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BRAPA is .... SOMEHOW ALLOWED IN BERRY BROW (2024 Yorkshire Mop Up continued)

Si Everitt

Nov 5, 20236 min read

BRAPA is .... SOMEHOW ALLOWED IN BERRY BROW (2024 Yorkshire Mop Up continued)

Thursday 5th October, 3pm. New ticks in Barnsley, Huddersfield and Sheffield City Centre? I thought I was supposed to be some kind of...

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Si Everitt

Nov 1, 20233 min read

BRAPA MONTH END REVIEW - OCTOBER 2023

Good evening Friends of the BRAP, This is my favourite time of year. Bonfires burning bright, pumpkin faces in the night, red and brown...

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BRAPA in .... CAN I TAKE THIS BAR-HOLM WITH ME? (SOUTH LINCS LOVE IN)

Si Everitt

Oct 24, 20237 min read

BRAPA in .... CAN I TAKE THIS BAR-HOLM WITH ME? (SOUTH LINCS LOVE IN)

Saturday 30th September, and what a month it had been. 56 ticks and 5 more today made it 61. And most pleasing of all, a generous new...

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BRAPA is .... TICKING UP TO BOSTON : THE DAWN OF A NEW GBG SEASON

Si Everitt

Oct 23, 20237 min read

BRAPA is .... TICKING UP TO BOSTON : THE DAWN OF A NEW GBG SEASON

Thursday 28th September, the official release date of the 2024 Good Beer Guide. The churn™ had been 4% kinder to me than in 2022, and...

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BRAPA .... THE EMBARGO YEARS : A PENISTONE, A HORNBEAM AND A WINCLE

Si Everitt

Oct 22, 20238 min read

BRAPA .... THE EMBARGO YEARS : A PENISTONE, A HORNBEAM AND A WINCLE

Still no 2024 Good Beer Guide sitting on my doormat when I returned home from Dundee on Saturday 16th September, and this was still the...

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BRAPA .... IT'S THE TAYSIDE/FIFE COUNTDOWN (8-1) : PART 5/5

Si Everitt

Oct 17, 20238 min read

BRAPA .... IT'S THE TAYSIDE/FIFE COUNTDOWN (8-1) : PART 5/5

So here we are, the top eight pub experiences of my week in Scotland ..... 8. Ship Inn, Broughty Ferry (visited Thursday 14th September...

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BRAPA ... STRATEGY AGM 2023/24 : THE NORTHERN PROGRESS

Si Everitt

Oct 16, 20236 min read

BRAPA ... STRATEGY AGM 2023/24 : THE NORTHERN PROGRESS

Good evening BRAPees, Let's kick off the working week with something a bit different. Partly because I know I won't be able to bang out...

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BRAPA .... IT'S THE TAYSIDE/FIFE COUNTDOWN (16-9) : PART 4/5

Si Everitt

Oct 15, 20237 min read

BRAPA .... IT'S THE TAYSIDE/FIFE COUNTDOWN (16-9) : PART 4/5

We're approaching the business end of the countdown of my recent 40 pub holiday of Tayside and Fife. Without any further ado, let's see...

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BRAPA .... IT'S THE TAYSIDE/FIFE COUNTDOWN (24-17) : PART 3/5

Si Everitt

Oct 13, 20237 min read

BRAPA .... IT'S THE TAYSIDE/FIFE COUNTDOWN (24-17) : PART 3/5

Time to move from the mediocre to the type of pub where you depart with a confused smile on your face and breathe 'not too bad really!' ,...

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BRAPA .... IT'S THE TAYSIDE/FIFE COUNTDOWN (32-25) : PART 2/5

Si Everitt

Oct 11, 20236 min read

BRAPA .... IT'S THE TAYSIDE/FIFE COUNTDOWN (32-25) : PART 2/5

To those of you unfortunate souls who waded through the bad and non existent real ale of Part 1, the good news is that things are about...

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BRAPA .... IT'S THE FIFE/TAYSIDE COUNTDOWN (40-33) : PART 1/5

Si Everitt

Oct 9, 20237 min read

BRAPA .... IT'S THE FIFE/TAYSIDE COUNTDOWN (40-33) : PART 1/5

Greetings pub pickers! 40 GBG pubs in either 2023 or 2024 editions (or in most cases, both) were visited on my recent holiday where I...

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BRAPA in .... NO REST(ER) IN MY QUEST(ER) TO TICK LEICESTER

Si Everitt

Oct 8, 20236 min read

BRAPA in .... NO REST(ER) IN MY QUEST(ER) TO TICK LEICESTER

One of my biggest fails of the 2022/23 ticking season was my quest to make serious progress towards Leicestershire completion. I...

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BRAPA is .... SKEGBUSTER : 'TIDY' UP OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE COAST

Si Everitt

Oct 6, 20236 min read

BRAPA is .... SKEGBUSTER : 'TIDY' UP OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE COAST

I never expected my Skegness debut to begin with a walk down a tree-lined path in search of pub one. And although this sign didn't really...

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BRAPA is ... JUST-IN TIMBERLAND (MORE TALES FROM OBSCURE LINCS)

Si Everitt

Oct 4, 20233 min read

BRAPA is ... JUST-IN TIMBERLAND (MORE TALES FROM OBSCURE LINCS)

August Bank Holiday Sunday seems a long time ago now, probably because it was, and I was half way through a thoroughly rewarding Daddy...

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Si Everitt

Oct 1, 20232 min read

BRAPA MONTH END REVIEW - SEPTEMBER 2023

Good evening! I don't say it often enough, because it doesn't happen often enough, but that feeling of 'making genuine progress' is one...

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BRAPA in ... MIGHT AS WELL FACE IT I'M ADDICTED TO LINCS : FACE PALM(ER) IN SURFLEET (PT 1)

Si Everitt

Sep 29, 20234 min read

BRAPA in ... MIGHT AS WELL FACE IT I'M ADDICTED TO LINCS : FACE PALM(ER) IN SURFLEET (PT 1)

The lights weren't on, but they were home ...... Gone 12 noon at the Crown, Surfleet, on the latest Daddy BRAPA Lincs Chauffeuring...

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BRAPA in .... HAPPY NEW GOOD BEER GUIDE DAY : WHAT'S THE DAMAGE?

Si Everitt

Sep 28, 20236 min read

BRAPA in .... HAPPY NEW GOOD BEER GUIDE DAY : WHAT'S THE DAMAGE?

At 23:07 on Monday night, as I took my Stabilo to the ever reliable Victoria in Withington, Greater Manchester, I had completed the...

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BRAPA in ..... PEDRO CROSS THE MERSEY (MASCOT WOES IN THE 'POOL) PT 2/2

Si Everitt

Sep 27, 20234 min read

BRAPA in ..... PEDRO CROSS THE MERSEY (MASCOT WOES IN THE 'POOL) PT 2/2

Cross-ticking complete! Outcome revealed in 12 hrs time, but for now, let us return to Merseyside. With Bebington and New Ferry safely...

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BRAPA is ..... WAITING FOR THE GREAT LEAP BACKWARDS (GBG 2024 IS HERE!)

Si Everitt

Sep 21, 20232 min read

BRAPA is ..... WAITING FOR THE GREAT LEAP BACKWARDS (GBG 2024 IS HERE!)

Drop everything! The 2024 Good Beer Guide 'privilege scheme' copy has landed, one week before the official release date. Let the...

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BRAPA in ..... PEDRO CROSS THE MERSEY (MASCOT WOES ON THE WIRRAL) PT 1/2

Si Everitt

Sep 18, 20234 min read

BRAPA in ..... PEDRO CROSS THE MERSEY (MASCOT WOES ON THE WIRRAL) PT 1/2

A rare mascot outing for Pedro the Plum, as we took the train from Liverpool to Birkenhead on Saturday 19th August, a first BRAPA outing...

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