A guest blog by David Ellis, editor of the Reveller and On The Sauce columnist, Evening Standard
For someone who once didn’t drink pints – don’t worry, I corrected such foolishness swiftly once my age piled up and by disposable income, cocktail money, dried up – it’s remarkable what role the pub has played in my career, and so too on the few hours of life not spent slavishly typing away for the Evening Standard
Editor, journalist and broadcaster, Lisa Markwell shares her thoughts on the things we've missed the most as we begin the countdown to being back at the bar.
Some of my greatest moments have happened standing at a bar (and once falling straight back from a bar like a felled tree… but perhaps let’s not go there today).
At an after-party years ago I was solo and feeling rather fragile after a recent surgery – the bloke who came to chat to me and compare injury notes while trying to catch the barman’s eye was Daniel Craig, arm in a sling thanks to a Bond stunt gone wrong. Now that’s a great bar moment.
I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a beer drinker. Yet weirdly over the past year or so during lockdowns, a proper pint from a pub has been one of the things I’ve missed the most. I can open a nice bottle of wine at home, I can just about mix a negroni for myself and the pre-dinner G&T before attempting to cook may not have been quite the same as one from a favourite hotel bar but it did the job. But a beer from a bottle or can from the fridge just isn’t the same as one from the barrel of a pub. That first sip of a freshly pulled pint of ice-cold lager is euphoric.
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It's the “love it or hate it” of the spirit world, a whisky that makes Marmite look like a unifying force. So if you love it already, what is there to say, and if you hate it.. will anything change your mind?
If you're looking to catch every triumphant tackle and try this Guinness Six Nations then be sure to check out our line up of some of the Capital's best beer gardens to soak up all the atmosphere! Plus book for your turf for food and we'll treat you to a round of Guinness on us!
Wave goodbye to wobbly Wi-Fi, banish those bedroom zooms and make a beeline for your local this Autumn.
