http://gettothepub.com You don't need to put the word 'why?' after the word 'pub' Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gettothepub.com/2012/01/04/hertfordshire/#comment-913 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:57:02 +0000 http://gettothepub.com/?p=1464#comment-913 Now that tree-hugging friends have convinced me to get the train to London instead of flying, I don’t get to stop off in St Albans on the way to or from Luton Airport any more. When I did, I didn’t find the beer dreary. The Lower Red Lion was a top scoopers’ pub and the first place I ever drank Oakham JHB. The Verulanum Brewery used to make a splendidly mouth-puckering bitter that a lot of breweries would be proud to have as their IPA, and their IPA was, at the time, the hoppiest thing I’d ever tasted.

]]> http://gettothepub.com/2011/12/15/first-time-ranmoor-inn-three-tuns-three-cranes/#comment-911 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:11:48 +0000 http://gettothepub.com/?p=1319#comment-911 I work down near the courts and the Three Cranes is on my quick route up into town. If I am after a post work pint or three then I will always call in, but there seem to be less and less customers visiting since I was in on the reopening night. I really like the layout, the staff and the real ales, and I hope it succeeds but your unwatched Sky Screens note hits the mark. Brian’s comment about location suggests people may be thinking of giving it a try – I can heartily recommend the route he mentions to you and yoiu readers.

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