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 !!







Monday, 4 August 2014

Mary Shelley

I mentioned in the prologue to this blog that there would be times when my recollection of pub visits would be sketchy due to the effects of alcohol, my visits (during our Bournemouth pub crawl) to the Mary Shelley and next pub Daisy O'Briens are perfect demonstrations of this.

As you are aware by now, I make notes as I go along so I remember key facts about my pub visits. My notes (which are barely legible) from the Mary Shelley are as follows : Ruddles (I assume by this that I must have been drinking a pint of Ruddle's Best Bitter but I couldn't stand up in a court of law and confirm this fact), Shelley scared by Orchard Pig The Hogfather 7.2%, went for Strongbow instead (Aah, yes, it's coming back to me now, Wetherspoons were doing a cider festival and Shelley and Maria were interested in a cider called the Hogfather and asked for a taste of it, they weren't keen and even the barmaid warned them off it so they went for Strongbow instead).

In all honesty judging by the tell tale eyes in the photo below steering clear of 7.2% cider probably wasn't a bad thing..



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