Work';s Christmas meal today which after our original plans were scuppered due to the previously selected venue being shut, we found ourselves on a traditional British winter day (mildish and wet) at the Pie and Ale House in Stafford.
three beers on so I decided to work though them. first up was Lymestone's Pounamu - a Pacific pale ale brewed to celebrate the Rugby world cup that has been flying out of the pumps according to their web site. Well its a whilse now since the Rugby World cup but even so the beer was excellent and its New Zealand hop character cut nicely through the cheese and mixed cured meat platter that was my starter.
Min course next (Turkey pie with mash and mushy peas - wot no eels?!) - something more traditional needed and so Concord from Cottage fitted the bill nicely.
To go with the deathly chocolate dessert, even more tradiitonal via Joules Pale ale (my least favourite beer of the day but its character fitted in with the weather.) Good value at £12.50 for the three courses!
the boss then suggested we head over to the Rose and Crown. This used to be a roughians' pub where "if you want a criminal you could usually find one here" but now has been transfromed.
Again Joules was the order of the day so this time it was their Slumbering Monk (to be a better beer than their pale ale.)
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