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

Vertu Bar

I will admit we were now several pubs into our Jewellery Quarter pub crawl and several beers and no food was starting to catch up with me, so much so that I forgot to write up anything at the time to remind me about this pub so when I am writing up about visit to Vertu almost two weeks later it would be fair to say I'm struggling a bit !!

Like one of our earlier pubs The Drop Forge this pub is an expensive restoration of one of the quarter's traditional buildings with one of its' attractions being a roof garden though seeing as it was late on a Friday afternoon in November meant this this feature did not tempt us in the slightest. Mind you if I was told that we spent our whole visit up there I'd probably have to agree such is my lack of recollection about the place !!

My mate Andy's friend owns Vertu and I had hoped to give Andy my own unique critique of the place but all day drinking with Shelley and co meant that this was an impossibility !! Yes I know, nobody forced me to drink !!

I do remember one thing very clearly, I was drinking Sadlers Peaky Blinder, I remember that because it was the first time I'd seen it on draught and I was shocked just how dark it was but that's it, virtually no other recollection. I wouldn't mind but the train home was at least another couple of pubs away !! HELP !!!!

So here's proof that we were in the pub...



And if you are reading Andy, tell your mate that I really like his pub.......that might entitle me to a free pint on my next visit !!

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