Pubs of 2014

Right, here we go...... The purpose of this blog is to log all the pubs that I have visited and consumed an alcoholic beverage in during 2014. The rules are quite simple, the establishment needs to be a public house, it sounds straightforward but it may get complicated for example things that wouldn't count are a visit to the bar at the cricket, a pre gig drink in a concert venue, a drink at the Birmingham German market etc. As judge and jury my decision is final, and if I'm in any doubt I won't count it.



My prediction as at the start of the year is that the final number will be somewhere around the 200 mark though I won't go to pubs just to get the numbers up, it will be a true reflection of my pub visting year.



My posts will include information about the pub, the ambience of the surroundings, the choice and quality of the beer, any interesting or amusing anecdotes about my visit and, where possible, photographic evidence.



I will try and keep the information as accurate as possible noting that alcohol consumption means that at times this may prove difficult !!



The format of the posts is simple, the first visit to the pub will be the blog entry and that post will be updated for any subsequent visit.



Hope you enjoy it...



Cheers

UPDATE January 2015

Right, that's it, it's finally finished, some 259 pubs later !! It's been hard work but it's nice being able to look back and relive the drinking experiences of 2014.

I am pleased with the final result and whilst I've been reviewing it, I have actually laughed a few times at my own jokes !!

A word of warning, it does start off a bit slow (some of my posts from Bath are a bit dull) but stick with it. In hindsight the format of posting repeat visits to a pub on the original post at times doesn't work very well when reading the blog in its' entirety but on the whole I'm pleased with it and I hope that you enjoy it.

I have stated this in the blog but I will say it again, thanks to anyone that I have had a beer with in 2014 and special thanks to Shelley for her patience !!







Tuesday, 14 January 2014

The Slug and Lettuce

The final hostelry of our Bath pub crawl was The Slug and Lettuce, a chain pub that catered for Bath's yoof, highlighted by the fact that Jaegerbombs appeared to be the drink of choice judging by the promotional posters around the venue.



 It was hardly a surprise to discover that it didn't serve any real ale so rather than go down the Jaegerbomb route I opted for a fairly uninspiring pint of Beck's Vier whilst asking the barmaid directions to the nearest curry house. Unfortunately she sent us in the wrong direction which was made worse by the fact that the wet weather that had blighted most of Britain over the new year period had now made its' way to Bath. Thankfully a local resident pointed us in the direction of the fabulous Bengal Brasserie where we enjoyed a great meal though by that stage my pint of Kingfisher really was the coup de grace !!

The border to the UK had only been open a matter of hours so it was somewhat of a surprise that our cab home was driven by a Romanian !!
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