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Pubmeister, the man who knows a thing or two about Beer Guide completion, was pondering the merits of revisiting a pub you’ve already done in the comments.  And he’s right; to visit 500+ new Guide pubs a year you can’t really afford to be distracted by return visits.

Just as questionable is the practice of doing a new pub that might be in the Beer Guide next year.  Pre-emptive ticks should be afforded the same status as jam jars, say I.

So after a newbie (Goat), and an oldie but goodie (Cottage), there was no logic in completing  a Chester hat-trick with a place that may never grace the Guide.  But the Deva Tap looked at me with sad pussy cat eyes as I made my way to the station (the actual Chester one this time), only partly distracted by the street art and the presence of a suburb called Flookersbrook.

The Deva Tap used to be called Kash, a much more befitting name for a Cheshire bar (oh dear, just had a flashback to Chime).

Inside it looks like a church, and has a darn sight more character than your square box micro, a few drinkers mingling happily with family pizza munchers.

Pleasingly, they’d got a local primary school to design the wall art.

 

 

These crafty places with beer listed on a blackboard are now as ubiquitous as micro pubs, aren’t they ?

To its credit, it didn’t have Meantime, Camden and Amstel on craft taps. And it did have you know what.  P***  P**t**.

 

I had the Salopian Kashmir, to be contrary.  And because Salopian are the Oakham of the west.  Cool and intoxicating, NBSS 3.5.  Drunk much too quickly, as I realised that Chester station isn’t as tiny as Bache and might need more than 20 seconds to negotiate.

 

But as you’ve probably guessed by now, I only bring you this post to show you what the youth of Chester are wearing this year (top photo).  The sooner Simon gets Cheshire complete, the better.