Best bar

Brand: Favourite bar is a tough one, 2016 seemed to be the year for UK breweries and I think that’s reflected in the trips we made, from doing the Bermondsey beer mile for Hedges birthday to visiting taprooms like Staggeringly Good. My favourite place we visited for drinks last year has to be the Beavertown Brewery in Tottenham Hale for my birthday back in July. They had an awesome selection of cans and beer on tap, plus we were blessed with the summer sun. The whole thing had a really good vibe and was a great place for meeting up with a big group of mates. I can’t believe how lucky I am to have this so close my hometown! I also really enjoyed Crossing the Rubicon that we visited in Glasgow and have to give a nod to the Wave Maiden, Portsmouth, that’s become my local go to place for speciality beers.

Hedges: Going to Copenhagen this year means it’s like having a cheat code for this question - I’m almost spoilt for choice here. So I’m going to cheat and say two: Mikkeller & Friends and Warpigs. Despite only being in Copenhagen for 3 nights, we managed to visit both of these twice. I would suggest visiting Warpigs in the daytime for some sweet lunch-time beers and BBQ meat and Mikkeller & Friends for an evening to try a beer from their ever rotating 40 taps.

Other highlights include Beavertown Brewery; where one of the taproom staff managed to hunt out the last remaining can of Bloody Notorious in the brewery for me (you are my hero), Tapping the Admiral; a real gem of a pub in North London with fantastic friendly staff and The Southampton Arms; another North London treasure with a fine selection of beer and cider.