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 !!







Thursday, 29 May 2014

Bar & Mini Golf

Bar number one on our eight night visit to Benalmadena was visited around twenty minutes after we'd checked into our hotel, well, it was almost 10pm so there was no time to waste.

Bar & Mini Golf isn't your traditional pub name, but this was the name of our first watering hole, a short walk from our hotel. It did exactly what it said on the tin, it was an outdoor terrace bar at the front of a mini golf course.

After taking my first sips of ice cold San Miguel served in a frosted glass I instantly began to unwind..



..and Shelley on Strongbow felt exactly the same..



Although there were only four other people in the bar it was great starting point, a choice made by Shelley. I'm not sure she trusted me to choose the first pub as during our last visit to Benalmadena I picked the first bar and it turned out to be a very seedy lap dancing club !!

Our visit got better, not only were we treated to free tapas, (well, when I say tapas I am exaggerating slightly it was a small dish of salted peanuts) over the bar's sound system came the distinctive sound of AC/DC.

We stopped for pint number dos and tres !!

UPDATE 19th May

It's always good to find a bar that you can class as your 'local' when you are on your holidays and Bar and Mini Golf soon became our local.

Visit number two occurred during the journey from Benalmadena train station to our hotel. We had intended to get the bus back from Fuengirola to Benalmadena but we stumbled (not literally) across the train station while attempting to find the bus stop.

We managed to get the prime location at the front of the bar and enjoyed the following view..



The bar was competitively priced though I couldn't help notice the Wetherspoons style offer of a round of mini golf, a baguette and a bar for just €7.50. El bargaino !!

UPDATE 25th May

As we were parched following our walk from Benalmadena to Torremolinos and back (which included bumping into my work colleague Graham who was sat in a bar having a pint whilst competing in a sponsored walk) we decided as it was 1.45pm then it was beer o'clock, so what could be better than a pint sat outdoors of our local Bar & Mini Golf?

I was on the San Miguel and Shelley was on the Coronita in temperatures of twenty seven degrees, made even better with the knowledge that it was raining back at home.

 
 


We moved to the back of the terrace, and it soon became obvious that we were settled....



However, there was a problem, lack of Euros, I made a dash back to our hotel room to replenish funds as I had a feeling that we were at the start of an all dayer.

We quickly saw off pints one, two, three, four and five. Well, it is important to stay hydrated in the heat !!



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