A blog about craft beer, food and drink, pubs and restaurants, life in Hampshire and outdoor lifestyle
Find out how we got on visiting Southampton’s newest craft beer brewery, Tap It Brewing Co for beer tastings and a short brewery tour, on our first South Hants Hop Social meet up.
With only one small brewery until 2015, the explosion in new breweries in Hampshire in the late noughties and early 2010s seemed to pass by Southampton.
Now the city’s finally catching up with the rest of the county – five of Hampshire’s 30+ breweries are based here.… Read more
Discover six of the best venues in and around Winchester for Sunday brunch or breakfast and recommend your own favourite haunts in the comments below.
Winchester is the ideal place for a spot of Sunday brunch or a lazy breakfast.
Located on the western edge of the South Downs National Park, there are miles of footpaths radiating out of the city centre into the surrounding countryside.… Read more
This is an ever-growing list of dog-friendly pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants in Southampton and the surrounding area. Includes a description of each pub, plus where to find them.
With hundreds of acres of green spaces, four city parks recently named among the top parks in the UK and the New Forest and South Downs National Parks in easy reach, Southampton is a great place for dog owners.… Read more
Although fast food burger chains like McDonalds and Burger King have operated in the UK since the 70s and 80s, premium burger restaurant chains are a more recent phenomenon in these parts.
Most have opened in the last few years. One of the veteran chains of this type however is Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), founded in 2001.
GBK recently opened at Southampton’s Guildhall Square.… Read more
Here are 12 places you can see the autumn colours in Hampshire, including many places you can visit for free.
One of the things that makes the transition from long summer days to long winter nights more bearable is the burst of autumn colour we get to see in September, October and November.
And while the UK doesn’t naturally enjoy the multitude of colour seen in places like the US or Japan, where there are naturally more species of trees, you still can’t beat an autumn walk in an ancient forest or a tree-lined avenue as the leaves fall gently around you.… Read more
Although overall UK beer sales have dropped in the last few years, there’s still evidence that the popularity of craft beer and real ale is still on the rise.
For instance, almost 3 in 5 small brewers expect their turnover to increase in 2017 and big beer companies like AB InBev and Carlsberg continue to buy smaller breweries to snatch back some of the market share craft beer has nicked from their big brands.… Read more
