31st May 2023. Newcastle.
Yes, I know I’m not a local. But I can still show off a pub that I know so well, just as I’d give an American a guided tour of the Fat Cat or the City Arms if they asked. Or even if they didn’t.
Mrs RM wanted to show her parents the Crown Posada as well, and it was doable before the trek home back along the Quayside.
I suppose this IS the one pub in Newcastle you’d recommend to a visitor, though this exchange dampened my ardour a little last time;
I bet they feel daft now that Bass is the hippest beer in the UK (they won’t), and I hold no grudges (I do).
One thing’s for sure. You won’t be forming a vertical queue at the bar in the Posada.
We enter to the sound of Duran Duran, fast eclipsing Dire Straits in the pub soundtrack stage.
“Sing Blue Silver” sings Simon. I’ll give you the “R” rated video.
The in-laws are impressed, and poke around looking for a table,
while BIL asks for a “Paul-Anna” at the bar,
Mrs RM and I wave the cask flag (SOMEONE has to) with Almasty Pale and Tempest Stout.
Meanwhile, MIL and FIL have been accommodated by some lovely South Africans who shove up so we don’t stand in the passageway, and as a bonus they can compare travel notes.
The beer was even better than I remember (NBSS 3.5).
The setting, unmatched.
The soundtrack (on vinyl) suitably retro.
A classic. But you knew that.
And then, just as we were leaving, I spotted this;
“Is that Pastore ?” I asked the barman. It was.
“They’re from Waterbeach you know”. No-one cared.
“Ugh, sour” said Mrs RM.
A week later, back at their Tap, I told one of the Pastore guys how good their beer was in one of the country’s great pubs.
He was thrilled.
retiredmartin 
That Tempest stout is nice, had a pint in the Bon Accord last weekend. Seems to be a fair amount of beer from NE England in Glasgow these days.
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How’s the Bon Accord for quality these days ?
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Pretty good the few times I’ve been in recently, ditto the State and the Lauriestoun. Haven’t had much below par cask anywhere, but it’s never going to challenge Edinburgh on that front. Personally looking forward to a quick visit to Brum in a couple of weeks to see Billy Gibbons and visit the Thornbridge bar and the Anchor.
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Was the painting-sketch of he who appeared to be Ho Chi Minh still on the wall?
I never did quite unpick his connection to the Toon, but I think that it had something to do with solidarity with strikers (not the footballing kind).
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Didn’t notice it, but the Posada looks unchanged so probably.
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