The Railway, Greenford Part 2

Playing North Greenford United in the FA Cup gave us a chance to re-visit The Railway in Greenford and try the beer this time.

Travelling to this part of the world seems to be unlucky for us, as again the traffic was against us and we didn't arrive until 1410 with a little bit of drizzle. So not having enough time to order and eat any food we tried the Mad Goose Pale Ale instead.

Brewed the Purity Brewery on a farm near Studley in Warwickshire, it is named after the mad geese that patrol the farm. After pouring it looks almost golden and has a slight orange zest note and is very drinkable. At 4.6 ABV it's maybe not a session beer.

As a side note, we noticed on our second visit to The Railway, the soundtrack had moved on a decade and the bar steward that could not add up was not on shift. I hope he wasn't given the bullet following our report from our first visit!

We planned on leaving the pub with enough time to travel the remaining half mile to the ground in Berkeley Avenue but emerged to a monsoon in the car park. As the time approached 1500 we though we would miss the kick off but arrived at the ground to hear the whistle go as we went through the turnstile.

Once in the ground we noticed that Pipeman 118 was there and had cycled from Crouch End in the monsoon. What a legend!