A pub is for life not just for Christmas
I'll kick the month off by nominating The Walpole Arms , an interesting, if somewhat foodie pub, in a part of the country not well represented on this (or any) site.
"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.
A trip to Burton provided my POTM, although its had some negative comments I was particularly taken with the Coopers Tavern
Eagle Ale House Top notch boozer.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
The Chequers,an unexpected gem in Stevenage and a pub which proved that it is sometime worth going in a Greene King pub when on the look out for decent ale.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Post Office Vaults in Birmingham. Enjoyed 4 new cask ales, and a couple of very good Clown Shoes bottles from USA.
Alcohol doesn't solve problems .... but then again, neither does milk.
Finally managed to get out to the Garden Gate in Hunslet, a fantastic heritage survivor.
Yet to visit The Bedford ,but it has a pretty good name for decent beer.
"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.