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 !!







Sunday, 16 November 2014

Slug and Lettuce

The final pub of our long weekend in Liverpool was chain pub the Slug and Lettuce, my second visit to a pub of this name this year. Unlike the other establishment disappointingly this Slug and Lettuce did not sell real ale so I had to settle for a rather expensive pint of Amstel lager with my significant other moving from cider onto rose wine.

Sunday night is seemingly a big night out for the ladies in Liverpool, and there were plenty of them decked out in their finery in the Slug and Lettuce, many of them in figure hugging short skirts. The fact that our seats were at the bottom of a set of stairs meant that I didn't know where to look..



Well, that's strictly true, my Basic Instincts meant that I actually did know, I just didn't want to get caught !! Mind you it wasn't long before, true to form, I began giving it the call me gesture when half a dozen girls left and got into a cab outside, ensuring naturally that none of them were actually
looking when I did it !! Shelley just looked to the skies in despair !!

A couple of ladies with broad Scouse accents were sat on the table next to us. It was like listening to the female equivalents of Jamie Carragher. It sounded like they were bringing up phlegm every time they spoke !!

A couple of big nights started to catch up with me by this stage as this snap shows..



Silly grim, head tilted to the side, this young man was certainly feeling the effects of my birthday weekend. It was time for food so, rather than suggest the standard curry or trip to the chippie, I demonstrated how being a year older had changed me, we went for an Italian meal !!

Large bottle of Peroni please waiter !!


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