It has been a long time since the pub trade felt this exciting. After nearly thirty years behind and around the bar, years shaped by 'old school' landlords, the kind who wore their experience like spilt beer on their shirts, the rhythm of the industry can start to feel predictable. Familiar faces, familiar pints, familiar decline. And then, suddenly, something shifts. That shift came in February, when The Derby Tup welcomed a new landlord, and with him, a completely different kind of energy. A New Landlord, A New Vision Ade Cole is not your typical pub tenant. Younger than most, a local lad rather than an imported lifer, and, crucially, a brewer. Where many brewers remain behind the scenes, content to produce and distribute, Ade made the far riskier move: taking on a pub that had begun to slip into decline and reshaping it from the inside out. The vision was simple, but ambitious. Not just to run a pub, but to transform it into a brewery tap—a living, breathing space...
The notebook of a renegade bartender and amateur drinking enthusiast with a passion for real ale, beer festivals, microbrewing, and pubs. Relentless rants on what to drink, while quaffing, scoffing and reviewing from both sides of the bar.