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 !!







Monday, 24 February 2014

The Queens Arms

We had time to visit one final pub before catching our last bus back to Shelley's brother's house, and ignoring the advice of both Craig and his mate Mike we opted for the lively Queen's Arms. Whereas the rest of the city centre had been relatively quiet this joint was jumping !!

The soundtrack was provided by a karaoke in the corner of the pub and we were serenaded by a version of I Wanna Dance With Somebody from a large lady squeezed into an ill fitting boob tube that would definitely have had grave movement from the late Whitney Houston.

My choice of Welsh Smooth (a bitter rather than a description of tv presenter Steve Jones) was a surprise one though maybe not as surprising as Craig's drink of choice tonic water due to stomach related issues !!



We took our positions in an alcove by the bar and took in the ambience of the place that was by now beginning to fill up, particularly round the pool table. I got the distinct impression that this was a local pub for local people. A man approached me and asked me something but I was completely unable to understand what he was saying due to him slurring every syllable....maybe the Welsh Smooth was stronger than I gave it credit for. He must have had tremendous powers of recovery though as a few minutes later he sang an acceptable karaoke version of Spirit In The Sky !!

The karaoke tunes got us throwing a few shapes though I can only imagine that Kung Fu Fighting was one of the songs given the weird poses in the first picture...

 
 
 
We decided on a swift half for the road before we left for the last bus relatively unscathed from our Queen's experience !!
 
 
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