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, 17 November 2014

Mooch Bar

This was my first visit to this pub under its' relatively new re-naming to Mooch. I used to be a bit of a regular early on a Friday night under its' previous name of Rococo. Myself and mates Matt and Kap used to congregate there for 6pm when every table would be given a free bowl of a dozen spicy chicken wings. It got to the stage when we started applying tactics, i.e. we'd all split up at 5.55pm and sit on separate tables maximising the free chicken potential. The thing was we'd leave at finger licking five past and go somewhere better !!

Matt had noticed that Czech beer Staropramen was on offer at a bargain £2.50 a pint, making Mooch an excellent venue for a pre match pint. Yes, it was my first trip back to St Andrews since the infamous 0-8 drubbing by the mighty AFC Bournemouth but we'd got ex player Gary Rowett at the helm now so with a new manager comes renewed belief so I was naively optimistic that happier times were on the way, though to be fair things can only improve after an 8-0 home reversal !!

Matt's research indeed proved to be correct, Staropramen was indeed on offer at £2.50 a pint. I settled down with my beer to watch ZEN v LEV on the pub's huge TV's...



I will admit that it took me a while to work out who on earth the two teams were (Zenit St Petersburg and Bayer Leverkusen) maybe I need to start playing FIFA 2015 !!

Our mate Gaz arrived to join us and he was equally impressed with the price and the quality of the beer, commenting, in his usual under stated way as he enjoyed his first pint, 'This ain't panda p*ss is it'?!!

As we were all dedicated in our roles of being Blues's 12th man that night we made a move after a couple of pints, not to the match but instead for cocktails at Caribbean bar Turtle Bay....
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