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 !!







Thursday, 11 December 2014

The Three Tuns



Thankfully the third and final pub of my Lichfield St pub crawl was a good 'un. Okay, The Three Tuns is nothing special and realistically has nothing to make it stand out but that in itself is its' charm, it is a normal pub selling good beer.

I only noticed one ale on sale but it was the beer that most of the pub was drinking, Marston's Pedigree at a very reasonable £2.70 a pint. Now I'm not sure whether it was because I'd just had an awful pint in previous pub The Boot Inn but my pint of Pedy tasted better than ever, mind you I should have had mouth wash after my beer at The Boot, it actually tasted of old boot !!

The pub is still structured in a traditional bar/lounge format, being the sophisticated chap that I am I naturally headed towards the lounge however I'm sure the three blokes sat by me had got their geography wrong, their industrial language was definitely more suited to the bar, I've heard less effin' and jeffin' on an Eminem record. It would have made Gordon Ramsay blush !! The one bloke didn't know whether to catch the ******* 6.15 or the ******* 6.45 bus home. He was really ******* undecided !!

My visit was only a brief one but I vowed to return which is in total contrast to the promise I made to the pub's neighbour, I gave that place the boot !!

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