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, 2 March 2014

The Barrels

If you're looking for what makes a British pub great than look no further than The Barrels in the centre of Hereford. It's got the lot.



A former 18th century coaching inn The Barrels is Wye Valley brewery's flagship pub, and it is no real surprise that it has been named Herefordshire pub of the year six times. It is busy every night of the week, and is popular with young and old.

The pub has four distinct rooms and a fabulous cobbled and decked courtyard which is used to host the live entertainment during its annual beer festival in August.

 
 

I stuck to the Wye Valley bitter and we had a wander around outside and visited each of the pub's four rooms and the outside courtyard. We found a seat in the back room and I felt like I'd been transported back in time to 1977 as we listened to songs by The Sex Pistols, The Jam, The Ramones, The Stranglers and The Undertones.

I can not praise this place enough it is a cracking pub and, like the Beer in Hand, an absolute must on a visit to Hereford. One other good thing about The Barrels is that it is over the road from the Jalsagor a great curry house and, as we were all starving by this stage, it was time for us to tikka trip there.

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