PuG Reviews - Appreciation Thread

[Quinno]

I suspect that Quinno has migrated that review from another pub review site and changed the date on the review to reflect when he actually visited to keep the reviews in chronological order.

Yeah, I have 250-odd old pubs on the 'to-do' list, many of which date from my hiatus period between sites. I still took notes though and I am now using my spares on the mass migrate tool (200-odd from Reading!) to get these done. Deciphering three-year old notes on scraps of paper, often written when tipsy, is proving to be a bit of a challenge so some of them will be a little more short and terse than usual.

[Quinno]

And back on topic, I like Ray's review of The Ale Wagon, especially this bit:

"...don't expect much in the way of please and thanks. I would visit again for the beer and the fact it was like visiting the Fawlty Towers of pubs"

BASIL!!!

[Pubsignman]

How to make a grand entrance...

I thought I was going to be disappointed when I arrived at this pub,... as the first door I pushed was resoundly shut, and no light was showing, however I tried the corner door and it opened, but then the burglar alarm went off! Unsure what to do, I did nothing, then the landlady appeared.

The Palm Tree

[Maldenman]

Cheers PSM! She was remarkably ok about it actually!

[Brewguru]

Nice one from ETA made me chuckle - making a suitably apt anagram out of a pub's name

Having said all that, the welcome from the barmaid was a cheerful one - she is by far the pub's best asset. How aposite that an anagram of "The Rose and Crown" is "retards, one wench".

From this pub: Rose & Crown in Gosport

[Farway]

I am somewhat in awe of ETA, I guess he is in "my" area for the last lot of reviews [Gosport]

But he seems to have the knack of damming with faint praise, love it

"Two collie dogs came in and doubled the residents' IQ. The bare floorboards should add ambience but just look scruffy" ... "It's not the worst pub I've ever been in, but it's not far off"

Rose & Crown

The Eagle

Five Alls

[Strongers]

Yeah, I have 250-odd old pubs on the 'to-do' list, many of which date from my hiatus period between sites. I still took notes though and I am now using my spares on the mass migrate tool (200-odd from Reading!) to get these done. Deciphering three-year old notes on scraps of paper, often written when tipsy, is proving to be a bit of a challenge so some of them will be a little more short and terse than usual.

So you had a year off but didn't?

[Quinno]

So you had a year off but didn't?

Yep - I suspected that I would end up here but wanted to see how things panned out as I didn't want a BITE Mk#2 scenario. I felt like I'd wasted a lot of time over the other side and my morale was quite low. I thought a year or so would be enough to see if the good things I'd heard about PuG were a long-term reality rather than a flash in the pan so I kept taking notes and thought that, if PuG didn't work out I'd simply write a blog for my reviews and pix instead. Happily, it's the former. This site has made big strides over the last couple of years and I think we're on the cusp of the tipping point where we start to get traffic generated by word of mouth, the fact that the quality of reviews are better and that, most importantly, the database accuracy is streets ahead. Fingers crossed....