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 !!







Saturday, 31 May 2014

Saints & Sinners

We returned to Plaza de Ole and visited our third bar in that location namely Saints and Sinners. It followed the standard format, plastic tables and white plastic chairs (the sort normally thrown by England football fans during major tournaments) outside the venue and, even though the surrounding hotels created a man made windbreak, our jumpers went on almost immediately.

We were well looked after by our attentive barmaid, there were free crisps with our drinks (a glass of wine for the lady and a pint of Alhambra for yours truly), we were provided with cushions, and she kindly offered to take a photo of the two of us in our matching black knitwear..



True to form the sandal and sock wearing accordion player that we always seemed to bump into soon made an appearance and once again he received nothing from us for his trouble. I'm still gutted that I gave him seventeen cents the first time we ran into him !!

Round two saw a change of drinks from me, the Alhambra had no redeeming features bar the fact that it was wet so I opted for the much more reliable bottle of Coronita.

A middle aged couple made their way home from a neighbouring bar and it soon became obvious that they'd been sat outside there most of the day. There was a fabulous sense of irony that Johnny Cash's Walk The Line was playing as they left seeing as they were both unable to proceed in a straight one.



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