Part 1 = Episode 78 - This ain't Texas this is Rochdale, the mission to find new pubs and places continues - the podcast trio all meet up for a day in a very sunny Rochdale to tick off a wonderful range of heritage pubs, micros a brewery tap plus one that we will not be returning to! Throw in a stunning gothic town hall, friendly locals and a full Lancashire breakfast - listen to our take on a grand day out.

Episode 78 Part 2 -- In Part 2, we continue our journey around Rochdale's beery haunts, fail to find any Manchester Tarts and have a very memorable final pint. We stumble on a Brewery tap popular with football fans - some great micros and drink in the former haunt of Co Op legends

In Part 2 we talk about new ventures in Whitby Chapels, York's ancient houses and plan a podcast trip to the home of the Co op (and apparently a number of great pubs and bars) Rochdale.

Our mission to save our pubs and visit new towns and pubs continues - in this episode we discuss self serve Guiness machines at Cheltenham, new pub ticks across the UK including Victorean gems in London, Edinburgh and north Stoke, ancient revamps in York and Whitby, one of the country's best pubs in Leeds, and try and find something positive to report about Selby (Spoons and Doghouse save us)

Episode 76 Save our pubs - our try-annuary mission to seek out some new ground. Reports in the press report that a pub a day is closing at the moment so the MalTravAle trio are on a mission to support our pubs and visit as many new pubs and bars as we can over the next month – on this episode we report on trips to London, Lincoln Doncaster a great beer destination Congleton.

In Episode 75 Part 2 we finish the London trip with a final fling in Covent Garden and King cross – we then leap to Christmas in North Staffordshire and chasing carved mice in a Shropshire Brewery – we finish with some beer plans for 2026.

Episode 75 Part 1 - We three beer kings of Orient are – in Episode 75 we look back on Christmas 25 beery adventures, most of Part 1 is the Yorky boys festive trip to London paying extortionate prices for beers and making their own cocktails in some of Mr Smith’s finest capital establishments

In this episode, we visit Leeds' Northern Monk Brewery in Holgate, explore some hidden gems, and catch up on recent pub adventures and post-budget beer news.