Mighty Blighty Pub Stop: a quick guide to a few great pubs and brews from England.
Next Stop: Musgrave Arms, Shillington…a traditional 16th Century pub tucked away in the Bedfordshire countryside. Exposed beams and filled with old wooden furniture and countrified ornaments, this village pub is the perfect outsiders look into village life. The locals chat away with their beers at the bar and the smell of roast beef and Yorkshires fill the place! The people in this place are happy, the kids are running around the tables being happy, my friends are laughing and I’m happy too…
I’m still hung-over from the previous night, so before I do anything I order a roast dinner and a pint of St Edmunds Ale to cure my poor head…and it works like a treat! It’s a pale ale, brewed by Greene King at their brewery in – you may have guessed it – the city of Bury St Edmunds. Unlike most Greene King brews, such as the Classic IPA and super strong Abbott Ale it’s quite hard to find, so I sit there with my roast and a pint looking quite pleased with myself. It’s a smooth drink and not too strong, so it doesn’t overwhelm my poor head. Honey and Citrus tones make it seem summery, keeping the clouds away, and to me that makes a great English session beer.
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