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 !!







Friday, 21 February 2014

Bar Estilo

I'd arranged to meet Shelley and her friend Lisa at Bar Estilo in The Mailbox. They had finished their food and were on the wine so I did what any discerning gentleman would do in the circumstances...went up the bar to get my own drink !!

The chances of me getting a real ale at Bar Estilo were about as unlikely as a Blues win earlier that day though the 'choice' of just one draught beer of any description (Spanish lager Estrella) beggared belief. I assumed the price of the beer included a return trip to Spain to fetch the drink as it was a Spanish eye watering £4.60 a pint, made worse by the fact that when my change arrived on a tray (don't you just hate that?!) it was a fiver short !!

The lack of draught beer did little to deter folk from visiting the place as it was extremely busy, however the fact that it was standing room only wasn't a problem for me I found myself a place next to Shelley's friend Lisa...



As bars go it is definitely a place that is more geared towards eating rather than drinking but by that stage I was salivating at the prospect of pie and chips back in Tamworth, so we posed for one final snap...




...said our goodbyes to Lisa and made our way to catch the replacement bus back to Staffordshire.
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