My boss was at the bar when I arrived and offered to get me a drink so I went Dutch, by that I don't mean that I offered to pay half I mean that I ordered a pint of Netherland lager Amstel !!
I was joined by colleagues Edel, Val, Gloria and Liz and eventually Bill who, as always was running late. I've been out drinking with Bill before so it was no surprise when he ordered the strongest lager on offer, he doesn't do anything below 5% ABV, infact he used to be a member of what was called the Breakfast Club in his local Hertfordshire pub, lagers up to 5% were the Full English but Bill being Bill always opted for a full strength Continental !!
The pub is what you would expect from this particular chain a bit pretentious but not a bad place to go for a post work drink and the lack of pubs by the office means that this place regularly hosts any after work events that we have.
Edel hurried us along as we were late for our table so my only photographic evidence was the selfie that I took on the way in which looks like I've got no face...
I returned to the venue the next day to get a better one....
UPDATE 27th May
Now, I'm not really a fan of All Bar One, but, as Dear Deidre regularly advises, relationships are all about compromise, so, as Shelley likes the place, I went along with her choice during our post holiday Brum pub crawl without so much as a murmur of complaint.
We had been in Spain literally hours earlier so the fact that it was Tapas Tuesday didn't really do it for this particular senor and senoretta, we stuck to drinks only, me on the Amstel and Shelley on her favourite tipple, Aspall cider..
As anyone who has ever bought a round in this particular establishment will verify it ain't cheap, so I paid considerably more for that pint of Amstel than I did my previous one, a bargain €2 on the marina in Fuengirola, in the sun in my shorts and flip flops..
Time for another holiday me thinks !!
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