Gimlé

Was in Bath for a pub crawl last Tuesday and I must say that Bath has a much better selection of pubs than Bristol. As much as I like Smiles when properly kept I confess to a liking of the Bath ales and bitters.

Smiles, though, can be viewed as a “tastes like chicken” test of the pub in question. Smiles, can taste like anything ranging from utter filth to a smooth tasty session drink all depending on how well the pub keeps its ales.

Guinness and lagers, on the other hand, have all sorts of chemicals and gunk in them that makes sure that no matter how incompetent the bar staff is, they can’t ruin the beer.

Ales and Bitters need tender love and care to taste good, making them a rather more expensive thing to maintain properly. Running a good pub with traditional ales and bitters is an entirely different proposition than running a lager boozer for students (something that is common here in Bristol, given that you can’t hark a loogie in a random direction here without hitting the contorted face of a drunk or hung over student).

Methinks it is time to start looking for a place to rent in Bath.

Baldur.
Clifton, Bristol.