of Hope St

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    The Smokin’ Fox (was The Hope)

    Kitty O'Shea's (downstairs)

    Kitty O'Shea's (was El Camino and was The Drop)

    Rhoderick Dhu

    The Woods

    The Waterloo

    The Duke’s Umbrella

    Sir John Muir

    Oswald’s (was Kellys ;was Quarter Gill)

    Lafferty's (was No 16 Bar & Kitchen was Sotto; was The Two Heided Man)

    Denholms

    Solid Rock Cafe

    The Alpen Lodge

    The Park Lane

    26 Hope St

  • Trail 7 - Queen St and Glassford St

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    Biere Halle

    The Lab

    Wonderbar

    Sloans

    Rocky O' Sullivans CLOSED

    Strata CLOSED

    Max's Bar & Grill

    Thundercat

    The Spiritualist

    Cairns

    Steps Bar

    Blane Valley

    Bacchus

    Rab Ha's

    Poco Loco (was The Pavement )

    BrewDog

    The Gallery Bar

    The Amsterdam

    The Oriental (closed)

  • Trail 8 - Jamaica St- St Enoch

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    O'Neil's (was The Royal Scott)

    The Grant Arms

    The Crystal Palace

    Macsorley's

    The Imperial

    The Mint & Lime - closed

    Lauristons

    Gallagher’s (was Kelly’s and was Coyote)

    Hootenanny

    Times Square

    Crafty Joe's (taken over by Times Square)

  • Trail 9 - Around The Trongate

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    Grace’s Irish Sports Bar

    Buck’s Bar

    Boteco do Brazil

    Maggie’s Rock n Rodeo

    Avant Garde

    13th Note -(closed)

    Mono

    Whistler on the Green

    The Old Ship Bank Bar

    The Winds

    The Victoria & Clutha

    The Scotia

  • Trail 10 - Bath St

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    Golf Lounge

    Buck’s Bar

    Bloc+

    The Butterfly and The Pig

    Palomino

    Slouch

    The Griffin

    Tiki Bar and Kitsch Inn

    St Judes

    Howlin’ Wolf

    Malones

    The Bay Horse

  • Trail 16 - Charing Cross

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    Bavaria Baurhaus

    Slug & Lettuce (closed)

    Bon Accord

    Chinaski’s

    The Locale

    Driftwood

    The Hall

    Nico’s

    Kilt & Kocktails

    The Hengler’s Circus

    The State

East End and Southside links

  • Trail 17 - up the Gallowgate

    Chrystal Bell & Co

    MacKinnon’s (closed)

    The Gate (check opening)

    Bar ‘67 (check opening)

    226 Gallowgate

    Hielan Jessie

    The Wee Man’s Bar

    The Drover

    Van Winkle (check opening)

    St Luke & The Flying Ox

    Traders Lounge

    The Old Burnt Barns (check opening)

    Braemar

    Tollbooth Bar

  • Trail 18 - Dennistoun

    The Bristol bar

    The Louden tavern

    The Duke Bar

    the Crown Creighton

    The Alexandra Bar

    The Snug

    The Palais

    Redmond’s of Dennistoun

    The Drover

    The Wee Man’s Bar

  • Trail 21 -Shettleston

    Snedden’s Inn

    The Palaceum

    The Town Tavern

    The Cottage Bar

    The Marquis

    The Drum

    The Portland Arms

    The Railway tavern

    The Kirkhouse

    Miller’s

  • Trail 19 - Paisley Rd West

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    Lauriston Bar

    The Quayside bar

    The Union Bar

    The Old Toll Bar

    The Viceroy

    The Bellrock

    Grapes

    The District bar

    Kensington Bar

    Park Bar

  • trail 22 -Queen's Park

    McNeil’s

    The Regent

    Titwood Bar

    TheBbungo

    Allison Arms

    MJ Heraghty

    Victoria Bar

    Ryan’s bar

    The Bell Jar

    The Rose reilly

    Queen’s Park Cafe

  • Trail 23 - Shawlands

    Trail 23 - Shawlands

    Trail 23 - Shawlands

    Old Stag Inn

    Quaich

    Loc's

    The Millwood

    James Tassie

    Phillies of Shawlands

    The Granary

    Georgic

    The Corona

    Sweeney's on the Park

Links for Glasgow West End & Subway Pubtrails

  • Trail 11 a nd b - St George's to Kelvinbridge

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    The Castle Vaults

    The Hug and Pint

    The Scallion (was Munro's then The Bull and now ..)

    Wintersgills

    The Lansdowne

    Webster's

    FORK A

    Inn Deep

    Cooper’s

    The Belle

    The French Horn (was Bakehouse)

    Bank Street Bar Kitchen

    The Left Bank

    Stravaigin

    The Doublet

    or FORK B

    Schoolhouse

    Dram

    FF West End

    Arlington

    The Drake

    Camerons

  • Trail 12- Byres Rd (a) & (b)

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    Trail (a) Ashton Lane

    Curler's Rest

    the Wee Pub/The Pub

    Innes & Gunn Brewery Tap

    Brel

    Vodka Wodka

    Jinty McGinty’s

    Hillhead Book Club

    The Parlour

    Oran Mor

    BeGin

    Trail (b) Byres Road

    Curler’s Rest

    Tennent's Bar

    Cottiers

    The Rock

    Topolabamba (was Bar Soba)

    The Aragon

    The Hill - closed

    Gumbo - closed

    The Record Factory

    The Three Judges

    Bag O'Nails

  • Trail 13 - Kelvingrove

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    Dirty Duchess

    Lebowskis

    Taphouse

    The Grove

    The Big Slide

    The Snaffle Bit

    The Butchershop

    BrewDog

    Dukes Bar

    The Islay Inn

    The Park Bar

    El Jefe's

    No 78

    Kelvingrove Cafe

    The Ben Nevis

    Finnieston

    Brass Monkey

    Strip Joint

  • trail 15 - Kelvinhall to Partick and back

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    Partick to Kelvinhall

    Stumps Bar

    The Fiddlers

    Victoria Bar

    Quarter Gill

    The Linsmor

    Sparkle Horse

    West End Tavern

    Record Factory

    Gallus

    Kelvinhall to Partick

    Three Judges

    The Dolphin

    Bag O’Nails

    Storm Queen

    Smiddy Bar

    Tenement Bar

    Windsor Tav.

    Rosevale Tav.

    Deoch An Dorus

  • trail 20 - Maryhill

    LOWER

    The Castle Vaults

    The Tower

    the Star & Garter

    Munn’s

    The BrewHaus

    The Botany Bar CLOSED

    The Woodside Inn

    The Royalty Bar

    UPPER

    The First & Last

    Kelvin Dock CLOSED

    The Punch Bow;

    The Viking Bar

    The Lockhouse

    Harvey’s Bar

    The Ram’s Head

  • Trail 14 - Glasgow Subway

    Waxy O'Connors

    Jackson’s

    Castle Vaults

    The Hug

    The Doublet

    Curler’s Rest

    The Bag O' Nails

    Deoch and Doris

    Brechin's

    The Louden Tavern

    Kensington

    The Bellrock

    Stanley Bar - closed

    The Old Toll Bar

    The Lord Nelson - closed

    Laurieston

    Times Square

Links to pages and sites

  • Books on Beer

    A variety of recommended books to improve your knowledge of beer and brewing

  • Stevenson & MacKay

    Craig Stevenson and John MacKay use their bus passes to visit pubs the length and breadth of Scotland.

    They have recorded their adventures in seven books.

  • Books on Pubs

    A veriety of recommended books that describe the history and development of the public house.

“A psychologist once said that we know very little about conscience, except that it is soluble in alcohol.”

— Thomas Blackbird

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