Around the pubs week commencing 30.4.07
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n Monday, while in Kings Heath in Birmingham, I decided to pop into the Pear Tree, a Wetherspoons pub, as they were having a beer festival. I had an old favourite Ringwood Old Thumper, and a new one Thwaites Double Century. The beers were fine, but I don’t really like this pub as it is so dark inside – it’s depressing.
On Tuesday Ray and I went into Birmingham centre and called at the Anchor in Digbeth where we had old favourite Skinners Cornish Blonde and new one Taunton Taunton Ale. We walked up to the Wellington where we joined friends. First we went for Church End T-Reg and Boggart Light Side, then St George’s Shakes Beer. These were the only beers on that we had not had before. We had 4 more at the Wellington as we were enjoying the pleasant company we were in, they were Burton Bridge Spring Ale, Crown HPA, Ufford Setting Sun and Purity UBU. We walked down to the Briar Rose before going home, and had two of their beers that we had had before, Shepherd Neame Early Bird and Everards Sly Fox.
