Still in the hitherto unexplored suburbs of Bournemouth, still bringing you one pub at a time as I wait for the laptop to be repaired. I hope all those Bass mirrors don’t count as porn.
Loads of pubs in Bournemouth “proper”, a spectacular zero in the Beer Guide, as all the micros head to the suburbs and abandoned insurance shops.
Face it. The Silverback is never getting listed, is it ?
Look familiar ?
But I don’t judge pubs by their exterior, but by the good cheer of their owner and customers.
Though it’s hard to excuse the high tables.
The owner was chatting to a family who’d brought their KFC in from over the road. It felt a bit like the cider micro in Dover, though at least here they weren’t trying to get children to eat pickled eggs.
“Don’t judge me, I’m pissed” said micro dad, either because he was licking his fingers or because KFC lacks cred.
Bring your own food ? Bring your children ? Not sure it’s very Herne-compliant, and thank heaven for that. Pubs should be inclusive.
I could even work out what beers they had on, possibly a first.
Resisting the offer of a sampler, free or otherwise, I went for the one named after Hartley Wintney’s top beer man Citra. And not just because it’s the strongest. Oh no.
Looks a bit flat, doesn’t it ? But my note says “cool, tasty 3.5” so that’s the end of it.
They were playing what appeared to be called “Iron Maiden FM” – can that be right ?
As Bruce started into “Run for the hills” (de de de, de de de), the owner singing along, I walked off to the Spoons.
retiredmartin 
“Face it. The Silverback is never getting listed, is it?”
Not with that attitude it isn’t…😀
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Unlike much of the south west, Dorset is a micro hotspot. The big question is what you are going to blog about when you reach the gap between your last trip and the new Guide appearing (which is now scheduled for January). My money is on a trip to the newsagent in Waterbeach to buy a can of Top Deck (NBSS 3).
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Oi, you’ve been spying on me.
Just had a can of Red Stripe watching Prolapse in Hackney, so you’re close 👍
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I do get the impression that most pub fans dislike high tables, while most people running pubs love them. I wonder if it’s a method of squeezing more customers into a small area– that you don’t expect as much elbow room when sitting at such a table?
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Very perceptive, Mark. Surely that means a micro pub is run for the benefit of its owner, not its customers. Oh yes.
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It’s only old men who don’t like them, they can’t get their leg over you see …
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Yes, old men might struggle with a Stile !
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Look, look, the board says it does takeaways!! What more could you need?
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“I hope all those Bass mirrors don’t count as porn.”
That would depend on what they’re reflecting.
“Look familiar ?”‘
They do start to look a bit alike don’t they.
“either because he was licking his fingers or because KFC lacks cred.”
(slow golf clap)
“As Bruce started into “Run for the hills””
That must be on the B side of ‘Run to the hills’. 😉
Cheers
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👏. Run for the hills is the Dorset remix.
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I had to look up Prolapse.
Wiki says their music was a mixture of punkrock,krautrock and shoegazing styles.
You learn something new every day.
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Oh, that was in their youth. Now in their 50s it’s all Vera Lynn and 40s show tunes.
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I assumed that the new improved GBG had finally landed on Martin’s doorstep and trying to lift up the 5,398 page tome had caused severe medical problems
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Would have been 5,398 pages but a 20 page addendum for breweries opened the day before publication was added.
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You can always check the CAMRA website to see the deletions prior to publication.
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I’ve just seen what you’re referring to. The Brown Bear in Berwick, a new entry, deleted from GBG 19 before GBG19 issued. Brilliant.
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Maybe they’ll delete every pub before it gets published.
Was in the Brown Bear last year, excellent bar as far as I could tell, well deserving it’s GBG place.
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No doubt they’ll want to put it straight back in as it’s under Barrels ownership and probably largely unchanged. There do tend to be a load of pubs in the new Guide that don’t last to Christmas, though.
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I imagine it got pulled when it closed.
If a bar closes and then reopens under new management, do you have to revisit or is the old tick still valid?
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I wouldn’t feel I HAD to, unless I had time on my hands. But some folk (hint: Paisley) take the RULES very seriously.
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“I assumed that the new improved GBG had finally landed on Martin’s doorstep and trying to lift up the 5,398 page tome had caused severe medical problems”
(slow golf clap)
Had a similar thought when I saw “prolapse” but decorum suggested I steer clear of asking. (LOL)
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Loads of pubs in Bournemouth “proper” – yes, but last year I only found one Proper Pub, the Cricketers, in Bournemouth.
Those pickled eggs reminds me that in the Seven Stars, Falmouth two days ago they were at 50p better value than the pickled onions at 40p
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Bournemouth central is disappointing for pubs, to say the least. A bit like Basingstoke or Sutton Coldfield by the sea (“Joy !” says BeerMat).
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Quite like the Goat & Tricycle, but obviously far too old school these days
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Haven’t been to the centre for years, all G&T rather than Goat & Tricycle. Yes, a good Wadworths pub, though I note WhatPub delightedly tells us “eleven hand pumps”, which doesn’t seem nearly enough.
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Although at least that will include the entire Wadworth range and not just 11 identical beers. Doubt they have all 11 active very often.
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Interesting that micro pubs are often to be found on the outer limits and run down areas of towns, presumably due to cheaper rent and rates, hence none I know of in central London.
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That’s right. And even if not run down (Winton, Bexley and Petts Wood aren’t shabby) there’s often a lot of smaller one room shop units to be converted cheaply.
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Drinking Hampshire beer in Dorset! Whatever next?
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Looks alright to me, although I fail to understand why you’d name a bar after a class of Gorilla. Mind you, some twat did it with the entire RL a few years back. You ever seen a f.ing Rhino in Leeds?
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Unless it was a steak bar – “G’rilla steak well done for me please”.
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I need some rules about puns on this site.
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Iron Maiden beer…Iron Maiden radio…Bruce for PM I say
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