150 pubs and a happy new year! Top Pubbing!
150. The Churchill Arms, A4204.
A pub we really looked forward to, decorated resplendently outside and in not just with christmas tinsel, but with historic pictures, ornaments and tankards too. Despite the good looks, the pub has a very mixed flavour with the imperial English decor combining with Irish pride and Thai food. Therefor lacking in good pub grub. Good beer though.
Beers:
Kiuchi Brewery Hitachino Nest - fizzy, slightly cloudy, maybe light showers, delicious, fizzy and acidic, heavily orange flavoured, would go nice with a curry, mild spice, edging towards a lager but importantly not, more complex and sweet.
Fuller's Espresso Stout - essentially dark, darker than the oppression of the Welsh apparently, tastes rather strongly of Espresso and nothing much more, alcoholic but lacking in the true stout characteristics, having said that, tasty.
149. The Uxbridge Arms, Uxbridge Street.
Very nice. Quiet, Good selection, sufficiently creaky and nice staff.
Beers:
Fuller's Holly Bush - dark maroon, looks rather sensual, flatter than Keira Knightly's arse pancake, Mmm Christmas pudding, mealy, no holly in it fortunately, tasty and sweet, hint of sherry?, Long tail, miaow.
Caledonian Brewery Uxbridge Arms IPA - amber, oblique, empty bodied, slow starter, bitter notes in the middle but tails off rather rapidly, bit malty, orange flavour spreads rather than spikes.
148. The Windsor Castle, Peel Street.
A smashing pub. Tudor? Low beams, snob screens all around, central bar and a fireplace. Mahogany panelled with pew style seats. No music and no need for it. A lovely atmosphere and a terrific old drinking pub.
Beers:
Itchen Valley Brewery Pride of the Valley - muddy, scrungey, frothy, sweetness at the end, full bodied, lemony but perhaps bitterness coming from the coffee, sours off a bit at the end, a lovely and peculiar beer.
Rudgate Brewery Shed Seven Instant Pleasures - red tinted but dark and clear, bitterness in the front, surprisingly medium bodied, a reminder of seedy bread, sweet tingle on the side of the tongue to finish.
147. The Old Swan, A4204.
Very nice. Quiet, Good selection, sufficiently creaky and nice staff.
Beers:
Fuller's Holly Bush - dark maroon, looks rather sensual, flatter than Keira Knightly's arse pancake, Mmm Christmas pudding, mealy, no holly in it fortunately, tasty and sweet, hint of sherry?, Long tail, miaow.
Caledonian Brewery Uxbridge Arms IPA - amber, oblique, empty bodied, slow starter, bitter notes in the middle but tails off rather rapidly, bit malty, orange flavour spreads rather than spikes.
148. The Windsor Castle, Peel Street.
A smashing pub. Tudor? Low beams, snob screens all around, central bar and a fireplace. Mahogany panelled with pew style seats. No music and no need for it. A lovely atmosphere and a terrific old drinking pub.
Beers:
Itchen Valley Brewery Pride of the Valley - muddy, scrungey, frothy, sweetness at the end, full bodied, lemony but perhaps bitterness coming from the coffee, sours off a bit at the end, a lovely and peculiar beer.
Rudgate Brewery Shed Seven Instant Pleasures - red tinted but dark and clear, bitterness in the front, surprisingly medium bodied, a reminder of seedy bread, sweet tingle on the side of the tongue to finish.
No pork scratchings. Nice enough pub. Scratching around for beer.
Beers:
Craft Academy Well Red - semi-cloudy, maroon, sweet and dark aroma, bitterness that tails off throughout, sweet, fairly light bodied, fizz up front, strawberry or perhaps cranberry notes, very nice beer.
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