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, 12 June 2014

Horse & Jockey



The Horse and Jockey is a great pub. Listed in the Good Beer Guide this used to be my favourite pub in Lichfield until The Whippet Inn opened.

The clientele are a bit older (well despite my appearance, I'm not getting any younger) and the beer selection is plentiful. I opted for a pint of what was reputed to be Madonna's favourite tipple during the Guy Richie years, namely Timothy Taylor Landlord. It was nice but I couldn't get too Hung Up about it. (Apologies for the appalling Madonna song related pun. In reality the beer was really nice).

The pub was showing the England v Peru friendly and, unlike previous tournaments, the build up to the World Cup seemed very low key with the apathetic Wembley crowd more content with throwing paper aeroplanes than cheering on The Three Lions.

The atmosphere in both the stadium and the pub changed when Daniel Sturridge scored a beauty. Maybe we've got a chance, we said more in hope than reality.

Maria got talking to a fellow Welsh compatriot who was in the pub watching the England match. I'm not sure why he was watching England, maybe he saw the starting line up and assumed that Lallana was a Welsh village !!

Buses back to Tamworth were hourly and we'd vowed to get the 21.00 so there wasn't time for another pint. We reached a compromise, a round of halves and a brisk walk to the bus station. Unfortunately getting served was a bit of an issue as the woman in front of me was at the bar with a list. Don't you just hate it when that happens?!! 'That'll be an orange and passion fruit J2O, two pints of Carling beer, a vodka and slimline tonic no ice, a WKD Blue, sorry did I mention the J2O'?!!

We quickly drunk up, said our goodbyes, with Maria saying Hwyl to her fellow countryman, and rushed for the bus back to Tamworth where a trip to a curry house was a nailed on certainty.



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