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, 16 August 2014

The Cow

The Cow, a pub situated virtually on the platform of Parkstone train station, was an okayish venue.



It is situated in a very affluent area and it shows, this is no spit 'n' sawdust bar, it struck me as being a bit pretentious and not really my cup of tea, or should I say glass of the sparkly stuff?!!

I will grant them one thing, there was plenty on offer to satisfy us real ale drinkers with various types of Greene King IPA available, and there was me thinking that there was only one.

Once again we'd gone out drinking on our Bournemouth/Poole weekend without eating and I really started to notice this fact in The Cow. The fact that I put Felt drunk twice in my notes about this pub says it all really.

My light headed feeling did not ease when we went onto the pub's roof terrace and even a change of drinks (Greene King IPA to Amstel) and some food (a bag of crisps) didn't alter things. My need for a curry had now reached crisis point !! The good news was that we were moving on, the bad news was that it was to another pub, The Brit !!

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