City of Ale
Norwich's City of Ale is a grand celebration of Norwich's many pubs and generally about the only time of the year I get to sample any of the pubs in Norwich, since the CAMRA beer festival(s) tend not to lend themselves to you wanting to explore many further pubs, which funnily enough is largely the whole reason City of Ale came about in the first place to celebrate the pubs not just the beer, and whilst Norwich may be a fine city to some, opinion is divided on that from us South folk...and Ive normally no reason to visit the place. Whats not in dispute is Norwich does have a fair share more of good pubs serving good ale than most places, so its always a good excuse to hop on a train and spend a relaxed day out there visiting them as long as you dont have to spend too much time participating in football related things. The event started back in 2011, and without the cancellation due to lockdowns of the previous years would have been celebrating its 12th anniversary this year,its