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 !!







Wednesday, 10 December 2014

The Queens Arms

The Queens Arms is pub number 250 of this blog though shamefully I can remember very little of this landmark pub visit. It came at the end of a pub crawl around the Jewellery Quarter with Shelley, Craig and Maria. This was pub number eight of the day plus we stopped off for a pint at the German market, the fact that we also adopted the eating's cheating adage meant that my memories of our visit to the fabulous Queens Arms are somewhat lacking. Oh well, we'd had a great day.

This is more often than not the final pub of any visits we make to the Jewellery Quarter, it is handily placed on the route back into the city centre though we are normally feeling the pace by the time we get to this Good Beer Guide listed venue. This was particularly so during one visit when our friend Andrea was guilty of a man down incident outside the pub which was that spectacular it actually resulted in bringing down innocent bystander Gray who happened to be stood by her as she stumbled. I'm sure the beer in the Jewellery Quarter must be stronger than anywhere else in the city !!

Now as this pub is in The Good Beer Guide, is Cask Marque accredited, and is recognised by the Society of Independent Brewers this real ale fan should really go into great depth about the beer that he drank in The Queens, unfortunately for reasons stated above, I am unable to do so. All I know is that the beer was called Pacific, I am ashamed to say I have had to go on line since my visit to find out who brewed it, it was the Cottage Brewing Company and the beer is named after the famous Mallard locomotive.

So rather than listen to me waffle on about a pint, here's a couple of pictures of us in The Queens..

 
 


Right, one for the road in The Shakespeare then home......
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