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 Victoria

The Victoria is a pub that has had a real change in fortunes in recent years, it used to be pretty dead and frequented only by theatre goers visiting the nearby Alexandra theatre. Nowadays it is a very popular haunt for trendy youngsters and real ale enthusiasts. My mate Gary and myself regrettably fall into the latter category these days so we chose it as our destination for a few post work beverages.



The pub features in The CAMRA Good Beer Guide so it always has plenty of real ales on offer. Me and Gaz both went for Wye Valley Butty Bach, probably not a good idea on a school night given that it is a pokey 4.5% ABV. I can probably get away with turning up to work with a slightly fuzzy head but I wouldn't want to swap places with Gaz who is a child minder so has to cope with all that entails, I couldn't even do that without a hangover !!

The pub was pretty busy for a Tuesday night, so we stood up at the bar and depressed ourselves up by discussing the current plight of Birmingham City. Unfortunately we couldn't cheer ourselves up with another pint of Butty Bach as it had just run out and nobody seemed to be in much of a hurry to change the barrel maybe due to the fact that the cellar of this 19th century pub is rumoured to be inhabited by a ghost. We were forced to change to Victoria pale ale which was distinctly average so opted for a change of venue though not before I took a quick selfie in the hope that I might get the image of a ghost loitering in the background.

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