Ive done 10 on that list,
Spaniards London
Nutshell Bury St Edmunds
Feathers Ludlow
Jerusalem Tavern London
Britons Protection Manchester
White Lion Barthomley
Trip to Jerusalem Nottingham
Eagle and Child Oxford
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese London
Dove Hammersmith
I've been to nine for sure and have probably been to the Eagle and Child if it's in Central Oxford but can't remember!
One wonders what the criteria was for this list. The Jerusalem Tavern, despite appearances is not an original pub it only opened in 1996 "as a re-creation of an 18th century tavern". It's as fake as you can get!
Fake maybe ,but decent.Originally Posted by Aqualung
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
I totally agree, with the St Peter's beers it's well worth a visit, but you wouldn't go to most of the others that I know for the beer.
I can't believe there isn't more than one killer pub in Scotland. I thought the Clachaig Inn at Glencoe was pretty good but that was over 40 years ago.
Just the four for me:
The Spaniard, Hampstead.
Birch Hall Inn, Whitby.
Ye Olde Trip, Nottingham.
The Dove, Hammersmith.
It's so long since I was at The Spaniard, I can barely remember anything about it. The only thing that sticks in the mind is having to drink Swan Light, because I was driving. Remember that stuff?
'And where he supped the past lived still. And where he sipped the glass brimmed full' John Barleycorn, Carol Ann Duffy.
Same here!!
Two, the Stein Inn on Skye as well as the Clachaig; which matches the population percentage of Scotland within the UK, although on the same basis Wales punches above its weight with two, and as for Devon & Cornwall, four looks over the top.
Looks like 9 for me
8. The Jerusalem Tavern, London
10. The Butcher’s Arms, Herne
11. The Britons Protection, Manchester
12. Bridge Inn, Topsham, Devon
16. Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, Nottingham
20. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, London
21. Crown Posada, Newcastle
24. The Dove in Hammersmith
25. The Shipwright’s Arms, Hollowshore
Done a few, could nominate others.
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese-pre PUG days
Crown Posada, Newcastle-ditto
Nutshell, Bury St Edmunds-ditto, when it was exciting to drink Greene King
Pelican, Tacolnestone
Shipwrights Arms, Hollowshore, now reopened after the tidal surge last winter.
"At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.
After looking up the Eagle and Child on the site I've decided that I almost cartainly haven't been to it. I don't recall ever going North up that road and as it seems to have a literary connection it would probably have been on my avoid list.
My definite 9 are these :-
1. The Spaniards, London
4. The Nutshell, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk
8. The Jerusalem Tavern, London
12. Bridge Inn, Topsham, Devon
14. Haunch of Venison, Wilts
16. Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, Nottingham
20. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, London
21. Crown Posada, Newcastle
24. The Dove, London
I still can't believe there is nothing else of merit in Scotland. The Clachaig Inn is a climbers/walkers pub and was all keg when I was there but they did have some great Scotch and bottles of Fowler's Wee Heavy.
Why don't we produce our own lists?
I don't think any of those would make it onto mine.
Last edited by Aqualung; 11-05-2014 at 23:23.
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