Posts by Glynn Davis
Is bigger always better?
Ahead of entering the new BrewDog bar in Waterloo my expectations of it being busy were low asI knew the paint had only just dried on the place and that it was of vast proportions. Iunderestimated both its size and the number of people guzzling beers and cocktails on this rainyThursday in early September. I…
Read MoreTaking sports showings to the next level
While sitting at the long bar of the Torch & Crown brewpub in New York City earlier this year, I received a message from a friend asking if I was watching that night’s big American football match. I glanced upwards and saw the game was playing away on one of the bar’s many screens. I…
Read MoreBeer Travels with Adrian Tierney-Jones
I’m not the greatest fan of summer especially the one that has just come to an end. Too hot, too clammy, too claustrophobic in the clamp of heat around the soul, too concentrated, a concertina of heat and humidity that made every day something to wade through as if it was a swamp. However, there…
Read MoreNIMBYs are also a threat to pubs
Some years back, I visited a property with a friend who was considering buying a flat in the building, which was situated in the Highbury area of North London and backed onto a hidden side street. His interest in this specific part of town was very much piqued by the proximity of The Compton Arms. …
Read MoreNow is the time for pubs to add rooms
When staying in York recently for a leisurely weekend away with my mother, we very much hit the sweet spot when dining at the lovely Bow Room restaurant near the city’s imposing Minster, because it sits within the charming confines of the Grays Court Hotel. Because of the sheer convenience and invariably attractive ambience of…
Read MoreHosting a beer tasting at The Wigmore pub
It was a great pleasure to host a Beer Tasting Event at The Wigmore pub in central Londonfor Transform UK and Winmark. The idea was to give the assembled guests a run through of a variety of beers – with different styles. They were paired with the excellent food from The Wigmore kitchenoverseen by Michel…
Read MoreBeer Travels with Adrian-Tierney-Jones
I am a romantic when it comes to writing about the pub, of the many moods each pub I visit seems to cloak itself in, the people who come and go, the beers that I drink and the home from home feeling that a good pub always seems to possess (though most pub front rooms…
Read MoreInvesting in the pub industry’s future
There’s so much gloom and doom around right now, with the cost-of-living crisis creating an environment that has prompted many people to simply stay at home and crack open some cans of beer and cocktails rather than venturing outdoors for something more socially nourishing. Against this backdrop, I’m so pleased to have made the journey…
Read MoreBeer Travels with Adrian Tierney-Jones
The stories of pub life are replete with the absence of sea serpents, fearsome giants and mysterious big cats. Instead, when we imagine the tales that surround and seethe around and within the pub, it’s about community, laughter, the night we went to Tilbury by way of Southend Pier and the beers that weave the…
Read MoreHive of activity at Honeycomb Houses
Pubs have been hitting the headlines yet again with closures accelerating as wet-led venues face the prospect of the £8 pint and food-led businesses struggle to secure ingredients at anything like affordable prices. But there remains a sweet spot in the market – pubs with dining and accommodation – and the Brakspear-owned Honeycomb Houses has…
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