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#mb09 – Day 03 – King Street Part 02
So the plan is to revisit King Street. Only this blog post will tell if I manage to get there. My drinking has started in The Commercial Room, a Spoons up a hill in Bristol. There is a Curry sale on, so the schedule may go to pot again.
Well The Commercial Rooms filled up so much, it was a Saturday morning after all, that I quit it and thought I’d test out a new bar.
If in doubt put Craft on the outside and the punters will flock in. I did. It’s more of a Sport Bar / Nightclub that opens at 11:00 in the morning. Moor Beer and Abbor on cask, so a bit of a winner anyway.
Gone all arty on the photo front without ever trying. It’s the top end of King Street (Part 02) and the Small Bar front and to the left. No cash needed as it’s card only. The Apple Pay took a battering.
Pump Clips are gone too so it’s all about the menu’s. The food was all Asian based which was a bit of a shock for me with my Potato based Valley’s diet. So I touched wood and pleaded ignorance to the bar staff and came away with a Korean Dip.
Luckily Asian’s are big into Chips too. The Fine Ale was an excellent and very different Lager from Deya. Will dine in the Small Bar again. However note the lack of condiments.
Across the road to The Bristol Beer Emporium to finish the day. I spotted some fridges that I had never seen before, I blaming the quality bar. Note to self, revisit to see what else I have missed.
The mark of a good Beano, you want to return even before you have left.
#mb09 – Day 01 – Politics and a Smock
Off to Bristol for #mb09. Four nights away with lots of Politics, European Elections including and a Smock. Cast not a clout and all that. First stop the Joy that is Newport Train Station. Luckily the train goes from Platform 4, so it it’s not an up and over. eTicket and double Nectar points to the fore.
Having experience of TFWRail (Transport for Wales Rail) at peak times is quite an experience, usually standing. GWR (Great Western Railways) were able to provide me with a seat reservation and a turbo charged Diesel engine. So I was ahead there. Issue with the Customer Information System not knowing it was at Newport and a Driver, Guard conversation going out over the PA. Interesting.
Bristol Temple Meads is only 5 minutes way from the nearest Spoons, The Knights Templar. Bacon and all you can drink Coffee awaited.
09:00 and paying a Tenner for early check in the local Ibis (Bristol Temple Meads) paid off. Dropped off the bag and the Smock. It’s going to be a train spotter’s paradise there.
Straight off then to the second Spoons of the day The Commercial Rooms. Nicely cool and lots of local ales. #CurryThursday
Mind you I don’t want to go to Mr Tomilson’s Country and find Evan Evans on Cask.
#CurryThursday works in Bristol too. Happy to swap the Popadoms for Chips. So it’s a quality half and half.
There was spillage which was all my own fault and they cleaned up after me and they refreshed my glass. Thank you Moor Beer Co. CAMRA approved can to boot.
No me but the tables are out of Plum. It’s a thing, apparently
I’ve been saying it’s The Barley May all week. You see Politics. However it’s Mow, so not Politics. The Bristol Beer Factory’s Flagship Pub. Runny Scotch Eggs apparently, there will be a revisit.
Opens at 12:00, so maybe a Saturday afternoon in there? No a bad first day.
A Hartlepool Tap
Wednesday 18 December 2013
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| Christmas at Newcastle Central | At dawn | |
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| Platform 6 / 5 | Looking towards Platform 5 | |
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| Hartlepool Station with the blue door the entrance to the Tap | The King Johns. £1.75 a pint. | |
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| The Ward Jackson. £1.55 a pint. | Not a Church but an information centre | |
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| Won me over straight away | Platform entrance | |
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| Main entrance | The menu | |
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| Astro turf instead of carpet | Worth reading | |
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| XX Bitter from De Ranke | ||
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