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 !!







Tuesday, 22 April 2014

The White Horse

I must confess to having a bit of a mammal mix up regarding this pub. After we left previous pub The Proverbial I said to Shelley that I fancied a drink in The White Lion, I'd have still been looking now for a pub in Harborne of that name, the pub in question is actually called The White Horse !! D'oh !!



This was our second CAMRA listed venue of the evening and this pub is a magnet for real ale connoisseurs with screens in the pub displaying the vast array of real ales on offer. I got served before I had chance to survey the list properly but I wasn't disappointed with my choice of Greene King Abbot Ale even though weighing in at an imposing 5% ABV it probably wasn't my cleverest move noting that I'd still got a long night ahead of me.

Matt, one of my colleagues from work, is a regular in The White Horse and, being a fan of standard cooking lager, he gets really irritated in this pub when the real ale brigade ask for samples before choosing their ale. He'd have been really irritated that night as there were quite a few archetypal real ale drinkers (sporting beards and wearing ill fitting jumpers naturally) congregated at the bar trying samples thus not only clogging up space at the bar but also delaying lager drinkers from getting served. The thing is Matt is a lippy v*lla fan so he gets what he deserves if you ask me !!

The décor of the pub is fairly traditional and pretty basic but it is a great venue and worthy of its inclusion in The Good Beer Guide.

There was no time to linger though as we'd got more Harborne pubs to explore, next stop The Green Man, I was fairly confident that I'd got the right mammal this time !!

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