No prizes for the winner.

No slippage on these beer pumps at the new Bath Ales bar, Beerd in Bristol. As it’s in the west country, I’m guessing they’re Charge grips.

Photo from Beer Lens

Some of you may remember a little bike ride we did in September 2010. 1000 miles from John O’ Groat’s to Land’s End, tasting the finest ales and beers Britain has to offer (within our strict 2 week schedule!). Here’s what happened…

We have 2 fixed gears bike, 2 road bikes, a time trial bike and a tandem but we don’t have one of these…

This is the Hopworks Bike Bar. It carries a rechargeable ‘music pannier’, 2 kegs of beer and 3 large pizzas. Everything you need for a good night out!

I love that they’ve used cycle hubs for the tap handles… Hopwork Urban Brewery… HUB… get it?

There’s more information on the bike here and on the beer here.

Thanks to our friend Phil for sending the link

1. WiseCracker Bottle Opener – Slips in between your headset spacers.

2. Road Popper – Discreetly attaches to your saddle rails.

3. Feather Cycles Custom Build – Ricky puts some much attention to detail into his bikes, the bottle opener on the dropout is a lovely touch.

Best Beer: Thornbridge - Jaipur

Best Bottled: Thornbridge – Jaipur

Best Cask: St Austell – Proper Job (HM: High House Farm: Farmers Pride)

Most Satisfying: Black Isle - Yellowhammer IPA (after the 120 mile long wet hilly cycle we had to do!)

Most Unusual: Stewart Brewing - Dopplebock (HM – Theakstons: Grouse Beater)

Cheapest: Penzance – Tremenheere (JD Weatherspoons) - £1.95 (do we count the £1.40 for the Bitter in the Gardeners Arms, a Samuel Smiths pub in Harrogate?)

Most Expensive: Stratford Upon Avon – The Encore - £3.25 (UBU Purity)

Best Pub: Edmundbyers – Punch Bowl

Best Brewery: Thornbridge

Best Brewery Tour: Whychwood / Brakespear (they know how to put on a brewery tour alright)

Best YHA: Ilam (HM: Edmundbyers)

Best Local: Helmsdale: Abusive Scottish Local ‘Are you a Portuguese gay who works for al-Qaeda’ (HM: Generous folk in the Stratford Upon Avon pub)

Best Quote: ‘You naughty boys, you didn’t tell me about the bread!’ – Owner and Landlord of YHA Clyffe Pypard (HM: ‘I’m so pissed, bet you haven’t seen anyone so pissed’ – the nice lady who owns the B&B we stayed at in Perth)

From here:

With a bit of this:

And learning about this:

To here: