Work related business finds me in Birmingham today and with a bit of fore thought chance for a few beers with my good friend RG. For the record it was also the day that the Harrier was retired and funding for British ski-ing was cut. An interesting combination as they used to launch Harriers from a ski-jump off the front of ships to save fuel I believe.
The original idea was to spend some time sampling the delights of the beer stands on the German Market but the very low temperature (what did we expect with it being winter?!) soon put paid to that. However we did commence with the Wood's beer stall and for me it was Shropshore Lad (thererby completing the set of their beers that was started around 12 months prior.)
Next port of call was the Wetherspoons by the library where they appeared to have a good range of Christmas themed ales. Alas, attempts to order Thaiwtes Santa's Sack and Burton Bridge Santi freeze were unsuccessful but we finally sampled Shepherd Neame's Rudolph's Reward (what the spice was they had used for this we couldn't tell - assuming of course it has some sort of spice in it!)
Up the road next to Edmunds for HPA from Wye Valley (I sometimes think it wouldn't be a trip to birmingham without this beer these days.)
Next a new pub for me in the shape of The Old Royal (mainly as RG thought this was a pub he used to frequent when working in Birmingham.) They had another xmas special on, this time from Young's with their Christmas Ale.
Although we lost our way at this point a friendly stranger soon pointed us back towards the library and so we headed to the Wellington and weren't surprised to find it was busy. However we decided to stay there and therefore were able to sample a beer from a new brewery - Blue Bell (from Runcorn) and their Black Hawk Blackberry Porter.
Time for one more so we headed to Baccus Bar (but it was extremely busy) so ended up at the Windsor and M&B Mild.
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