Windsor got more going on for craft beer than you’d expect from a town this size. Five stops, each with its own character. Here’s the lot, in the order you’d naturally hit them coming from the castle. Windsor & Eton Brewery (Unit 4 Taproom) Windsor & Eton Brewery sits on the west side of Alexandra…
A guest post from Dylan — our daughter’s partner, attending Royal Ascot for the first time in 2025. I should state for the record that I am not a horse person. I have no strong feelings about horses in either direction, which I considered a perfectly reasonable position before attending an event where horses are,…
We got lucky with the weather both years — properly hot, occasionally a little too hot for the suit-and-fascinator combination, but that’s a reasonable price for actual sunshine at an outdoor event in England. The Royal Procession The Royal Procession is the centrepiece of the afternoon. The crowd lines the course, the carriages come through…
An ad for Royal Ascot popped up on my phone recently, and it sent me straight back to planning our two visits — the first a few years ago, and again in 2025. Both times it was Ian’s idea of a birthday present for me, delivered roughly a month after my actual birthday. Neither of…
Nine Budapest taprooms, one trip. This is the complete reference — every craft beer bar we visited, sorted by tap count so you can pick your ambition level. Full write-ups are linked where they exist; the rest are coming. Venue District Taps Price Focus Tasters Verdict Post Food Mixát Udvar↗ Map VIII — Palace Quarter…
Two stops on a Budapest Friday night — one for the atmosphere, one for the quiet. Both serve good craft beer; one also serves Metallica. HOPS Beer Bar Budapest The dive bar that earned it A Friday night in Budapest, and we stumbled into HOPS Beer Bar Budapest — what you’d call, in American English,…
The first post covered three places. There were others. These are three more from the same trip — one I’d go back to without hesitation, one that’s decent if the timing works, and one that happened on a Monday evening and was better than it had any right to be. Mixát Udvar — First Night,…
Quick advice before you plan your Budapest evenings: the ruin bars are the first thing every guide tells you to see, and they’re not wrong — go once, have a drink, take the photo. The beer in most of them is ordinary lager at tourist prices, sold to people who’ve already decided the building is…
Our real Budapest itinerary — six days, two baths, one free concert, a stolen towel, and 7 miles on foot in a single day. The useful version, not the fantasy one.
Three bars, two voices, one wine region — and absolutely zero expertise required. A practical guide to drinking Tokaji in Budapest.