notts_phil   10 #85 Posted June 17, 2011 Sheaf view. Is my fab pub in sheff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dacrlit   18 #86 Posted June 17, 2011 Are you suggesting that the CAMRA officers are corrupt ?  We are not corrupt, we just walk funny. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Lady Star   10 #87 Posted June 17, 2011 Again the CAMRA pub of the year is Kelham Island Tavern. I would like to know how the result can be classed as a fair result ? The fact that members of the committee work in this pub. Surely this is a conflict of interest.  Have to say I am a bigger fan of the Gardeners... That one wouldn't win though, as KIT does everything, dinners, big garden etc... Fat Cat is still a contender in my opinion though... Gardeners will always be my favourite though, as you don't get numpties going in as much as you do KIT and Cat, what with them being closer to town... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Lady Star   10 #88 Posted June 17, 2011 Sheaf view. Is my fab pub in sheff  Know what you mean - It's got a fantastic outdoor area and has some lovely beers on, but the staff always seem a bit surly? Never warmed to the people they get working there, as everything always seems a little bit too much trouble and never a warm welcome from any of them... If they were less surly, I'd probably go in a lot more as only live 10 mins away! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
TAT Â Â 10 #89 Posted June 19, 2011 Visited the Blake hotel. Hilsbrough hotel and the bath amongst others on Saturday, the Blake was quiet, but good beer and a clean tidy pub, The Hillsbrough was a little busier, again no complaints, The Bath was far busier with a equally decent selection of beers. Â Even the average bigger pubs in Walkley including the Punch and the Ball had a selection of real ale. Â Not a bad pint all day ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Doom   10 #90 Posted June 20, 2011 I've just got back from Cleethorpes......God we're lucky here in Sheffield when it comes to real ale.  Best I could do was a nice pint of Hobgoblin and a Tiger Beer at the Worlds smallest pub.  Regards  Doom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dacrlit   18 #91 Posted June 20, 2011 I've just got back from Cleethorpes......God we're lucky here in Sheffield when it comes to real ale. Best I could do was a nice pint of Hobgoblin and a Tiger Beer at the Worlds smallest pub.  Regards  Doom  Oh dear, Doom, you missed a trick. What about Willys Bar, which is a Public House. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Doom   10 #92 Posted June 20, 2011 Oh dear, Doom, you missed a trick. What about Willys Bar, which is a Public House.  I did see that place, but the reviews on beer in the evening were a bit hit and miss and my Mrs didn't like the look of it.  I also heard that the Number 1 and Number 2 bars at the Station had the odd real ale on, but again my Mrs thought they looked a little rough.....She's a bit of a wuss like that.  I did tell her there was a nice big shopping centre in Grimsby, so we jumped on the train and the first place we discovered when we got there was Wetherspoons......How convenient.  Regards  Doom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DocDave   10 #93 Posted August 1, 2011 No need to vote on next award - we all know who will win. Very dubious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
beegee7 Â Â 10 #94 Posted August 1, 2011 Personally find all this "best pub" nonsense a waste of time. It's all subjective. I don't think that the KIT is better than the Fat Cat or the Sheaf View, or any other pub. The main point is that they are all different and offer a different experience. I can enjoy a night in lots of pubs, for example, I really like going to the Cow and Calf but I don't compare it to say the Blake Hotel which I also like, because they are not trying to compete and they don't need to. I also find it silly to have a pub of the month, season or year, whether locally or nationally. People will always have their own ideas as to what makes a good pub, personally I know what I like and I won't have someone else tell me what is the best pub. This also applies to the best beer, yesterday I was in Weston-Super-Mare in a pub where the pump clip was telling me that Harvest Pale was the best beer in the world, utter nonsense - what had it been compared to? I still enjoyed a pint of it but enjoyed all the other beers on offer just as much. Basically there are lots of good pubs and beers in Britain and we need to celebrate their diversity, I don't like some of the pubs that have been mentioned earlier in this post, e.g. Dev Cat, but it's still a good pub for lots of people and not rubbish just because I don't like it. Same goes for beer, I really don't like John Smiths Smooth, but it gives enjoyment to lots of other drinkers and no-one needs to compare it to Stonehenge Pigswill for example, because its doing a different job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
DocDave   10 #95 Posted August 1, 2011 Agree with your sensible comments beegee7. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
paulcrofts   10 #96 Posted August 1, 2011 "...Stonehenge Pigswill ..." Great name. Is this an actual beer? If not it should be! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...