Writer and blogger specialising in alcohol-free beer, craft beer, hospitality and getting outdoors.
Posts about food and drink including pub and restaurant reviews, recipes, craft beer and the latest in my search for Hampshire's best burger.
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
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
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
Read this review of a light lunch with a cake dessert at the Corner House – a cafe/restaurant a few minutes from Winchester city centre.
The centre of Winchester can get a tad busy on a weekend. Luckily, there are plenty of places away from the hustle and bustle of the High Street and Cathedral Close to escape to for a drink or bite to eat.… Read more
Find out how I got on exploring six of Portsmouth and Southsea’s craft beer bars and real ale pubs on a mini Portsmouth pub crawl.
I’ve been raving about Southampton’s craft beer and real ale scene for a while. And with good reason.
What about it’s south-coast neighbour, Portsmouth? Its football club has faced a decline in recent years – has Southampton left it behind in the beer stakes too?… Read more
Some people say Southampton has too many burger restaurants. I disagree, obviously.
The latest burger joint to open in Southampton is Vospers, over in Centenary Quay (aka Woolston Waterside).
Vospers is run by the same team that set up the Mettricks chain of coffee houses in the city. Most Sotonians will know that it’s named after Vosper Thornycroft, a company that built and maintained ships on this site until 2003.… Read more
