The Malt TravAle Podcast

Episode 29 - Looking forward & glancing back on beery adventures​After a short break in January - though in the spirit of research we have very much been #tryanuary as opposed to anything dry - the podcast is back this weekend with a look back at the best beers, pubs and beer trips of 2021 and looking forward to beersnpubs in 22 

Episode 28 – Stone a beer town once again – another pre Christmas bimble this time a very enjoyable Saturday afternoon visiting some very pubs old and new in the Staffordshire town of Stone – in its brewing heyday was a rival for the beer metropolis which is nearby Burton – now a really resurgent brewing and pub scene makes it well worth a visit. 

Episode 27 – Three men on a train - a Christmas bimble revisiting the TransPennine Real Ale Trail revisiting our Episode 6 lock down episode thinking what a pub crawl along the famed rail trail might be like in 2021 – we live the dream on a very wet December Saturday – with pints sunk in Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Slawit & Stalybridge

Episode 26 -The Pubs of Christmas past, present and the future as we reach the first Sunday of Advent we are looking towards Yuletide celebrations and hopefully restriction free visits to some of our favourite pubs (well 2 each), as well as a catch up re beery highlights and news and plans for MalTravAle Live next week on the TransPennine Ale Trail  

Episode 25 – Micros in Macc – a planned trip to Macclesfield Food Festival unfortunately cancelled at the last minute turned into a rather nice beery ramble around Macclesfield’s growing Micro Bar offer – some real gems (with a couple of Stoke Micro bars thrown in for good measure). A visit to the bars of Treacle Town is highly recommended – Don’t worry the usual arguments about Wetherspoons and Sam Smiths of course feature in this episode as well and a quick insight into the Beery pleasures of Blackpool.  

Episode 24 – Beer Hunting in Yorkshire’s Rhubarb Triangle – 9 pints in 9 pubs in and around Wakey and Castleford – lots of fine cask ales, open fires and whippets guaranteed. Nick evens ventures off into adjunct style beers and fills us in on a sole Malton pub crawl – no doubt Bruce will also have some foody highlights from their West Yorkshire trundle.

Episode 23 - – Nick’s 24 hours in the Big Smoke – a revisit to London and Nick’s guide to some cracking pubs of character – along with the usual catch up and beery highlights – there will be multiple mentions of drinking Brains in deepest Wales and some discussion of the latest shenanigans of Wetherspoons and Brew Dog and the World's greatest Newkie Brown Ale collection   
 
 
 

 MalTravAle Podcast travels across the oceans – well a short hop to the Channel Islands and a Beery Trip around the fair Isle of Jersey - @liberationbrewery will be in abundance, as will Seans/Shauns! Some really interesting pubs to talk about including a real classic the Lamplighter in St Helier plus no sight of a Wetherspoons or Sam Smiths, but the usual beer news and beery highlights rom the team. 

Episode 21 - Bruce’s guide to Isle of White & the Southern Ports
In this week’s episode Bruce regales us with his Staycation around the south coast – searching for the elusive pint of Harveys, travel by every form of public transport including the world’s only surviving hovercraft service and his guide to the pubs of Portsmouth, Isle of Wight, Brighton, Hastings and a short visit to London – alongside the usual Beery highlights and news    

Episode 20 Whitby - Beers with Goths, Whalebones and Kippers reporting from a recent trip to Whitby introducing Nick (the local) to a few new haunts along with the usual catch up of beer news and beery adventures, there’s sure to be some Sam Smiths and Spoons talk and tales of soft serve beers in deepest Buxton.