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, 24 July 2014

Pitcher and Piano

Where possible, when we visit a new place, we try to avoid chain pubs, however The Pitcher and Piano, with a free table in the July sunshine on Bristol's Harbourside, was too good to turn down.

The good thing about the Pitcher and Piano chain is that you can always get an ale and this was the case during our visit though Marston's Pedigree was maybe a bit of a predictable choice for me..



..Shelley was more adventurous choosing a pint of Symonds cider.

There was a genuine buzz about the place as we took our seats outside helped by the fact that, although it isn't that type of place, there were quite a few stag and hen parties out and about. Our favourites being, a group dressed up as old men (one even went as far as hobbling around the harbour on a zimmer frame which I'm sure would have been ditched in the water at some point in proceedings), a group of Welsh lads in bright pink tee shirts that even Wales rugby legend Gareth Thomas would have found too feminine to wear, and pick of the bunch was a large group of Spanish flamenco dancers accompanied by a Spanish senorita who was presumably the stag.

It was one of the pubs where we could have happily stayed all day and watch the world go by, observing just how drunk the pre wedding parties got, but we'd got further Bristol pubs to explore....



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