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Episode 70 - The Emerald Isle of Keg  Part 2

After our catch up on beery news and recent highlights on Part 1 – we continue our pub journey down Ireland’s Wild West Coast – sampling Pubs in the fine counties of Mayo, Clare, Kerry and Cork.

Episode 70 - The Emerald Isle of Keg  Part 1

A trip down Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way and our gazette of some of the best pubs in the West of the Emerald Isle – we have a stout discussion about the black stuff ponder why handpumps and cask are not a thing in Ireland and generally spend 90 mins of fine craic -   Sláinte mhaith! Episode 70 - The Emerald Isle of Keg  Part 1

The fun and banter continue in Part 2 – opening and closing pubs, brewery collabs, the continued resurgence of the red triangle beer, and the dubious use of fresh ales

Episode 69 – The Daily Ale - Part 1 

A beery catch-up about what’s been in the news over the last few months, as always, there are tantrums, disputes, and amicable disagreements. We cover a fair bit of ground in Part 1 we catch up on recent beers, Bruce continues his gastronomic tour of our sceptred isle- pie n mash features this week  - we cover steelwork pubs and banked pints, Isle of Man and Canadian brewing giants and the withdrawal of steaks, mixed grills and gammons from our largest pub chain.

In Part 2 we catch up on Bruce's many travels in seek of the perfect Guinness, fine ales and pub interiors, plus local gastronomic delicacies including Rochdale's Rag Pudding and overhyped Borough Market sausage rolls among many! 

Episode 68 – Ales on the Rails Part 1 

As one of us works for and spends most of his time on Britain’s wonderful rail network, we dedicate Episode 68 to ‘ales on the rails’ and also have a go at taking on the Telegraph listing out best rail station bars and pubs, London, Rochdale, Newcastle and Edinburgh all feature. We also find time to debate a famous IPA named after an Indian city being rolled out in our largest pub chain and report on some fine beers supped in the Sun back in the hometown of Malton

We head back to Doncaster and find the hidden beer gem which is the Doncaster Brewery Tap sample all 6 cask beers and find time to wobble back to the station via the Little Plough - a fantastic pub that takes you back to the 1930's but with reet good Yorkshire beers

Episode 67   Tom Puddings, Salt n Pepper pots and a dip in the Donny Dozen

Another Northern Trains discount day tripper and a two part trip to Goole and the UK’s newest city, Doncaster. We find a warm welcome in the Tom Pudding micro bar, dip into the Donny Dozen real ale trail enjoying a complimentary Sunday buffet and a pub stuck in the 1930’s. For a short while all 3 members of the Podcast crew sit at the same table drinking fine beer on Platform 3 of Doncaster station. Warning there are no references to Sam Smiths in this edition – Spoons feature as well as squirrel pies.

In part 2 we pick up with beery adventures in Whitby, discuss pub fire etiquette and start planning a trip to sunny Donny and Goole with our Northern Trains discount vouchers

Episode 66 Do all good pubs need a fire Part 1

Bit of bumper edition this one catching up on lots of beery adventures – pubs in Yorkshire Domesday villages, pubs in the backstreets of York and London and Scarbados – oh and a trip to the Rhubarb Triangle all linked by our hypothesis that a good pub needs an open fire

Episode 65 – Loitering In Lancashire Mill Towns – after a break over Xmas we’re back with a report from Bruce and Nick on a rail ale trip to Phoenix Nights country – unfortunately not too many highlights - though they do discover a great micro bar in Chorley Market and the UK’s oldest cider pub in deepest Bolton and find our loo of the year so far. We also find time to celebrate the new that Brewing is returning to Cockermouth with the new that Jennings has new owners and they are not a megla maniac big macro.

Apologies we had few technical recording the episode – the sound does drop occasionally but stick with it we come back.

Episode 64 PART " - Chasing the Purple Moose in Cymru & hunting non Yorkshire brewed ales on the Isle of Wight and a bit of strictly eating

A booze packed edition reports from some cracking pubs and some near misses from  three corners of the  UK – Purple Mooses in North Wales, dodging Yorkshire Ales on the Isle of Wight and how much do the Strictly judges pay for a pint at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool

Episode 64 PART 1 - Chasing the Purple Moose in Cymru & hunting non Yorkshire brewed ales on the Isle of Wight and a bit of strictly eating

A booze packed edition reports from some cracking pubs and some near misses from  three corners of the  UK – Purple Mooses in North Wales, dodging Yorkshire Ales on the Isle of Wight and how much do the Strictly judges pay for a pint at the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool

Episode 63 - Searching for a beery Indian summer

A bit of a catch up episode Viz magazine’s take on an eccentric Yorkshire brewery, pubby delights of London, Knaresborough, Leeds and North Staffordshire pit villages feature oh there may also be some lederhosen talk

Episode 63 - Searching for a beery Indian summer

A bit of a catch up episode Viz magazine’s take on an eccentric Yorkshire brewery, pubby delights of London, Knaresborough, Leeds and North Staffordshire pit villages feature oh there may also be some lederhosen talk

Episode 62 - The one about Lager with the news that Moretti has taken over the mantle as the UK’s best selling beer from carling we spend this episode pontificating about the amber nectar – lager doesn’t often feature positively on our pods is there any thing positive we can find out about it – are  any continental lagers that are truly European available in the UK and not brewed in Manchester, Tadcaster or Burton?

Episode 62 - The one about Lager with the news that Moretti has taken over the mantle as the UK’s best selling beer from carling we spend this episode pontificating about the amber nectar – lager doesn’t often feature positively on our pods is there any thing positive we can find out about it – are  any continental lagers that are truly European available in the UK and not brewed in Manchester, Tadcaster or Burton?

Part 2 we finish off our look behind the doors of Yorkshire’s most secret brewery, we meet a Humphrey and see Yorkshire Squares full of foaming ale - we also have a ‘hot off the press’ Bruce’s review of Glasgow’s drinking scene

Episode 61  Beery waterfalls, dray horses and the coopers art - one day in Tadcaster - Part 1

In this episode we finish off our look behind the doors of Yorkshire’s most secret brewery, we meet a Humphrey and see Yorkshire Squares full of foaming ale - we also have a ‘hot off the press’ Bruce’s review of Glasgow’s drinking scene

Episode 60 – The Brewery Episode Part 2

In part 2 we report back on beer talks by two Stone linked Brewers (Though there's only on Stone brewer @lymestonebrewer) at the Stone Food and Drink festival and offer an intro to our epic trip behind the scenes at Yorkshire's Oldest brewery and discover it has a sister in Stamford Lincs  

Episode 60 – The Brewery Episode Part 1 

Lots of beery catch up – Euros and £1billion of beer sold, the future of Marstons , are Spoons doomed and then we catch up on  a month of brewery talks and visits including @stonehousebeer. Myrddins Brewery, @joulesbrewery, @Lymestoneales @lymestonebrewer and @Samsmithsbeer

Episode 59 Turn left for the Bar or right for the Lounge

Recording Episode 59 of the podcast tonight a mash up of beery trips to London, Lancaster and the North West, Tenby and Lincoln - there will be talk of Irn Brew Sours and do you turn left for the Bar or right for the Lounge when entering a pub - Are pub lounges a thing of the past - the modern trend of knocking all the walls down or 1 room micros means we no longer get to choose which door to open and don’t get us started on the smoke room or vaults

Episode 59  Part 1 Turn left for the Bar or right for the Lounge

Recording Episode 59 of the podcast tonight a mash up of beery trips to London, Lancaster and the North West, Tenby and Lincoln - there will be talk of Irn Brew Sours and do you turn left for the Bar or right for the Lounge when entering a pub - Are pub lounges a thing of the past - the modern trend of knocking all the walls down or 1 room micros means we no longer get to choose which door to open and don’t get us started on the smoke room or vaults

A heated debate on the merits of JD Wetherspoons - with beery updates from Berwick Upon Tweed, York and East Yorkshire - Wetherspoons – national treasure or pub killer you decide

Part 2 of Episode 57 - who has the best pubs Ireland, Scotland or Wales 

Episode 57 – A beer River dance around Celtic Fringes – Part 2 – after catching up on our recent beery trips around the home nations (Yorkshire being the 5th of course) – in this episode we discuss and compare the beer scene in Ireland, Scotland and Wales and have go at naming our favourite pub in each nation.

Episode 56 - A beery Riverdance around Celtic fringes- we reflect on our recent trips to pubs and brewery taps across our Four nations, we discuss the raising price of a pint and our continued hunt for the perfect Guinness 

Episode 55 ‘Treacle Towns’ taps, micros and Pubs – One Sunday in Macc  

We discuss the demise of beery podcasts, Giant dongles in Dorset but mainly about Macclesfield/Treacle/silk town and its status as real ale capital of Cheshire.

Episode 54  Hunting pubs in streets less tread in God’s County

Episode 54 of the MalTravAle podcast with a focus on pub hunting in some of the hidden corners of York and a short trip back to the mother town of Malton revisiting some old haunts with some hits and some misses – Nick goes all 30p Lee on us and all the usual talk of pints, pies and cracking pubs

Episode 53 – New Year Resolutions we belatedly catch up on Yuletide and New year adventures – great pubs and brewery taps abound, as well as fine purveyors of Sausage and pies, Kirkstall, Leeds, Harrogate, Knaresborough, Skipton and Kirkby Lonsdale all feature in this months beery adventures. A bonus is that a technical blip meant there’s no musical intro or ending just 40 minutes of proper Yarkshire talk!

Episode 52 Yuletide Salutations – slightly later than planned we discuss our pre Chrimbo beer adventures in January, reflecting back on warm welcoming pubs, some dubious Xmas themed beers and share the beery gifts the season and Santa bestowed upon us – Brum, The lakes, North and Wet Yorkshire and Staffordshire all feature in this episode.

Episode 51 – Autumnal Tones - as the clocks go back and leaves drift from the trees we reflect on the changing season of Ale with some reviews of beery trips to Loch Lomond, Welsh Wales and Shropshire. Strap in for talk of square sausages, black beers, open and closed brewery taps and future soirees in the black country

Episode 50  - MalTravAle racks up the half century of podcasts – we look back at the last 2 years of casting – reminisce about the good old days of lock down drinking in pub gardens, revisit our podcast tours and shine a spotlight of our two most talked about pub chains – along with feedback of some of the summer festivals, taps we have visited with a bit of Gallic flair thrown in as well.

We complete our pub tour around the town that named the Podcast – visiting three pubs in the ancient village of Old Malton and a brief viz around some fine country pubs, we also talk beer tax and report back on beery trips to the North east and West Yorks – missed banked pints of Bass, magnificent micro in Stockton and an ancient weighing machine

Episode 48 - MalTravAle visits Cottonopolis & Hat Town – The Podcast amigos use their cheap awayday train tickets to tick off some new pubs and bars in Manchester and Stockport – visiting a few pubs which may not last much longer and search the best Guinness in England – 1 Sam Smiths but no Spoons feature in this episode! 

Episode 47 The town that named a podcast- Part 4 the final stagger Malton pubs 7-11 we virtually sup our final 5 pints in our home town pubs.

Episode 46 - Home Town Crawl 1st Half  – we begin our 11 pub crawl of the town that gave the podcast its name – a beer town since Roman days – as we have covered previously Malton was once drowning in pubs and beer houses – after a bit of decline at the end of the last century, glad to say the drinking scene in the town has had a bit of a revival, linked to the Yorkshire food capital tag and is now quite a varied mix of traditional Yarkshire pubs, Tap rooms and bistro style bars – Expect some of our usual rants about some well know large pubcos and doom mongering about how pubs are not what they used to be when we were young!

Episode 45 – The Town that named a podcast – in this Episode part of a trilogy about our home town we focus on the other town Norton and our real home town – unfortunately the beer scene south of the river is a little limited but we reminisce about the pubs of our youth along with the usual catch up on our beery highlights from the last week and discuss the beer news, Coronation Beers, mixed news about the future of Black Sheep and the demise of the Friday night pub crawl

Episode 44 – The Town the named a podcast – (Part 1) in this Episode (part of a trilogy about our home town) we reminisce about the pubs of our youth that are no longer serving pints – with keep contemporary with tales of working men’s clubs along with the usual catch up on our beery highlights from the last week and discuss the beer news, Nora Batty, a football ground with no beer, drinking from ash trays and the most beautiful Spoons feature in this episode

Episode 43 – We’re Back After a lengthy break we catch up with our normal beery chat about trips and great pints – warning this episode contains a Spoons love in and mention of pies, this episode also features a discussion around the recent surge in continental beers brewed in Tadcaster/Burton and the positive benefits of the £2 bus fares.

Episode 42 Hunting York’s lost brewing history- a different theme in this podcast. picking up a debate we started back in Episode 9 when we started our three episode traipse around York's very fine pubs, so expect a bit of brewing history, a beer festival and a few pints around York- Oh and a story about some nuns that ran a pub. 

Episode 41 – Searching for Stones in Steel City – back in Episode 14 we planned a virtual beer trip to England’s 4th city, the 7 hilled former industrial power-house of Sheffield, rightly known throughout the world for its fine steel and cutlery – in this episode we do the real thing and a spend a day supping 13 fines beers in a range of Sheffield’s finest hostelries old and new. We discuss the decline of brewing and beer in the city during the 80’s and phoenix like rebirth and continued growth from the 90’s onwards into to a city now of over 50 working breweries and The Guardian proclaims is possibly the Beer capital of Britain

Episode 40 - The A-Z of Beer & Pubs- Letters E, R, S and the awkward ones - The finale of our beery romp through the alphabet with our A-Z of beer and pub crawls – in this episode, we feature the letters E, R and S plus a quickfire completion the awkward letters left in the bag – 4 beers, 1 brewery, 2 pubs and a destination feature, with a catch up from our summer adventures and plans for the next chapter of MalTravAle Podcasts

In Episode 39 tonight we continue our beery ramble  through the alphabet with letters F, L & N – a very nice mix of pubs, beers, towns and breweries that we are particularly fond off - and some chat about a pub that started off the whole MalTravAle journey and whether Friday is the best night for beer 

Episode 37 The A-Z of Pub Crawls continues – the letters D, M and P

We continue our romp through the beery alphabet with letters D,M and P – up this week; a couple of beers, beers' key ingredient, a town with 2 names, two fine Yorkshire destinations and one of Whitby’s finest pubs established by Monks in the 10th century- quite a mix and a report from the Old Malton Royal Oak Beer Festival

Episode 37 The A-Z of Pub Crawls continues – the letters I, U & Q

After a Whitsun & Jubilee Break - Recording Episode 37 tonight we continue our pub crawl through the alphabet with letters I,Q and U - a little more challenging this one but we have come up with a nice mix of pubs, beers, towns and breweries - and some chat about a beery Walrus!

Episode 35 - we return to our A-Z of Pub Crawls – this week’s letters are G, J & W - so stand by for a couple of very nice pubs, beers, breweries and a large pub chain that sells very cheap beer - plus a return to @BuxtonBrewery & the most expensive pint of 2022

Episode 34 – Post Easter Catch up and MalTravAle go to @BeertownMalton 2022 – the usual beery chat and over 13 beers sampled – we also hear a little teaser about Bruce’s epic bank holiday British Isles train extravaganza – the Isle of Skye to Notting Hill and some good news about reopening Sam’s pubs 

Episode 33 – A-Z of Pub Crawls – the letters H, O and V – we continue our pub crawl trawl through the alphabet – this week an interesting blend of pubs, beers, breweries and cities – we also have a deep discussion about the price of a pint, feedback on pub trips to Selby, London main line stations and the Lakes along with the usual beery banter.

Episode 32 – MalTravAle's A-Z of Pubs and Pub Crawls we kick off this new series with our take on the A B C of pubs – pubs to revisit from previous episodes, reminisce about greats pints and beers of the past, a new place to visit and the usual stuff we ramble on about