Charlie Mackle

The Gravediggers' Arms Charlie Mackle

This updated second edition of The Gravediggers' Arms by Charlie Mackle collects the first forty pint-sized instalments of life in the Gravediggers' Arms, published in Swan Supping, the magazine of the Aylesbury Vale and Wycombe Branch of CAMRA. It offers a humorous take on what's undoubtedly the country's finest institution - the Great British Pub. The Gravediggers' Arms is probably the worst pub in England. Its microbrewery produces brews that are even more foul than the tempers of its unhygienic regulars. Beers like Old Septic Tank, Undescended Gonad and Ferret's Liver Liquorice Stout would be guaranteed to give even the most fanatical beer ticker the hangover from hell. Nestling in a secluded setting somewhere between the abattoir and the toxic waste dump, The Gravediggers' is the ultimate pub that you wish you hadn't stumbled into. Follow the mind-boggling schemes dreamed up by landlord James and Mazz, his enterprising barmaid, in their valiant bids to turn the Diggers into a semblance of a viable - and clean - pub. And discover how each of those futile attempts is invariably thwarted by the incorrigible locals, including the truculent trio of Old Pete, Old Joe and Old Moses. This updated edition contains full tasting notes of 80 of the foulest beers to have been served at the Gravediggers' bar.