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 !!







Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Bohemian

As pub visits go this is certainly one of the shortest I've had since starting this blog. I was on route to Shelley's Mum's in Kings Heath where I was on dog walking duties as Shelley's brother and sister in law had left their dog Bailey there whilst they had a weekend away, and I had signed off Shelley's request for her to have a night out with the girls !!

When I got to the bus stop in Moseley (where I changed buses) the electronic sign in the bus shelter informed me that the next bus was twelve minutes away so, as the Bohemian is literally a few yards from the bus stop, there was just enough time for a very swift pint.

I have been in the Bohemian before under its various previous names, it is quite a decent pub. Although branding itself these days as a 'cocktail bar and kitchen' I was pleased to see a couple of real ales, with me settling for a nice, though slightly too cold, pint of Everards Tiger Bitter...



There was a reggae slant to the music that was being played with Robert Nesta Marley telling me that 'every little thing's gonna be all right'. I hoped he was correct with his prediction as I was off to Lords the next day to see Warwickshire play Durham in the Royal London one day cup final.

The talk at the bar was of the Scottish independence vote result which had been announced a few hours earlier. The partisan English view from the bar at the Bohemian was one of disappointment, apparently we are not 'better together' !!

As good as the pub was I could not stay to have another pint, hear more reggae or listen to further informed political debate as I'd got dog walking duties to perform and my bus was due. So I necked the rest of my pint and walked the ten yards or so from the pub to the bus stop. I've never known a bus wait be so enjoyable !!

Here ends my Bohemian Rhapsody !!
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