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2024
9 Breweries and Pubs in Portland, Oregon (3 November 2024) 4 Breweries and Taps in Seaside, Oregon (21 September 2024) 2 Beer Taps and Breweries in Central West Portland (19 August 2024) 3 pubs and breweries in and near Austin, Texas (15 July 2024)	3 brewpubs in San Francisco and Orange County, California (11 May 2024) 3 taps and breweries in Bordeaux, France (15 April 2024) Four pubs in California including 2 mountain breweries (18 March 2024) Five Brewpubs and Pubs in Sheffield City Centre (12 February 2024)
2023
Four breweries and pubs in Sacramento, California (30 December 2023) Three pubs and breweries in Berkeley and Oakland, California (19 November 2023) Three micropubs in Hillsborough, Sheffield (15 October 2023) Three Breweries and Pubs in Auburn, California (4 September 2023)	Five breweries and taps in Bakersfield, California (25 July 2023) Three pubs in Abbeydale Road, Sheffield (30 April 2023) Four breweries and pubs near the Central California coast (20 March 2023) Two breweries in Bakersfield and one tavern in San Francisco (6 February 2023)
2022
Five Brewpubs in Alameda and Oakland (20 December 2022) Three Breweries and Pubs in Santa Cruz (15 November 2022) Two Brewpubs in Monterey (3 October 2022)	Two Brewpubs in Paso Robles (20 August 2022) Two Brewpubs in Southwest Bakersfield (4 July 2022) Perch, Sheffield City Centre (24 March 2022)
2021
Millowners Arms, Kelham Island, Sheffield (December 14, 2021) Heist Brewing Company, Neepsend, Sheffield (November 2, 2021)	Early Bar in Crookes, Sheffield (July 20, 2021) Cans of Beer and Takeaway Pints during Lockdown (April 26, 2021)
2020
Triple Point Brewing Company, Sheffield (November 23, 2020) Raven Inn, Walkley, Sheffield (27 August 2020) Two Brewpubs in Fremont, Seattle (6 June 2020)	Two Brewpubs in Lake City, Seattle (29 March 2020) Optimism Brewery in Capitol Hill, Seattle (14 February 2020) Old Stove Brewery in Pike Place Market, Seattle (5 January 2020)
2019
Three Brewpubs in Ballard, Seattle (28 November 2019) Two Brewpubs in Sodo, Seattle (21 October 2019) The Crow Inn, Sheffield (25 August 2019) The Brass Monkey and Saint Mars of the Desert, Sheffield (30 June 2019)	Two Microbrew Bars in Downtown Los Angeles (18 May 2019) Three Brewpubs in Anaheim (24 March 2019) Two more micropubs in Sheffield (24 February 2019) Two Breweries in Long Beach (19 January 2019)
2018
Two Pubs in California's South Bay (25 November 2018) The Bruery in Placentia, California (20 October 2018) The Dorothy Pax on Sheffield's Victoria Quays (8 August 2018) The Blind Monkey in Walkley (21 April 2018)	Two More Micropubs in Sheffield (21 April 2018) Guzzle, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (4 March 2018) Smog City Brewing Company, Long Beach, California (3 February 2018)
2017
Two Pubs in Berkeley, California (30 December 2017) Three Pubs in San Francisco, California (26 November 2017) Four Pubs In and Near Oakland, California (23 October 2017) The Angler's Rest in Bamford / Community Owned Pubs (4 September 2017) The Banner Cross Hotel in Sheffield (23 July 2017)	The Drink Inn in Sheffield (8 June 2017 - CLOSED) The Horse & Jockey in Wadsley (6 May 2017) The Itchy Pig in Sheffield (26 March 2017 Two Pubs at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (26 February 2017) Three Pubs in and near Downtown Los Angeles (1 January 2017)
2016
Two Pubs in Long Beach (22 November 2016) Four Pubs in Torrance (16 October 2016) Two Newly Discovered Pubs in Sheffield (28 August 2016) Sentinel Brewhouse in Sheffield (31 July 2016)	Portland House in Sheffield (25 June 2016) The Head of Steam in Sheffield (15 May 2016) The Clubhouse in Sheffield (2 April 2016) Three Miscellaneous Pubs in Sheffield (7 February 2016)
2015
Two Cask Ale Venues in Crookes (7 December 2015) Two Pubs in Chesterfield (27 October 2015) Three Pubs in Belfast (12 September 2015) The Crown Liquor Saloon in Belfast (8 August 2015) Two Pubs In and Near Sheffield's Division Street (10 June 2015)	The Sunflower in Belfast (2 May 2015) Two Unusual Cask Ale Venues / The Eternal Pub-Supermarket Cycle (4 April 2015) The Brothers Arms in Sheffield (22 February 2015) Four Airport Pubs and Bars (17 January 2015)
2014
Three Pubs in East Central Portland (15 November 2014) The Brewhouse in Sheffield (18 October 2014) 2 Pubs in Long Beach (13 September 2014) 2 Pubs in Portland's Pearl District (10 August 2014) 3 Pubs in Southeast Central Portland (29 June 2014)	3 Pubs in Southwest Downtown Portland (31 May 2014) 2 Pubs on the Isle of Axholme (18 April 2014) 2 More Pubs in Derbyshire (21 March 2014) 2 More Pubs in Oakland (8 February 2014)
2013
2 More Pubs in Southern California (22 December 2014) 2 Pubs in Balloch (23 November 2013) 3 Pubs in the Northern Bay Area (26 October 2013) 4 Pubs in Dumfries (22 September 2013) 3 Pubs in Sacramento (24 August 2013) 3 Pubs in Oakland (27 July 2013)	2 Pubs in Sonoma County (29 June 2013) 2 New-ish Pubs in Sheffield (30 April 2013) 2 Pubs in Bakewell (30 March 2013) 2 Pubs In and Near Nether Edge (21 February 2013) 5 Completely Miscellaneous Sheffield Pubs (16 January 2013)
2012
2 Historic Pubs in Sheffield (3 December 2012) Steel City Beer Festival (3 November 2012) Four Pubs in Bridlington (29 September 2012) Two Pubs in Orange County / Honkytonks with Good Beer (25 August 2012) Two Pubs in Downtown Long Beach (29 July 2012)	Two Pubs in Los Angeles (1 July 2012) Two Pubs in California's San Fernando Valley (26 May 2012) Three More Sheffield City Centre Pubs (14 April 2012) Two Pubs in Ringinglow Road (11 February 2012) Two More Pubs in Leicestershire (17 March 2012)
2011
Two Historic Pubs in Sheffield (31 December, 2011) Four Publike Bars in Sheffield City Centre (8 December, 2011) Four Pubs in Central Sheffield (October 23, 2011) Two Pubs in Barrow upon Soar (September 24, 2011) Four Pubs In and Near London Road (August 28, 2011) Three Pubs In and Near Ecclesall Road (July 30, 2011) Two Pubs In and Near Bradfield (June 28, 2011)	Two "New" Pubs in Sheffield (May 30, 2011) Three Pubs in Attercliffe / The Last Gibbeted Person in England (May 5, 2011) Cisco's Brewpub / Travel Exhaustion (April 4, 2011) The Millstone Inn / More on Pub Animals (March 6, 2011) Two Pubs in Vista, California (January 29, 2011) Three Pubs in Seattle, Washington (January 1, 2011)
2010
Two Pubs and Breweries in San Marcos (December 5, 2010) Four Pubs in Hollywood, Long Beach, and Seal Beach (November 14, 2010) Two Pizza Ports on the Southern California Coast (October 9, 2010) Stone Brewing Company / Disneyland for Beer Lovers (September 17, 2010) Four Pubs on the Norfolk Coast / Tiny Carts (July 17, 2010)	Three Pubs in Newark on Trent (June 6, 2010) The Lodge Bar in Chester (March 3, 2010) The Castle Hotel in Ruthin, Wales (January 24, 2010) Two More Pubs in Chesterfield / Those Dangerous Brews (April 10, 2010)
2009
3 Pubs in Teesdale (December 13, 2009) 2 Pubs in and near Carlisle (October 31, 2009) 3 Pubs in Conwy (September 20, 2009) The York in Sheffield (August 19, 2009)	The Wig & Pen in Sheffield (May 31, 2009) The Old Poets Corner in Ashover (April 19, 2009) 3 More Pubs in Leicester / Strategies for Keeping Pubs Open (March 8, 2009) The Nottingham House in Sheffield (January 1, 2009)
2008
The University Arms in Sheffield (November 2, 2008) The Queen Victoria in Leicester (September 21, 2008) Three More Pubs in Sheffield (July 26, 2008) Four More Pubs in Aberdeen (June 22, 2008)	Two Pubs in California (May 11, 2008) Two Pubs on the Sheffield Flood Route / The Real Great Flood of Sheffield (March 24, 2008) Three Pubs in Oregon / A McMenamin's Theme (February 9, 2008)
2007
Five Pubs in Kirkwall, Orkney (December 29, 2007) Three Pubs in Seattle / Physically Moving Pubs (November 4, 2007) Four Pubs in Aberdeen / Music as Decor (September 12, 2007) Two Pubs in Stromness / The Lure of the North Pole (August 12, 2007)	White Lion / Living on a Hill (June 6, 2007) Two Pubs in Fulwood Road / Barnsley Coffeebeer (April 15, 2007) Three Pubs in and near the Hope Valley / Collective Nouns for Motorcycles (February 21, 2007)
2006
Three Pubs in Chesterfield / Predicting Bird Behaviour (December 8, 2006) Two pubs in London / Touring Southwark (October 8, 2006) Six Pubs in North and East Yorkshire / Lost on the North Yorkshire Moors (August 12, 2006) Four pubs in Leicester / Green Swans and Horsy Pubs (June 25, 2006) Two Pubs in Northwest England (May 21, 2006)	The Sun Hotel / Donald Campbell and Coniston Bluebird (April 21, 2006) Five Pubs in Northern Ireland / The Northern Irish Bar (March 9, 2006) Two Pubs by the Kyles of Bute / Tighnabruaich: Remote and Unpronounceable (February 10, 2006) Two Pubs near the River Loxley / Robin Hood and his Merry Ships (January 2, 2006)
2005
The Golden Fleece / James Herriot Land (December 2, 2005) Two Pubs in Derbyshire / Searching the Peaks for Sunday Lunch (October 17, 2005) The Sheaf View / Sensual Beer Glasses (September 11, 2005) Three Pubs In and East of Doncaster / Music Pubs and the Chesterfield Canal (July 31, 2005) Four Pubs in York / The City of York, Ghosts, and Doggy Beers (June 24, 2005)	Three pubs in Durham / Deathly Silent Pubs (May 23, 2005) Three more pubs in Newcastle / Train & Planes and Talkative Beers (April 11, 2005) Two pubs in Newcastle / Newcastle upon Tyne and Pirate-Ship Pubs (March 23, 2005) The Turks Head Hotel, Tynemouth / Football Telepathy and Late Column Excuses (February 2, 2005)
2004
Two pubs in Manchester / Annual Rainfall and Dada Pubs (November 22, 2004) Two pubs in Chesterfield / The Smell of Leather (September 11, 2004) The Riverside Cafe Bar / The River Don and Smoking in Pubs (July 5, 2004) The Dunkirk Inn / Giant Pies and Bad Songwriting (June 1, 2004)	Two pubs East of Doncaster / Camels (April 21, 2004) The Roebuck Tavern, Sheffield / Cervine Pubs (March 19, 2004) The Three Tuns, Sheffield / Pointy Pubs (February 2, 2004) The Castle Hotel, Castleton/ Bizarre Roadside Attractions (January 12, 2004)
2003
The Railway, Liverpool / An Indiscriminate Beatles Tour (November 26, 2003) The Red Deer, Sheffield / Pub Eccentrics (November 5, 2003) Ye Derwent Hotel, Bamford / Pubs That Talk (October 20, 2003 - CLOSED) Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield (October 8, 2003) The Old Bell, Harrogate / Drunken Duck Quacks (September 22, 2003) Three pubs in Sheffield / Looking for Connections (September 9, 2003) Two pubs in Derbyshire (August 22, 2003) Four pubs in Brighton / Hunting for Haunts (August 4, 2003) Two pubs in Broomhill / Student Pubs (July 14, 2003) The Bath Hotel / Blues Hopscotch (June 23, 2003) Two pubs just west of Sheffield / Stanage Edge Walks (May 26, 2003) The Springfield Tavern in Broomhall / The Definition of Full-ish (May 13, 2003)	The Red Lion in Epworth / Similiarities between South Yorkshire and Louisiana (April 29, 2003) Two pubs in Sharrow / The Mystery of Windross (April 14, 2003) Four pubs in Walkley (April 2, 2003) Two pubs in Hollywood / Hollywood's Pop History (March 18, 2002) Four pubs in the East Bay / The Art of Celebration (March 2, 2003) Two pubs near London (February 17, 2003) Five pubs in Southern California / A Plethora of Fizzy Beer (February 3, 2003) Three more pubs in Crookes / Cloned landlords (January 21, 2003) Three Brit-friendly pubs in California / The California no-smoking-in-bars law (January 6, 2003)
2002
Three pubs on the Sheffield-Glossop Road / The High Peak Lake District (December 24, 2002) Three pubs in Whitby / Dracula's Local (December 9, 2002) Cubley Hall, Cubley (November 20, 2002) Four pubs around Doncaster (November 3, 2002) Three pubs in Crookes / Magnetic Beer (October 20, 2002) Five pubs in Scotland (October 5, 2002) Three Rivelin Valley pubs / The Country Western Pub (August 31, 2002) Two pubs in Sheffield City Centre / Beastly named pubs (August 5, 2002) Two pubs in Commonside, Sheffield / TV in pubs (July 1, 2002)	Three pubs in the Peak District / The Magic of Derbyshire (June 18, 2002) New Barrack Tavern, Sheffield / Czech Hops (May 30, 2002) Walkley Cottage, Sheffield / Backwards Time (May 11, 2002) The Springvale, Sheffield / Living in an Infinite Loop (April 17, 2002) The Cask & Cutler, Sheffield / Cinematic Beers (April 3, 2002) The Gardeners Rest, Sheffield / Creatively Inspiring Pubs (March 19, 2002) The Hillsborough Hotel, Sheffield (March 6, 2002) Three pubs in and near Dover (February 18, 2002)
2001
Two pubs in Sheffield (January 7, 2001) Two pubs near Lenham / The Health Properties of Hops (December 2, 2001) Two pubs on the Kent Weald (November 6, 2001) Two pubs on the Sussex Coast (October 18, 2001) Three pubs on the Isle of Oxney / The Humanity of Beer (October 1, 2001) Rose & Crown Beer Festival Old Romney / The Schilling (August 22, 2001) Two pubs in East Sussex (August 6, 2001) Two pubs in Sheffield / Pool Tables and Colour (July 18, 2001)	The Red Lion Snargate Beer Festival 2000 (June 30, 2001) The Fat Cat, Sheffield (June 6, 2001) Two Marsh pubs near Ashford (May 21, 2001) Four Travel Inn pubs / Motorway Pints (April 16, 2001) Three pubs near Hythe / UFOs over Kent (March 12, 2001) Wetherspoon's, Folkestone / Arctic Ales (February 27, 2001) The Royal Oak in Lydd / Cats, Dogs, and Beer (February 13, 2001) Three pubs in and near Folkestone (January 30, 2001) Three pubs in the North Downs (January 15, 2001)
2000
Two pubs in Lincolnshire and Leicestershire (December 30, 2000) Three pubs in Battle (December 4, 2000) Two pubs in and near Canterbury (November 21, 2000) Two pubs in Peasemarsh / Flood Beers (October 30, 2000) Three pubs in Hythe / Pub Fortunes (October 2, 2000) Two pubs in South Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire (September 18, 2000) Three pubs in London / The Tour Bus Effect (September 4, 2000) The Earl Grey, Folkestone / Charles Dickens' Clutziness (August 21, 2000) Three pubs in and near Chichester/ The city of Chichester (August 7, 2000) The Kent Beer Festival 2000, Canterbury, Kent (July 24, 2000) Four pubs east of Ashford / The potential neuropsychological benefits of beer therapy (July 3, 2000)	Three pubs in Rye / Easter Sunday (June 12, 2000) The Mogul, Dover (May 29, 2000 - CLOSED) The Guild Hall, Folkestone / World's Best Macaroni and Cheese (May 15, 2000) Four pubs in St. Margarets-at-Cliffe (May 1, 2000) Four pubs in Sussex / Sussex in General (April 17, 2000) Five pubs in Hastings / The Pub from Hell (April 3, 2000) The Six Bells, Lyminster / Total Deception (March 20, 2000) Seven pubs in Hythe / Cask Breathers (February 24, 2000) The White Cliffs Winter Beer Festival 2000, Dover, Kent (February 14, 2000) Six pubs in the Canterbury area / Pub Opening Hours (January 31, 2000) Three more pubs on the Romney Marsh / The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (January 17, 2000) Four pubs on the Romney Marsh / Legends of the Romney Marsh (January 3, 2000)
1999
The Sportsman's Bar, Folkestone / CAMRA's narrowmindness (December 23, 1999) Four Yorkshire area pubs / The goodness of Yorkshire ales (November 29, 1999) Four pubs in Sandgate vs. Cheriton / Corporate destruction of good pubs (November 15, 1999) The Hastings Beer Festival, East Sussex July 1999 / Bottled English beers (November 1, 1999) Seven pubs in Folkestone / The Typical English Pub (October 18, 1999)	Six pubs in the Los Angeles Area / Bidding the West Coast goodbye (October 4, 1999) Nine pubs in the San Francisco Bay Area / Beer in Outer Space (May 1999) Nine more pubs in Kent and East Sussex / British Bottled Beer Tasting (April 1999) Three pubs in Kent and East Sussex / Tied vs. Free Houses (March 1999) Kinkora Pub, Capitol Hill, Seattle WA / Winter Beer Enigma (January-February 1999)
1998
Pyramid Alehouse and Brewery, SoDo, Seattle WA / All About Hops (December 1998) Bill's Tavern and Brewhouse, Cannon Beach OR / Macrobrews and Duct Tape (November 1998) Hale's Brewery and Pub, Fremont, Seattle WA / Alcohol Rating Methods (October 1998) Ram Restaurant & Big Horn Brewery, Tacoma WA / The Butterfly Effect (September 1998) Elysian Brewery, Capitol Hill, Seattle WA / Beer and Love (August 1998)	3 Brewpubs in Los Angeles & Long Beach / Long Beaches and Mustaches (July 1998) Pint of Seattle Beer Festival at ArtsEdge, Seattle Center (June 1998) Pike Pub and Brewery, Pike Place Market, Seattle WA / The Weirdness of Sports (June 1998) McMenamin's on Roy Street, Lower Queen Anne, Seattle WA / Third Places (May 1998) Maritime Pacific Jolly Roger Taproom, Ballard, Seattle WA / Beer in General (April 1998)

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