Beer. It’s really all about the beer. Our aim is to stock as much local (and by local I mean UK) produce as possible. Yes we’ll have some French cheeses, because they are great, and yes we’ll have some wines from foreign too, because generally the climate in foreign is more conducive to growing grapes. [...]

First things first, we’re gearing up! The builders go in on Monday and the spark has been in for the past week ripping out miles and miles of unconnected cables and circuits. It’s a big place and has enough electrical wiring to service a small city. Still, at least we now know what all the [...]

Recently we made the mistake of telling Twitterworld that we wouldn’t be serving pints in The Hanging Bat. We say ‘mistake’ because although we had every intention of announcing it, we didn’t have any intention of announcing it right at that point. It sort of came out. A few half arsed chats about it later [...]

It has to be said that whilst opening a bar in times of austerity is a terrifying prospect, sourcing products for a beer bar is nothing short of exciting. When you marry that with slightly left field ideas you can start to get a feel for what the bar will itself eventually feel like. To [...]

Sourcing stuff for a new bar is pretty exciting and can take you to some pretty interesting places, like a cidery in the middle of fuckety nowhere. This is precisely where you’ll find Waulkmill Cider. It’s about 5 miles from ‘Can you see a church?’ and ‘Balls, I think we’re really lost now’. Thankfully when [...]