Liam's write-only LJ

… A very personal list. It's worth noting that I judge my favourite watering-holes pretty much solely on their beer. I don't drink anything else, from preference, and I only drink (what I consider to be) good stuff. I don't care what the place looks like, the décor, the clientele, the friendliness or otherwise of the staff, the pricing, anything much, if the beer's good enough. I don't like music in pubs and I really hate TV screens, audible gaming machines, broadcast sport and a variety of other things that some find desirable. I do like to sit down, though, preferably on something vaguely comfortable, and I prefer to go in company and have a conversation while I am there - so anywhere too loud to do so loses out. Basically, as a friend put it to me a few months back, I like “old men's pubs”.

A perfectly decent pub that doesn't have an exceptional range of beer, or which can't keep it well, will therefore fail to appear in this list. Special deals on strong alcohol (i.e. loads of drunks), club nights, live music and so on will usually put me off, too.

It's all about the beer.

No web links, full addresses or anything. Find 'em yourselves. The cognoscenti will probably know them all, anyway.

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The sort of reader who might go through this list in a knowledgeable fashion, pondering beer quality above pretty much anything else, is likely to know some great places that I don't, in which case, do please tell me about them.