Albert’s Schloss is a Bavarian-style Bierkeller with entertainment on Shaftesbury Avenue in The Trocadero site that previously housed the execrable Rainforest Café. Named after Queen Victoria’s other half, the venue opened in July 2024 and is the fourth site bearing the brand, with the first one opening in Manchester in 2015, followed by Liverpool, Birmingham, and finally London.
Award-winning brewers Innis & Gunn give their beers both barrels – whisky barrels that is…
Innis & Gunn – brewing up award-winning, flavour-packed beers since 2003. Innis & Gunn’s bourbon barrel-aged Original ale is the one that started it all and is their flagship brew. But how does it compare to their new limited edition Islay Whisky Cask ale? Beer usually has four ingredients – malt, hops, yeast and […]
Zero Degrees Craft Brewery, Reading
Zero Degrees – A Reading Micro-Brewery with excellent grub! Reading was the first place I ever bought a house – even 30 years ago I was priced out of London but I could afford a tiny, semi derelict and flea infested terrace there. I have something of a soft spot for the town – although […]


