The Malt TravAle Podcast

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