My laptop just expired on me so I’m on my way back home to get Mrs RM to tell me off for breaking it. So a very quick post on my mobile phone so Dave and Dick don’t think Im dead. Deaf, yes.
I’ve been in Newcastle finishing GBG entries for Tyne and Wear, and clearly enjoying my trip more than Simon.
A Skelmersdale for the east perhaps, Jarrow is not the visual highlight of the area, but I did see this in the High Street;
Your guess is as good as mine.
Actually there’s a lot of history round Jarrow, but not the sort you capture on a dark and wet Monday teatime.
We stayed in a Premier Inn just up the road a few years back. The adjacent all-you-can-eat Taybarns ought to be the World Heritage sight.
Or perhaps McGonnells Gin & Ale House deserves that status. Tucked away in “unassuming” surroundings, it’s a little gem.
It was so low-lit, I thought it closed, and surprised to meet the barmaid in the porch turning the lighting down. Hence these scary photos.
It reminded me of West Yorkshires New Beehive or Fanny’s Ale House, a glorious bit of Victoriana. A great place to read your paper or recharge your I-Phone over a Jarrow Stout of unknown origin (NBSS 3.5). Peace descended.
Back at the metro the spell was spoken by a ghetto blaster playing that local classic that goes
“A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut”.
retiredmartin 
Jarrow Stout of unknown origin<<
Arbier is one of the two breweries that seems to have risen out of the ashes of the unfortunate closure of Jarrow Brewery, formerly of the McConnell family. The other is Great North Eastern Brewing. As I understand it, Arbier have the brewer and the recipes from JB, and GNEB have the brands, eg. Rivet Catcher. I'm not sure about the equipment.
My guess is that your Arbier Jarrow Stout is the recipe Jarrow's McConnell's Irish Stout, but the picture's too dark to see the ABV! Last I heard the beers were being brewed at Castle Eden (now in Seaham, not Castle Eden!) but that may have changed.
Yours confusedly,
Chris
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Sorry Chris, should have expanded. Jarrow Brewery sadly closed this year. I couldn’t see who brewed this one. Combination of eyesight and darkness !
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What a great looking pub. And we do worry if we don’t see a new post by 10:00 our time….
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Because you didn’t comment immediately I assumed you were queuing to vote.
Can’t wait to get back home to see those photos on a proper screen myself.
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I am. Quite a day here…
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Do you get to vote on local issues like the bin collections as well ? I read that somewhere.
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Our local vote this time was restricted to who can decide on pay increases for state officials. All bin issues have been “outsourced”. You have unlimited choice between two bin companies. Soon we will be one big private company.
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Great looking pub and ale. I start getting frantic about 7 AM here(1 PM there) and by 10, I am a basket case. And today due to the election that would have doubled if not for a soothing post by RM. Information on the Arbier Jarrow Stout is difficult to find.The Castle Eden website does not list beers, and a search for Arbier does not reveal anything. Very consistent with that dark theme.
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Now I’m back I can see Arbier in those photos, though I can’t find any info about the stout either. Very good it was. Have just got your dark reference – very good.
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Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
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I love the thought of a refreshment booth in the middle of a footie pitch. Mental image of Monty Python antics.
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You read that more closely than I did. Bear in mind that players used to smoke and eat while dribbling back then.
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Nice to see a pub that still has frosted glass and isn’t like a goldfish bowl for passers-by. Sad to see that the Swan With Two Necks in Stockport has now succumbed to that disease 😦
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Not good to hear that about Swan With Two Necks prior to our first visit to Stockport.
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Who we hiding from?
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Oh, the wood-panelled top-lit snug and the banter from regulars in the corridor are still as good as ever.
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Yes – not to be missed. Might even make that might 1 Jan visit if the Petersgate Tap not open NYD.
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Who we hiding from? I will let you know when we are sitting there. Good to hear that once inside, all is well.
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I will add the Petersgate Tap to our map.
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That’s really good point. You see a fair few of those in North East.
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On a recent visit I found the Petersgate Tap disappointing. Uninteresting decor, two of the three beers from the same brewery (admittedly and subjectively not to my taste) and a lengthy wait at the bar for one of the two staff to emerge from the office .
Maybe it was just a bad day.
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Must try it. Not a big an of the micro concept as I’ve written, but the Chiverton and Heaton Hop impressed.
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Has anyone compiled the final list of pub errors: stools in front of the bar, wrong music, modern glassware, clear glass facades, no bar mats, no cask ale, food only seating, and… Curious what the ultimate anti-pub would be.
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Most of the pubs I see here in the U.S. fit that description.
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Very true:)
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I had a stab at compiling a list of bad features of pubs here.
Or just read my blog :p
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Sad comment on my memory. I do read your blog and I have read that post!
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Don’t worry – I often struggle to locate stuff I’ve written myself amongst 1800+ posts.
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Lack of cask ale wouldn’t be on my list, real ale only on as a design feature would. I refer you to my post on the East Dean Ale & Cider House.
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Same goes for me,i do not mind if a pub does not sell any real ales,as long as the keg option is good.
I also do not mind clear glass windows in pubs,goldfish like to look out of the bowl too.
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I guess it does depend on the view out of the window.
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Good views of Deichmann Shoes and River Island Dick.
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I could very easily get used to that view. And I look forward to it.
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