January 1st 2011 saw Mike and I in a new pub, The Plough (in Radford). We decided that because this was new to us and we liked trying new beers everytime we found them, we'd start keeping a beer & pub diary. I carry my diary round with me most places and because it's an academic one and I bought it in January, there are 6 months of redundant page space! So, since that January 1st the diary has taken shape as follows:
January 4th: Victoria, Beeston
Brewsters, Hophead 3.6%
Janurary 12th: Dolphin Inn, Derby
Dolphin 1530 4.4% (Nottingham Brewery Co.)
QUAD cinema bar, Derby
Blackhole Bitter 3.8% (smokey)
January 15th: Roebuck Inn
Pot 'O' Gold 4.6% (Magpie Brewery....but much less smokey than their others!!!!)
January 21st: The Lion, Basford
West Mills Derbyshire 'Armadillo' 4.9% (this tastes even BETTER than the faithful Harvest Pale!)
Janurary 28th: Horse & Groom, Basford
'Stirling Pale' 3.9% (Flipside Brewery)
February 10th: Hand & Heart, Derby Road
New Zealand Pale Ale 5%
Slaters 'HAKA' 5%
March 5th: (unknown pub!)
Ape Ale 5% (Blue Monkey Brewery which always gets a thumbs up from Mike!)
Westons IPA 4.6% (Sarrow Brewing Co.)
(unknown date!) that's no good if you're keeping a DIARY?!
Canalhouse, Nottingham
Kiss Me Kate (for the Royal Wedding!) 4.3% (Castle Rock Brewery) a nice Pale Ale
(unknown date!)
The Boat Inn, Lenton
Ginger Tom 4.5% (and as the name suggests...it's a ginger, er, beer!!!)
May saw us taking a month off from drinking! We'd had a few too many heavy nights and were saving up for a trip to Portugal so thought a month off would do us some good... it was a bit harder than we'd perhaps anticipated but we managed and celebrated with a pint in the Castle Pub before we left!
