Back from my travels.



Firstly, the King's Head at Llangennith. Great food,shame about the beer.

Hancock's HB, Rhymney Bitter and Tomos Watkins' OB were sampled and all were a little on the bland side for my taste.



Went to the Worm's Head Hotel, otherwise known as the Bar Helvetia, due to the "wreck" of the Helvetia on Rhossili Beach ( a quite outstanding view from the rear terrace ) Sadly, the Worm's Head brew was off and I didn't fancy the OB.



Went to the Hope and Anchor in Tenby, which sold a decent pint of Felinfoel Stout then tried to get into a pub at Llandarrog, which strangely does not feature in the West Wales section of the GBG, despite the fact that it is the home of the Coles family brewery. It does however, appear in the Independent Breweries section. Said pub was unfortunately not open. will have to do that one next time.



Undeterred, I went to the Mansel Arms just outside Drefach in Carmarthenshire and had a very good pint of Evan Evans Spring Fever.. Not surprisingly, it's Carmarthen CAMRA's pub of the year.



Found a lovely little drinkers' pub on Park Street in Mumbles ( locals don't even know there's a pub on the street! ) and had a good pint of Felinfoel Double Dragon.



And last but not least, the Joiners' Arms at Bishopston, where we both agreed the best pint of our trip was to be had. The Swansea Brewery's Three Cliffs Gold, nectar in a glass. Closely followed by a pint called the Wood, which was dangerously drinkable at 5.2% .

Stancil India Ruby Ale 4.0% & Pheasantry Best Bitter 3.8% both enjoyable and currently available in the Gatehouse.

A couple of new ones sampled last night in Leeds ... Little Valley Vanilla Porter 4.5% (Head of Steam) Andwell 5 Little Fishes 4.0% (Scarbrough Hotel) both very nice indeed. Also had both Rudgate Ruby Mild and Leeds Midnight Bell in the Leeds Brewery Tap. icon_smile.gif" alt="icon_smile.gif" title="Smile" />

A couple of new ones sampled last night in Leeds ... Little Valley Vanilla Porter 4.5% (Head of Steam) Andwell 5 Little Fishes 4.0% (Scarbrough Hotel) both very nice indeed. Also had both Rudgate Ruby Mild and Leeds Midnight Bell in the Leeds Brewery Tap. icon_smile.gif" alt="icon_smile.gif" title="Smile" />

The Tut had one new to me last night ... Truman's Runner, a Best Bitter at 4.0% ... absolutely wonderful.

Some recent highlights ...



Greene King George and the Flagon 4.5% & Milestone St Georges Legend 4.0 % (Gatehouse, Doncaster)

Wadworth St George & The Dragon 4.5% (Tut n Shive, Doncaster)

Deventio Barbarian 5.5% & Wharfebank The Werewolf (Gatehouse, Doncaster)

Milestone X 5.0% (Bankers Draft, Sheffield)

Closing Time!