A nice easy Friday night outing for me sees me meet G and co in the Station in Sutton Coldfield for Adnams Broadside.
Round to the Gate Inn where they didn’t have Butty Bach but plentry of London Pride so that had to be the choice (either that of orange juice).
Up to the Bottle of Sack where there was some weird and stuff – for me it was Saltaire Rye Smile which actually was almost beer like and certainly more so than the Irish (acquired taste type) offering as part of their world beer festival.
Down a back street to the Duke for Ruddles Best and finially the Red Lion where I opted for Keltinberg Hell.
The other had to leave now so I went back to the Gate (convenient for the bus) and had another London Pride whilst taking in the sounds (well sound – only time for “I don’t want to go to Chelsea”) of the Undercocks (well ¾ of them at least.)
I’m penning this on April 9th but recall that reflecting on this on the way home I couldn’t help recalling the 1980s and that this must have be a throw back to the days when there were adds in likes of the Melody Maker for unknown (to most) acts at various bars and that at the time punk and the like was quite radical – listening to a Sex Pistols track a few weeks laters (played on Radio 2 due to Malcolm Robert Andrew McLarenI) – these days it seems quite tame by comparison.
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