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, 13 April 2014

The Old Liberal House

I'm not sure which is the nearest pub to our house, it is either our favourite The Gate or the seldom used Old Liberal House.

It is not a bad pub it's just a bit rough and ready though in its defence it has got Sky Sports so as I fancied watching West Ham against Liverpool it was either a trip into Tamworth town centre or a visit to The Old Liberal House so we chose the latter.



I must admit though the sign outside the pub telling of that nights entertainment intrigued us..



I am fairly certain that they never had ales on when I've visited this pub before so I was pleasantly surprised with their choice of two, I chose a pint of Brains Reverend James and was delighted with my choice, it was a perfect Sunday afternoon supping beer.

The pub is deceptively large, there is a back room with a pool table, the main room features settees and a pull down projector screen, there is a big function room and an upstairs room which is the venue for the weekly ladies aerobic class. Given the fact that two years ago Tamworth was named as the UK's fattest town makes me hope that the ceilings in the pub are reinforced !!

The main room is a real home from home, as I said earlier it features settees, it is fully carpeted (never a great idea in a pub) and bizarrely it has a set of flashing Christmas style lights above the bar. Very classy !!

The clientele are an interesting bunch, Shelley remarked that it's the sort of pub where you could get anything and she is spot on, it is one of those sort of places. If I didn't know better I'd swear (pardon the pun) that the bloke sat by me had a severe case of tourettes, he effed and jeffed his way through recounting to his mate how he had put up a garden shed. It wasn't just a shed it was an effin 6 x 4 shed, with an effin apex roof, 'cos he was sick of his effin missus going on at him about his effin tools !!

The game was no great shakes so we prepared ourselves for the main event...the auction !!

I have seldom seen so much tat under one roof !! It was like an indoor car boot sale without the cars !! I am not lying when I tell you that lot 126 was three mop buckets !! I took a photo in an attempt to capture the event in all its glory..



Unfortunately the auctioneer caught me and asked me to explain the purpose of the photo. I must admit I did struggle as my that stage I'd consumed five pints of Rev James !!

We made our excuses and left
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