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 !!







Friday, 30 May 2014

Kaleido Skopio

We found the Spanish equivalent of former Birmingham city centre favourite Kaleidoscope with a bar in Benalmadena Marina called Kaleido Skopio.

The bar, owned by actor Antonio Banderas, was a lovely, bright, airy, open venue and contained several different bars, a normal bar, a cocktail bar, a wine bar and a champagne bar. So rather than risk choosing the wrong bar we ordered our Coronas from a waiter at our table, he returned with dos Coronitas plus uno bowl of nuts.

 
 


The bar was a bit of a rarity these days in as much that the music came directly from a video jukebox, and pretty good it was too. The Cult started off proceedings and I was half tempted to treat Shelley to my best Axl Rose impression when Guns 'n' Roses came on.

We left to the strains of Robert Nesta Marley's Could You Be Loved. I was that impressed when I heard that classic that I felt like tracking down the Looky Looky Man selling prints of the reggae legend in Wheel Tapas & Punters the previous evening !!
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