As Tim’s backstreet boozer search continues I keep being dragged back and back to the same old pubs. A pub name which has gotten a disproportionate amount of publicity from this site is The Blue Posts and there was a time when a week did not pa[…]

Sorry to keep going on about the Ring but I’ve finally been back there (I have disembarked from the wagon). The verdict: mixed. The music is louder, the bar staff young and relatively trendy. The beer is worse, the prices higher. The layout of[…]

The phantom drink… By which I am not refering to the demon drink – that I can quite happilydeal with. Instead its the extra drink I received in a round last night which I could have sworn I had not ordered. A small discussion with the bar[…]

What makes a good pub? Not too large, not too small. Not too smart, not too scruffy. Mix of customers who are friendly enough to make the odd comment when you go to the bar and civil enough to let you get on with reading your book. Salt of the earth […]

What makes a good pub? I ask because of late the question has be niggling me a bit. Jubilee Monday we were stuck in South Kensington, not a haven of hostelries it must be said. After quite a hunt we founf the Hoop And Stick. It has a fine name for a […]

The Ring lives! I haven’t yet been in, but it’s still called The Ring and it still seems to be a pub, notwithstanding the repacement of the threadbare carpet with what appears to be hardwood flooring. The boxing pictures remain also. More[…]

A new pub site has been done. I got sent the link today, and have had the time to give a test drive; at first glance, it seems a bit thin on the ground, but that would hopefully change. The aspect that caught my eye was the random crawl generator &#[…]

Pubs aren’t the natural home for innovation. They are by their very nature traditional, even new chains and so called female friendly pub bars are loathe to break with the basic nuts and bolts facade of a pub. You go in, you buy your drink, you[…]

As a precursor to the Pumpkin Publog Pub Of The Year competition which will be in June/July we have a slightly more disgraceful competition to air first. Now I am not a big pool player (those who know me will confirm that I am not a big anything) bu[…]

Pub carpets – don’t worry this isn’t turning into a pub version of Changing Rooms – merely observations one what makes a decent carpet in a pub. As noted below in discussion of The Ring, there is something comforting about a t[…]