March 2025. Loughborough.
The best thing about Wetherspoons is that they’ll sell you beer from 9am. The worst thing is that drinking from 9am isn’t always a good idea, unless you’re Paul Mudge.
Still, Quinno reckoned a pint with breakfast was the way to go, and a packed Amber Rooms suggested it’s a common view.
This was a GBG regular till recently, so a good place to try a Spoons festival beer.
Especially at £1.60 ish a pint.
But there’s a reason I avoid the Spoons fests like the plague.
They might sound like a good idea, but the enthusiasm for novelty one-off cask has waned quite a bit these last 25 years, and this Stewart ESB looked better than it tasted, a bit thin.
Obviously, Quinno then turned up, spotting my Bass T-shirt, and bought the second pint of the day, rather closer to a 3 he thought. There’s a reason it dropped out of the Guide, I thought.
Still, the Fiesta brunch (£4.03) is a great way to start the day, before we interrupt these pub posts with a bit of culture.
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Now I do like that pump clip!
And I’ve not often known Quinno to be wrong in 24 ish years!
When you show your camra cards, do they ask if father and son?
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Yes, I said he’s not as old as he looks.
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Let’s face it, pub beer festivals are fairly pointless in any large settlement these days. I dread to think how many “new” beers you would have the choice of in Sheffield any day of the week.
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