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 !!







Sunday, 23 February 2014

The Bishop Vesey

Given that this is another typical Wetherspoon's pub it would be easy to bash the Bishop Vesey but there is a good reason that this pub has featured in the CAMRA good beer guide for thirteen consecutive years, it is a really good venue.

The pub is particularly busy at weekends when it is a used by patrons of Bodmere's bustling balti belt...wow check out that alliteration !!

I used to use The Vesey a lot during the time that I lived in Boldmere and, although a Wetherspoons pub and therefore pretty cheap, I quite often used to spend a fair bit of money in there as we used to use it as a 19th hole following a round of golf at neighbouring Boldmere golf course and almost without exception I'd lose any golf bets so I'd regularly be up the bar in my plus fours !!

On the night I went there I was given the very difficult choice of what must have been ten real ales eventually opting for a pint of Ruddles best bitter for myself and a Carling for my lager loving former flatmate Neil..



The pub has got two floors so we took a seat upstairs by the window, a vantage point that gave us a panoramic view of the Boldmere Strip though we could not quite see as far as Fuzzy Growlers...a dog grooming salon just incase you were wondering !!



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