As it was just after five o'clock on a Friday night the place was full of life from the after work crowd a situation that was heightened by the influx of students who were decked out in caps and gowns having just attended their graduation ceremony at the nearby ICC.
I made a schoolboy error at the bar that I am ashamed of. Given the fact that this was a venue of better quality than I am used to, I made the incorrect assumption that there'd be no real ale available so ordered a pint of Beck's Vier. Imagine my alarm therefore when I spotted Greene King IPA at the far end of the long bar !! I'm not sure whether this offence constitutes grounds for my immediate expulsion from CAMRA !!
There were seemingly numerous work events as tray after tray of pints and shots made their way from the busy bar to their thirsty recipients. It added to the general buzz about the place. There is something a bit special about those first couple of drinks at the end of the working week. Please note this point carefully Benefit Street residents !!
UPDATE 27th May
We didn't need a Brumbrella for our journey between pubs during our post holiday pub crawl in Birmingham city centre as, although we were part way through a spring shower, the distance between previous pub The Pitcher and Piano and next pub The Slug and Lettuce was approximately ten metres.
The last time we were in this establishment I made the schoolboy error of not looking along the bar carefully enough, I was more careful this time and ordered a Greene King IPA, I wish I'd not bothered, it was dreadful.
The Slug and Lettuce must be better as an after work pub as I quite enjoyed it during our last visit which was around seven o'clock on a Friday night, it just didn't have the same appeal at quarter past five on a wet Tuesday afternoon, it was dead, the beer was rubbish and Rihanna was being played.
Let's move on Shelley....
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