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

The Glass Onion

A woman we got talking to earlier that day in The Grapes told us that Liverpool city centre pub The Glass Onion was a good pub to go to. She told us that generally people would get talking to you. How right she was !!

I went up the bar while Shelley popped to the loo, I was just ordering my Guinness (the real ale choice was non existent) when a bloke started talking to me, he wanted to know whether I thought if a pint of beer should include a head. All very inoffensive. He then proceeded to tell tall tale after tall tale for the duration of our stay.

In no particular order Dave (I'm not even sure whether that was really his name !!) informed us that, he was an ex footballer that had played at the highest level all over Europe, he had just left Santander after a long and highly successful career, he owned two luxury apartments in Albert Docks, his mates owned The Cavern, he had been to a strip joint with his mates the previous night (Saturday), he pulled a woman in a bar on Friday night who had just left his flat (Sunday afternoon), he had been with that many different women over the years that his flat should have a turnstile installed.....I could go on...he did !!

His stories were that far fetched and full of inconsistencies that had he been in a witness stand not even OJ Simpon's lawyer could have saved him !! He was unbelievable !! Shelley showed the dexterity of a ventriloquist when she uttered drink up to me without moving her lips !!

The one problem was that he was virtually matching my drinking pace sip for sip so there was nothing else for it I glugged the remainder of my pint and we made a dash for the door. I didn't even stop for the obligatory snap outside the venue, I was scared that he might be following us, so this is a photograph I've unashamedly stolen from the world wide web...



Don't talk to strangers in this pub !!
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