A pub is for life not just for Christmas
The Square & Compass is neck and neck with The Wonston Arms but I'll give it to the Dorset pub as it was a new one for me, the pub was as good as expected and the beer was better than expected.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
Plau, genuinely stunning place
The Bridge Inn Good solid pub,we go in most years.Longstanding licencees,dog friendly,with the added bonus of having Yorkshire Dales brewery beers on the bar from this week.
"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.
The Crafty Banker
Not to be missed when in Rugby.
"Good people drink good beer" Hunter S Thompson
Some worthy contenders this month with visits to Rugby and York.
Run close by the Minster Inn, POTM goes to The House of Trembling Madness in York. Very friendly, great beer and as quirky as ever.
"Beer is food." Morse, Colin Dexter