tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60515252583675317352024-02-06T20:56:26.994-08:00Aberystwyth Pubs GuideAber + beer = heavenQuinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-69927475575581194562007-10-31T18:58:00.002-07:002019-07-20T10:17:26.691-07:00Welcome/Croeso!<ul style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"></ul>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>As I don't get up to Aber much at the moment, take this as a mothballed site for historical amusement. Maybe one day in the next year or so I'll manage to get up there again inbetween stints manning the real world.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Welcome to Quinno's thoroughly biased - but hopefully informative and humorous - guide to all the pubs in and around <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberystwyth">Aberystwyth</a>; the Good, the Bad and the Downright Strange.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> This is a not-for-profit site, so if I praise somewhere/slag it off it is my own personal opinion, nothing more. Feel free to leave comments, stories, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">corrections/clarifications</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> on the site...comments are moderated so it may take a little while for yours to appear. I only check in once a week or so.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shenanigans</span> at the <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/uwa-student-bars.html" target="_blank">S<span style="font-size: small;">tudent Union</span></a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">CWRT MAWR BAR TO CLOSE! - <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-19982128">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-19982128</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">After my May trip, the pubs on the Aber-Aberaeron bus route were visited so write-ups are now online for the <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/llanfarian-royal-oak.html" target="_blank">Royal Oak in Llanfarian</a>, <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/llanrhystud-black-lion.html" target="_blank">Black Lion Llanrhystud</a>, and the Llanon pubs -<a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/llanon-central-hotel.html" target="_blank"> Central Hotel</a> and <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/llanon-white-swan.html" target="_blank">White Swan</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">There's a <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/new-pub-for-aber.html" target="_blank">new pub</a> in the offing for Aber! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.com/2008/04/aberystwyth-pubs-map_25.html">At long last, the first downloadable Aberystwyth Pub Crawl booklet!</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.com/2006/04/latest-news-on-bayy-bae.html">Latest update on the Bay </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.com/2007/10/yr-hen-llew-du-black-lion.html">All change at the Llew Du! </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Ceredigion CC have all of Aber's old pubs listed. See <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.com/2007/10/rip-pubs-whom-we-have-loved-and-lost.html">RIP - Pubs of the Past for further info</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Added functionality - <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.com/p/aberystwyth-pub-crawl-map.html">Pub crawl map</a> and <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.com/p/aberywtyth-pub-crawl-list-z.html">pubs list</a> now located in static pages on the menu bar above this post, below the blog banner.</span></li>
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<li>Writing up all the <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/machynlleth.html" target="_blank">Machynlleth pubs</a></li>
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Quinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-66647349813854055042007-10-31T18:57:00.000-07:002011-09-30T13:58:30.743-07:00Aberystwyth Pubs Map and downloadable trail<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: small;">Want to print it, or want the map to display full-screen? You can access it by clicking <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=uk&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=109709745305488953213.00044b8f708e573e29e44">this link</a></span></li>
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<b><i>Formerly known as</i></b><i> Weston Vaults</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Address: </b>Thespian St</span><span style="font-size: small;">, SY23 2JW. Tel: </span>01970 626110<span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=14546&type=10">[gmap]</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61974/">Pubs Galore page</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9359">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page</a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit: </span>19/05/2012 (<i>for a quick viewing, the last 'proper' visit was mid 2011 so most of the review comes from then</i>)</span><br />
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<b>Background:</b> Small two-roomed bar at the bottom of the hill opposite Death Junction. Recently given a complete overhaul - stripped wood floor, squiggly mirrors, black and white pictures, blue bead strip lighting etc<br />
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<b>Student factor:</b> Previously, few students went here but the new overhaul is aimed squarely at them – which given that the place is the second pub they encounter on their way down the hill, is probably a good call.<br />
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<b>Atmosphere:</b> Well, we were the only two in here early Friday evening, apart from two middle-aged locals which I imagine are not quite the clientèle the place is aiming for. The wide open door in the front bar which is inches from the junction made for a cold and uncomfortable feel along with the muted lighting.<br />
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<b>Drinks range: </b>Various spirits and mixer combos, along with ‘goldfish bowl’ drinks. No real ale, of course though a range of standard bottled beers are now available. To be fair, on our latest May 2012 viewing, the barman was helpful and accurate in telling us to go to the Ship & Castle for it!<br />
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<b>TV/Music:</b> Chart music with a muted telly showing Pointless in the main bar. Back room houses another TV (tuned to some random footy match).<br />
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<b>Other stuff:</b> We liked the back-lit V shapes at the bar front that changed colour. The interior sports new banquette seating and a weird mix of new black tables and old bar stools from the old Weston, which are incongruous. Quizzer in the back room.<br />
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<b>Quinno’s verdict:</b> Time will tell how it fares, but it seems to be in direct competition with Harry’s. With students having to fork out even more money for tuition fees next year this place will need to be on its toes. CMStudent also has a well-written take in the comments below.</div>
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Anonymous said...Wasn't too bad a few years back but nowadays the sleazy boyfriend of the landlady won't leave you alone if he's working. Landlady does a lovely Sunday Roast at a reasonable price but only go if you can stand the boyfriend's squeaky voice disturbing your meal. Be careful there as the boyfriend also has a tendancy to get violent when drunk.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: xx-small;">This is so true! He is a right sleaze! Not to be trusted! She's no better though! (What a man!)No atmosphere whatsoever in the pub.. If it was the last pub left in aber I don't think I'd drink there! You may think different but... </span><br />
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PN said...Has had a mini- refurb and was good enough to sponsor a pair of uni football teams last year. Landlord (Stan) is a legend in his own right. Not the best quality drinks, but unassuming and a good place for a laugh with a small group. Also good for the crack of being pestered by the local drunks for a game of pool.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">21 August 2010 15:28 </span></span>Quinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-36762470801679015812007-10-30T18:55:00.001-07:002011-03-14T12:01:10.596-07:00Aberystwyth - The Academy (Yr Academi)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6ZmQ0b2h2ae09y7QJt5Bor7PmhjqFQJlrcszTQr-FO5xTaH4uZobG9mn7EoGmie2ToPaXqhMk7BLXqwLqnAGmNEUAkUVsu9sgqZ6W6MRhDp4gRq4amvwU838eLF2bBMqWI5qd4FAAyY/s1600/acadex6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6ZmQ0b2h2ae09y7QJt5Bor7PmhjqFQJlrcszTQr-FO5xTaH4uZobG9mn7EoGmie2ToPaXqhMk7BLXqwLqnAGmNEUAkUVsu9sgqZ6W6MRhDp4gRq4amvwU838eLF2bBMqWI5qd4FAAyY/s400/acadex6.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-style: italic;">Formerly known as </span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b>Three Jolly Sailors</b>; <a href="http://www.aberystwyth-online.co.uk/architecturalwalk/stpaulschurch.shtml">"a notorious den of iniquity..."</a></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Address:</b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> <st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">52 Great Darkgate Street</st1:address></st1:street>,<st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"></st1:city> <st1:postalcode st="on">SY23 1DW. Tel: </st1:postalcode></st1:place></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">01970 636852</span><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place st="on" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><st1:postalcode st="on"></st1:postalcode></st1:place><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=11356&type=10" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">[gmap]</a><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /> <a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61963/">Pubs Galore page </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9257">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>1</span><br />
<a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9296">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page</a> 2<br />
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<b>Open</b>: 12pm-1am Sun-Fri, 11am-2am Sat<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit:</span> 04/03/2011</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Massive derelict old chapel (called St. Paul’s, trivia fans), given a very expensive a</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">nd unholy refit as a massive two-level bar (and as many speculated at the time, a club waiting to happen; but the local council seem to have put a stop to that idea...for now). The most impressive pub in Aber, façade-wise. Inside had a refurb in Sept 2008 though it's fairly similar as before, except the middle partition downstairs has been removed - see pics of the new-look inside below.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> </span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Student factor: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">A classic student bar, but it attracts more than enough locals to stop it getting too up-it’s-own-arse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Drinks range: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Fair, now has an ale on and the prices have stabilized a bit</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">. Service is notoriously variable, as are the amount of staff on duty. The ale can occasionally be a more unusual choice (<a href="http://www.breconshirebrewery.co.uk/">Breconshire Brewery</a> during November 2010, though it was just rotten old Felinfoel in March 2011) so worth giving it a go. Sells absinthe, if you really want a bad time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">H</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">ad a bank of TV screens cobbled together to make one big screen (so 1997…) which has now been replaced by the usual big </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">screen. Otherwise, usual pre-clubbing style music.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Quinno’s verdict: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">O</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">ffers enough to keep most punters happy for a drink or two and is excellent as a warm-up venue for a late night to follow.</span></div>Quinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-24603126777578366522007-10-30T18:52:00.002-07:002017-03-15T13:30:19.312-07:00Aberystwyth - Angel Inn<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKC6D8iN3WbdvbIhlQ1JWVnEmelnFTAUbakBwn5P60gsND9fubFlJ_1FZzSpO0XfJzBzmYdJ6rtxkvrApMlviKzZ7a-vCqFN5RAss-ycW-nW4wdl0WUk8RYSpYV2JKx6YwHnCa4yofQcw/s1600-h/angel33.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321639711033536962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKC6D8iN3WbdvbIhlQ1JWVnEmelnFTAUbakBwn5P60gsND9fubFlJ_1FZzSpO0XfJzBzmYdJ6rtxkvrApMlviKzZ7a-vCqFN5RAss-ycW-nW4wdl0WUk8RYSpYV2JKx6YwHnCa4yofQcw/s320/angel33.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Address: </b><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">57-59 Great Darkgate Street</st1:address></st1:street></span><span style="font-size: small;">,<st1:place st="on"> <st1:postalcode st="on">SY23 1DW. Tel: </st1:postalcode></st1:place></span><span style="font-size: small;">01970 617878</span><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on"></st1:postalcode></st1:place> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=26571&type=10">[gmap]</a><br />
<a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/43734/">Pubs Galore page</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9297"><span style="font-size: small;">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page</span></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit: </span>18/05/2012</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Welcome to the great unreformed pub in Aber. Split into a front bar and large function room at the rear, this is a place that was one of the original Gang of Eight* to hold a post-11pm late licence in Aber before that nice Mr Blair’s <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4472432.stm">Licensing Reform Act</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Student factor: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Big in the back room when the various theme nights are on. <strike>Otherwise, it’s often home to craggy locals and menacing people of dubious origin in the front.</strike> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> I never thought the Angel would ever be fashionable </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">but this place now seems to be in vogue with a number of the less pretentious students now - a few years ago they wouldn't have been seen dead in here (though the strikethrough statement above still applies on Fridays!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Atmosphere: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Interior had a light makeover a couple of years back and isn't quite as dark and shabby as before. They've also opened up a the right-hand side of the front bar a bit more. I’ve seen fisticuffs in here on more than one occasion, so be prepared to duck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Drinks range: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Getting better. Snakebite &</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> black/whiskey territory here mainly, though there's some Corky's which always goes down well. Token ale (Hancocks HB) of variable quality; last visit I went for Navy Rum!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music:</span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> There is a TV that gets intermittently used in the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">front bar. Mainly people go for the late-licence back room – (latest set-list: </span><span style="font-size: small;">Monday – I<strike>ndiesoc</strike> <span style="color: #cc0000;">(discountinued)</span>; Tuesday – RocSoc</span><span style="font-size: small;">; Wednesday – PunkSoc; Thursday - Reggae Night; Friday/Saturday – Locals <i>Now That’s What I Call Music</i> compilation ho-down)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">. Back room also hosts the occasional live band. Aber monoliths <a href="http://www.myspace.com/mightyfuod"><i>The Mighty FUOD</i></a> put on a legendary performance in here back in 2003. The back room is a pretty good venue on a busy night (see below, Aber Indiesoc night):</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Other stuff: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Front bar toilets are the worst in Aber, very <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh7_p1lM2fY"><span style="font-style: italic;">Trainspotting</span></a> (I can promise that the image below is un-doctered in any way) although the ones in the back room have been overhauled and aren't too bad now. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">The newsagents next door used to stock the biggest hoard of porn I've ever encountered - one shelf for UK, one shelf for foreign and a special section for shrink-wrapped - someone had fun filing those. Seems to have gone now, blame the internet. However the Angel soldiers on with a dirty nudey quizzer. Classy. We couldn't help ourselves last time and had a go - someone had got so excited previously by it there was a johnny wrapper on the floor directly underneath. I made sure to wash my fingers afterwards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Quinno’s verdict: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Has improved a little over the last couple of years, but to be honest I wouldn't bother to go beyond curiosity value.</span><br />
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Quinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-81242061653272639372007-10-29T19:47:00.002-07:002013-01-01T11:07:01.557-08:00Aberystwyth - The Bay (Y Bae) - CLOSED<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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<b style="color: #cc0000;">LATEST NEWS</b><b style="color: #cc0000;"> JAN 2013 - it's gonna be a Premier Inn! <a href="http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/26157/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-20817186</a></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Address</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>: </b></span><span style="font-size: small;">35-37 Marine Terrace, <st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on">SY23 2DX. Tel: </st1:postalcode></st1:place></span><span style="font-size: small;">01970 627115</span><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on"></st1:postalcode></st1:place> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=9404&type=10">[gmap]</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit:</span> 20/01/2008</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 85%;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%; font-style: italic;">"Time to clear some stuff up: The Bay wasn't as successful in the last year as previous ones, as no-one came down to us most nights 'til about 3, and we weren't making the money, so Brains didn't close a successful pub.</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-style: italic;"> The company own the lease, and still have a significant period of time on it. For the time being they have just emptied the place (eg the pumps, cellar coolers, tills etc), and all that's left is a shell of a building, and there is no news on what they are intending at the moment, but it doesn't look like it will come back in its recent state, if at all.</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-style: italic;"> Upstairs is in a bad state of affairs, but that had nothing to do with the closing, it hadn't made any difference for the past few years, so why should it of now.</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-style: italic;"> Soundproofing was sorted last summer, with no financial help from Brains themselves, like the rest of the pub over the last few years."</span></div>
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Ceredigion CC are forcing Brains to make good dilapidation and hand back the building. Good. Brains have been a pretty shitty outfit. <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-13523654">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-13523654</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 85%;">Believe it or not, this was a deathly-dull hotel bar 15-odd years ago. It’s now a jam-packed student dive. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 85%;">The last of the great ‘seafront plub’ generation from the 90’s still left standing (the <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.com/2007/10/rip-pubs-whom-we-have-loved-and-lost.html">Boar’s Head</a>, <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.com/2007/10/glengower-hotel-glen.html">Glen</a> and the <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.com/2007/10/rip-pubs-whom-we-have-loved-and-lost.html">Seabank</a> having fallen by the wayside), multi-roomed (everyone has their favourite place) with a bar at the front and a cobbled-together dancefloor at the rear and also downstairs, with sweat dripping from the ceiling and running down the walls. Post-plub aftermath has diluted it’s core appeal, there’s a few more mainstream types in there now than before. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 85%;">Usually charges a token entry f</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 85%;">ee after 11, so get down there <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRC6ayKxAvA">early doors</a> if you’re pikey like me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjut9faaQIuuUYnvn2PJOj437X8cjj3xpnT0cORc2zpv6-s7YYCTie4UhDcmoLYH0D8c39a_QsdjFJzb9yGEelw0plqYKFN5ertLy_OCT1JUGjAZn9qfSYcV3r3svwK9UIRb-7p7-hlGjo/s1600-h/IMG_0742.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403369991695437122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjut9faaQIuuUYnvn2PJOj437X8cjj3xpnT0cORc2zpv6-s7YYCTie4UhDcmoLYH0D8c39a_QsdjFJzb9yGEelw0plqYKFN5ertLy_OCT1JUGjAZn9qfSYcV3r3svwK9UIRb-7p7-hlGjo/s320/IMG_0742.JPG" style="display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 150px;" width="240" /></a><b><span lang="EN-GB">Atmosphere: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 85%;">After 11pm, this is the possibly still the place to be for a night out in Aber. Genuine student-types, a sticky, squelchy floor and grotty bogs. Make sure you have a download before you get here, because the toilet pan will be plastered in faeces and vomit by midnight. Has lost something since the smoking ban, mainly the cancerous fog – some nights you couldn’t see from one end of the dance floor to another. Bay regulars of years past had <a href="http://whyquit.com/joel/emphysema.jpg">lungs of 60 year old chain smokers</a>. Some of the old fittings have been removed, which makes it a</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 85%;"> bit less homely than before and more bland - shame.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 85%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Drinks range: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 85%;">Limited but cheap. Most people in here drink the legendary Snakebite and Black (aka diesel; goth juice) which is ½ lager, ½ cider and a splash of blackcu</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 85%;">rrant juice to those of you who don’t get out much. Gained notoriety in the late-90’s for being the first place in west <st1:country -region="-region" st="on"><st1:place st="on">Wales</st1:place></st1:country> to sell the newly-legalised <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe">absinthe</a>, and continues to sell similarly meths-based concoctions which are more suited to disinfecting hospital wards than being drunk. Queues on a weekend can be horrendous – get to know a member of bar staff, it can prove mighty beneficial when attempting to catch their eye amongst a hoard of 50 other people clamouring for more alcohol. Used to give out a free vodka with each dr</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 85%;">ink in the earlier hours of trading (which got poured straight into the Snakey B to make it 'turbo') but the local plod have put a stop to that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit:</span> 18/05/2012<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Background:</span> A comfy, stuffy hotel bar that appears to be slowly allowing more non-residents in.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Student factor: </span>Some occasional overseas students, though mainly aged residents and well-to-do locals.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Atmosphere: </span>Quiet but relaxing. Lovely views of the seafront if you grab a window seat. Heated like an old folks home, so great during the winter months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drinks range: </span>Not so bad, actually. A decent ale range (Welsh micros) over two pumps (though only one one during the quieter periods of the week) get it into the GBG but quality isn't in the same league as the Ship and Castle. Otherwise, a small range of keg and a few spirits, with an interesting whisky selection.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">TV/Music: </span>Some loungey muzak, but mainly it's the gentle crashing of the surf outside.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Other stuff: </span>There's posh nosh available. Check out the crazy opposing mirrors that create a weird labyrinthine-feel when you look into them. Trippy.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Quinno’s verdict</span>: If you fancy a relaxing pint in the peace and quiet with a lovely sea view, this could be up your street.</span></div>Quinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-62735737069387755042007-10-29T18:44:00.000-07:002011-03-14T11:52:46.993-07:00Aberystwyth - Cambrian<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivghhS0ldJjwEKbp-PqjmZ9RbOPmi5aCtgr6lC2kmAkqPUydlekLFVDHNieKY-0O8UQNXAcKBB8nA3a2WLUjeFTvXzlG20ZbQ_HGO9C2-bCet9gntpTnQPrL5usxDGjhaPL15BoC8DBB8/s1600-h/camb1.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321641735183602338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivghhS0ldJjwEKbp-PqjmZ9RbOPmi5aCtgr6lC2kmAkqPUydlekLFVDHNieKY-0O8UQNXAcKBB8nA3a2WLUjeFTvXzlG20ZbQ_HGO9C2-bCet9gntpTnQPrL5usxDGjhaPL15BoC8DBB8/s320/camb1.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Formerly known as The Commercial Hotel</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Address: </b><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">Alexandra Road</st1:address></st1:street></span><span style="font-size: small;">,<st1:place st="on"> <st1:postalcode st="on">SY23 1LG. Tel:</st1:postalcode></st1:place> </span><span style="font-size: small;">01970 612446</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=26581&type=10">[gmap]</a><br />
<a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/43738/">Pubs Galore page </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9253">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit:</span> 04/03/2011</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Originally a comfy boozer back in ‘97, this place went for a full-on refurb and em</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">erged blinking into the daylight as a binge drinkers paradise – an IKEA cocktail bar. Became massively popular and has remained an integral part of the circuit ever since, though it's starting to get rather tatty round the edges.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Atmosphere: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Veers from dead at 7:30pm to major crush at 8:30pm. Some evenings it will take you five minutes to get from one end of the bar to the other which is lethal if you’re desperate for a slash. Quieter outside of term-time.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Drinks range: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_wars">Star Wars</a> and University-themed cocktails, wi</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">th their ingredients, are plastered all over the walls on slate discs; don't be a tool and ask for a menu at the bar. Cocktails are pretty much the only reason to go in. They’re not cheap, but they’ll do the job and they are big – most come in pint glasses. Biggest of them all is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Star">Death Star</a> – two pints of what looks like muddy water from the River Rheidol and one of those will be more than enough to get you bouncing off the walls. Service is normally pretty sharp, the staff in here earn their b</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">iscuits. Token real ale (Pride or Hancock's HB) not that it gets drunk much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music:</span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> No TV, but ‘pumping’ music gets progressively loud during the evening, often ending up at unnecessarily ear-splitting levels after 9pm.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Other stuff: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Pool table, which is permanently booked after 7pm. Food is served during the day, Sunday lunch is rumoured to be decent. Toilets often poor. Cambrian was the scene of the infamous hit-and-run egging incident of Halloween 2006 - hopefully the management have learnt to lock the side door on that particular night now.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/43739/">Pubs Galore page</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9396">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit: </span>18/05/2012<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Originally a two-</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">roomed backstreet pub with a lounge and public ba</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">r (and one of the main locations in <a href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/malcolm-pryce/">Malcolm Pryce's Louie Knight books</a>), this watering-hole has had two makeovers in the last 15 years which have all but removed the original soul of the place, in</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">cluding the lovely old Victorian bar. Now it’s laminate floored, ch</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">ocolate coloured sofa lounge-bar thing, specializing in being the last pub in Aber to close each <strike>evening</strike> morning. </span><span style="font-size: small;">It tends to get busy - you guessed it - when the other pubs are chucking out and this place is still open.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Student factor: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">The late-licence means that you get a bigger mixture of peoples these days compared to 10 years back, including some of the more well-known soaks from a particularly well-regarded Uni department who try to nick your drink when you aren't looking and pour it into their own.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Atmosphere: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Holds quite a good atmosphere late, but the new incarnation i</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">s still finding its feet during the daytime as the more clinical interior finish means that it can no longer feel busy with just </span><span style="font-size: small;">half-a-dozen people in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Drinks range: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">The ale range varies; </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">there's usually a couple of unusual ones (Hop Back has been sighted previously) on in <strike>good</strike> variable nick - I get the feeling that the beer is put on and then not checked, so if it's fresh, you're in...if it isn't, it's Sarsons. There's also an interesting* keg lager - <a href="http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/news.ma/article/26072">Tuborg</a>.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB"> Hecks cider was on in May 2012 which was a welcome sight as proper cider is still difficult to come across outside of Spoons and the Ship.</span><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">In a victory for APG, the 'trendy' song lyrics have been removed from the walls an</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">d the jukebox no longer has the shame of having Robbie Williams' scribblings stationed above it. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> There used to be live music on a Friday in the form of local bands of builders who thought they were a</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> cross between <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereophonics">Stereophonics</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_Quo">Status Quo</a>, not sure if this still happens post-refurb.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Other stuff: </span></b>The biggest new thing here is the award of a late (very late) licence - currently, the Castle is allowed to serve drinks until 2am between Sundays and Thursdays and until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays, and has a licence covering live or recorded music till 1am any night of the week (yes, I've clearly copied that from the Council's Licensing website). They're now actively pushing the hotel aspect of the place, check out their <a href="http://www.castlehotelaberystwyth.co.uk/">sparkly new website</a>, <strike>though I'm not sure who would want to stay in a room above a late-licence drinking den?</strike> I have spent a night there and the room itself was pretty good (see below) and clearly sound-proofed - except for the rickety old sash windows, which of course meant that the utterance of every drunk entering/leaving/having a smoke outside was audible almost as loudly as if you'd been standing next to them. Fail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Otherwise, there's </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">an active dart board and pool table and also apparently </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">food is now available.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> Look out for th</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">e lethal metal pole in the middle of the pub (see bottom), you’re not a proper student drinker i</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">n Aber until you’ve walked into it by accident whilst blotto. Oh and the toilets have finally been done-up - there's now even Dyson Airblades, how very metropolitan.</span><br />
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Quinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-66800532507653714932007-10-28T18:41:00.000-07:002011-03-14T12:07:33.970-07:00Aberystwyth - Consti<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5ThSI3nUZgUzvXVYOQWoZG9xYL8v8-L_Wb8fUZSvvn_PWTTqkKnYNf-Uw7oRNz9rCFuZJug0zeVJml-cx0QXWm034HDxuhOT01wuBOv3s3TDhW-k2xKVcct1LmqeKZkeTChh4flSkQE/s1600/IMG_1407.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5ThSI3nUZgUzvXVYOQWoZG9xYL8v8-L_Wb8fUZSvvn_PWTTqkKnYNf-Uw7oRNz9rCFuZJug0zeVJml-cx0QXWm034HDxuhOT01wuBOv3s3TDhW-k2xKVcct1LmqeKZkeTChh4flSkQE/s400/IMG_1407.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Address: </b></span><span style="font-size: small;">Constitution Hill,<st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"></st1:city> </st1:place></span><span style="font-size: small;">SY23 2DN. Tel: </span><span style="font-size: small;">01970 617642</span><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on"></st1:postalcode></st1:place> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&q=Aberystwyth,+Dyfed+SY23+2DN,+UK&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title">[gmap]</a><br />
<a href="http://www.aberystwythcliffrailway.co.uk/">http://www.aberystwythcliffrailway.co.uk</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit:</span> 06/03/2011</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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Background: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">All there used to be at the top of the iconic Constitution Hill was the Camera Obscura and a small, draughty Nissen Hut serving tea, coffee and old Mars Bars. In a sign of the times, there is now a super-shiny fully functional bar-restaurant, double-glazed and ready to cater for your every whim (well, not quite, but you get what I mean). Be aware that the bar is only open when the connecting Cliff Railway is - </span>7 days a week from mid-March until early November, from 10am to 5pm. So don't turn up at 8:30pm in the middle of January expecting a pint.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Drinks range: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Not bad at all - they stock the full bottled range of Brains ale (including Brains Dark) and have Brains Smooth on keg, as well as Carling. Surprisingly, real ale is available (though only Felinfoel or Cambrain Bitter). They also have <a href="http://www.sabrain.com/index.cfm?UUID=141225CD-1372-662A-4C904C6C86BFF7A8">45</a>, a 'Welsh Continental lager' (another Brains product) bottled, which tasted OK. Lots of non-alcoholic options available too. Prices are reasonable given the location.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Neither, that I recall. There may have been a radio on but I didn't notice as I was too excited about standing in a bar at the top of the Hill ordering a beer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Other stuff: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">You can take your beer outside (so long as you return the glassware) which is brilliant on a sunny day as we experienced in April (see pic above). Lots of places to sit and enjoy your drink with stunning views. Just be careful of the wasps in the summer - they get everywhere. There's a function room available to hire. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Quinno's verdict: </span>They've done a super job on this, and I'd heartily recommend a few beers up her</span><span style="font-size: small;">e on a warm summers afternoon - the perfect place to revise, I'd wager.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Address: </b><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">Northgate St</st1:address></st1:street></span><span style="font-size: small;">, <st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on">SY23 2JT. Tel: </st1:postalcode></st1:place></span><span style="font-size: small;">01970 624050</span><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=26570&type=10">[gmap]</a><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/43742/">Pubs Galore page </a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/ycwps">MySpace site</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9353">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Drinks range: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Average. <strike>Note to ale drinker</strike></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"><strike>s – don’t be fooled by the handpulls, only two of them work. If you order the Felinfoel Stout, they’ll try a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derren_brown">Derren Brown</a> sleight-of-hand on you, to sub a <a href="http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=180630">dirty nitrokeg</a> in its place without a peep that the real ale version is unavailable and that the advertised handpull is blatantly misleading. Very poor form, especially from a pub that is owned by a real ale brewery!!!</strike> All three of the Felinfoel pumps now work and dispense the real deal. Whether you enjoy the output is another matter (I really dislike Feelin Foul ale on a personal level). </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Pub used to be the home of ‘proper <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiness">Guinness</a>’ brewed in <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Dubli</st1:city></st1:place></span><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">n</st1:city></st1:place>, back in the day. If you could taste the difference you should have retrained as a sniffer dog.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Music and Sky Sports. Live music too - </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">seems to host a Welsh Christian folk group i</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">ntermittently. Used to be gigs played in the room upstairs (cracking gig by the long-departed Moriarty back in the day), but this seems to have dropped off in recent times. There's a work</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">ing piano downstairs too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Other stuff: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Formerly huge and freezing bogs have had an overhaul, now smaller a</span><span style="font-size: small;">nd considerably warmer. Rear section now has a working fire. Seems to now be the foremost nationalist pub in Aber, no 'Yes for Wales' flyers at the <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.co.uk/2007/10/yr-hen-llew-du-black-lion.html"><b>Llew Du</b></a>, but there were here:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Formerly known as Harley’s Sports Bar; Jesters; Prince Albert<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Address:</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">21 Eastgate</st1:address></st1:street>, <st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on">SY23 2AR. Tel: </st1:postalcode></st1:place></span><span style="font-size: small;">01970 611722</span><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on"></st1:postalcode></st1:place> <a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=29918&type=10">[gmap]</a> </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/43743/">Pubs Galore page</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit:</span><span style="font-size: small;"> 03/03/2011</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Was a n</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">ewly-opened semi-American influenced sports bar back when I started in ’98 and was often empty, but then beg</span><span style="font-size: small;">an picking up a lot of local custom at weekends. Now re-branded on the outside, but still looks very much like it always did inside except cleaner...<b><o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Atmosphere: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Quiet during the week, but loud and busy at weekends – the queue for the bar can be horrendous</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">. Part of the townie crawl circuit on a weekend so be warned, some of the ones in here can be pretty lairy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Drinks range: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">Limited – this is a vertical drinking den in the evenings, make no mistake. There’s normally a cheap offer on something or other. They've got the <a href="http://www.sabrain.com/beers/draught/forty-five">Brains 45 lager</a> - it's not bad actually (high praise from an ale drinker!), though pricey.<span lang="EN-GB"> There was a handpump with Brains ale on offer ion March 2011, though the clip was turned.</span><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Other stuff: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">One thing it does do very well is the rugby – this is a great place to catch the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Nations_Championship">6 Nations</a> because of the atmosphere generated in the back room. I was told this had a brief flirtation with being a gay boozer, but it looks like the same old place to me. Two pool tables and a jukebox also feature along with some posh leather sofas in the front bar. Apparently they have a vehicle registration plate for every US State on the walls (I've never bothered to count but I'll take their word for it). Food is now available in the afternoons and evenings.<span lang="EN-GB"> There's also dart boards, a pool table and wi-fi.</span><b><span lang="EN-GB"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Quinno’s verdict: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Maybe if the rugby’s on or you fancy a lazy afternoon on the soafas. But I wo</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">uldn’t really bother unless you’re in a big group, wanting to down bottles of lager in a hurry.</span></div>
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Quinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-65173833333170174262007-10-26T18:38:00.000-07:002011-03-14T12:28:55.569-07:00Aberystwyth - Downies Vaults<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUV-FvFlZEtk8pbnUFJeNfl_3ErpI8gumTkBNt_r52PyZDb_3KegUK-9NTw1V3ZNmHDch4Gm18aiIthq6hsVqO6EeXXdPKzDEkg4Djaex2cYO11On89QyfEBlT9CSzPKPurCHmJCUS6W4/s1600-h/Downies.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117661252443699634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUV-FvFlZEtk8pbnUFJeNfl_3ErpI8gumTkBNt_r52PyZDb_3KegUK-9NTw1V3ZNmHDch4Gm18aiIthq6hsVqO6EeXXdPKzDEkg4Djaex2cYO11On89QyfEBlT9CSzPKPurCHmJCUS6W4/s320/Downies.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;"><b>Address:</b></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;"> <st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">33 Eastgate</st1:address></st1:street>, <st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on">SY23 2AR. Tel: </st1:postalcode></st1:place></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;">01970 625446</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on"></st1:postalcode></st1:place> <a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=26579&type=10">[gmap]</a><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">Formerly a tidy boozer with some nice period features and comfy individualist drinking areas. Successive refurbs over the years has taken the edge off it though. Back in the day, this was a classic comfy two-roomed bar...<b><o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">Mainly music, the jukebox in here was one of the best in Aber a few years back, but now just pumps out standard stuff. <strike>Although there are speakers in the bogs, which is a rarefied bonus in these heathen parts</strike>.<o:p></o:p><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Address:</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> <st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">Bridge Street</st1:address></st1:street>, Trefechan,<st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"></st1:city> <st1:postalcode st="on">SY23 1BE. Tel: </st1:postalcode></st1:place></span><span style="font-size: small;">01970 612430</span><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on"></st1:postalcode></st1:place> <a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=26367&type=10">[gmap]</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61964/">Pubs Galore page</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9268">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9435">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page 2</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Genuine two-room, multi-layered old-skool pub, tucked away just ove</span><span style="font-size: small;">r Tref bridge, past the pet shop. Tales persist that this was once a hive of activity, populated by gays, rockers and ale drinkers. Sadly for the last few years it’s been too quiet, which is a shame – it’s got a lot going for it. The old landlord (Josh) has left and the pub has been taken over and updated a little.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Student factor: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">One or two, normally friends of the person behind the bar or a couple in Aber Town colours after a match. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Role-players sometimes turn up on a Saturday if they’ve been casting spells and bashing each other with plastic axes in the woods nearby. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Mainly locals otherwise.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Drinks range: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Used to pretty good but seems to be a bit up and down now. Was the only pub in Aber to sell a genuine cask mild – <a href="http://www.pub-explorer.com/realale/sabrains.htm#DARK">Brains Dark</a>, now departed though still there in keg form apparently; though this has been recently replaced by <a href="http://www.felinfoel-brewery.com/ales.html">Felinfoel Stout</a> - the proper stuff too, not that keg rubbish at the Cwps. Pub used to a</span><span style="font-size: small;">ppear in the Campaign for Real Ale’s <a href="http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=192602"><i>Good Beer Guide</i></a>, but not the 2010 edition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">TV's in the right-hand bar. A pretty good jukebox in the left, hosting mainly Rock, Blues and Indie, with a smattering of <i>Now!</i> albums from back in the day.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Other stuff: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">Pool table and the white UPVC toilet walls that look like they’ve come off the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Maze">Crystal Maze</a>. There was also a <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1336613/Student-is-jailed-for-killing-his-love-rival.html">murder</a> here a few years back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Quinno’s verdict: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">This is a decent pub that has a lot of unfulfilled potential. Fancy getting a few cheap, quiet jars in before a night out or watching Aber Town over the footbridge at Park Avenue? Try here. It’s been criminally neglected by the last few generations of Aber students.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit:</span> 18/05/2012</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Student factor: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">From hero to zero unless it’s a sunny day, when the limited outside seating gets popular with the locals, or Sundays when mum and dad are in town to buy their student sprog a square meal and venture in here because the view looks nice.<b><o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Atmosphere: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">Again, not much these days – it’s just too big to sustain anything outside of Friday evenings. Also seems pretty cold, which doesn’t help. A far cry from the ‘<b>Aber Rock Café</b>’ of years past. In a previous visit I complained bitterly about filthy tables and falling masonry (<i>"</i></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Perhaps the falling masonry is an ironic attempt to make the students feel at home and I've missed the joke..."</i>) </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">- this appeared to have been largely rectified. Let's hope it stays that way.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Drinks range: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">One area of massive improvement at least, with one or two relatively unique (for Aber) real ales on sale (get them to take the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_engine#Sparkler">sparklers</a> off the Southern ones first though) alongside Wye Valley HPA/Butty. There are also lots of whisky varieties (25+) and no more <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3188382.stm">Hofmeister</a> masquerading as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harp_Lager">Harp</a>. Features in the <a href="http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=192602">Good Beer Guide 2010 </a>- though I wouldn't recommend it particularly as a pubbing experience myself.<b><o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">There’s definitely music, sometimes horribly inappropriate (we ate Sunday lunch in here to sound of 50 Cent when it first re-opened). There’s also a big screen for the football, out back.<b><o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Other stuff: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Besides the view, there's pot plants and pool. Despite the wholesale refurb upstairs, the downstairs bogs are just the same as they were in the ‘plub’ days, which is hilarious, given the amount of times I saw people urinating (and in one case, defecating) into the sink. A former manager of this place a few years back had what I shall call a 'run-in' with the workers of a particular kebab house in the town and ended up through the front window of said establishment.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> More trivia - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor">Elizabeth Taylor's</a> grand daughter used to worked here back in the early 90's; to quote </span><span style="font-size: small; font-style: italic;">"she looked <a href="http://www.arnadal.no/film/actors/images/taylor3.jpg">very similar to LT in the 1950s</a>. She had stayed at Michael Jacksons mansion (being a girl I guess she was OK) in LA but still ended up working in the Glen (94/95). If I remember rightly she was a local not a student but can't remember her name. Was worth putting up with Dave just to be served by her." (Mr X, former UWA student and barman at the Bear in the early 90's).</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Quinno’s verdict: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Can’t help thinking they threw away the Golden Goose. Maybe go here on a summer’s day (it’s the only ‘legal’ place to drink out on the seafront apparently, although that never stopped me). Sadly, I don’t really see the point of this place now - </span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 100%;">the Glen falls between two stools of not being posh enough for food but not studenty enough to be busy.</span></span></div>Quinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-12147867534848298882007-10-25T18:34:00.002-07:002012-06-06T13:06:47.281-07:00Aberystwyth - Harry's Bar<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCZf5hK8fjIAXy3Io9AtUqpEOGDOVzIQrU88ZqHtKlTGyo8TtqSrWwogycby3YhbVs2dRDiaAiFPhfWV_XE61DTQG0Mr2eQNTNDUHSfjQDhVIa5x4ckFP_QabtMEGa3dbv52zjjlBZmM/s1600/IMAG0715.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCZf5hK8fjIAXy3Io9AtUqpEOGDOVzIQrU88ZqHtKlTGyo8TtqSrWwogycby3YhbVs2dRDiaAiFPhfWV_XE61DTQG0Mr2eQNTNDUHSfjQDhVIa5x4ckFP_QabtMEGa3dbv52zjjlBZmM/s320/IMAG0715.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Address:</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">40-46 North Parade, SY23 2NF. Tel: 01970 612647</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=SY23+2NF&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title">[gmap]</a><br />
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.harrysaberystwyth.com/public/harrys_restaurant_bar.php">http://www.harrysaberystwyth.com</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61909/">Pubs Galore page</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit:</span> 04/03/2011</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">This used to be a hotel-cum-bistro with a small residents bar, back in the day. Has taken a leaf out of the Bay's book (15 years later!) and turned itself into a large bar <strike>with a tokenistic Irish theme - which appears to extend little further than an Irish flag outside and some Guinness paraphernalia in the window.</strike></span></span><br />
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</div></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Drinks range: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Fairly poor for such a large bar, <strike>no real ale</strike> <strike>(now got Double Dragon</strike>) no real ale (again) or unusual spirits. In fact, outside of Guinness, I don't recall seeing any Irish drinks at all.</span><span lang="EN-GB"> The only thing that I'd want to drink in here is the <a href="http://www.sabrain.com/beers/draught/forty-five">Brains 45</a> but that is an expensive option.</span><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Atmosphere: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Getting busier at weekends but still quiet during the earlier parts of the week. It's huge inside with two enormous bar areas, so they're obviously expecting some customers. Beware that you can no longer do a lap of the bar as the left hand side is now given over to dining - an odd choice given the amount of drunk students in fancy dress only yards away...I wouldn't fancy eating there. The staff get sniffy if you wonder in there by accident, as I found myself!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDN_v3LPfSs3moqjVM2Lgfq_YYm5kYfrqI8xzkUbKLvVdefGdKkfsT5253gDr1ce3fcNKD3KeXMYiKdiSmrOGo3dzqXsi0qJFPJCITSuhFpMwjzsP-YwE1OhZf2zpvg9D5wD_e5yKRrEE/s1600/IMG_0771.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406930130101223090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDN_v3LPfSs3moqjVM2Lgfq_YYm5kYfrqI8xzkUbKLvVdefGdKkfsT5253gDr1ce3fcNKD3KeXMYiKdiSmrOGo3dzqXsi0qJFPJCITSuhFpMwjzsP-YwE1OhZf2zpvg9D5wD_e5yKRrEE/s200/IMG_0771.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Both, loudly and at the same time. TV's are dotted around - assuming that it's going to try and market itself as a sports destination venue? A previous visit yielded the eclectic sports choice of competitive skateboarding.</span><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Other stuff: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB">Dark and hot. The toilets are quite an impressive affair, <strike>very modern</strike> now getting vandalised, need to keep on top of that. There's a 'no hidden catches' <a href="http://www.harrysaberystwyth.com/public/harrys_tariff.php">loyalty card</a> available for various discounts. The <a href="http://www.harrysirishbar.co.uk/menu/BistroMenuAll.pdf">food </a>is also being pushed again.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Quinno’s verdict:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> Seems to be finding a niche amongst the students, but I find it a fairly bland box-ticker</span><span lang="EN-GB">.</span></span><br />
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</div>Quinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-44832303756271075752007-10-24T18:34:00.000-07:002011-03-14T12:38:08.135-07:00Aberystwyth - Inn on the Pier<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GVg0chWHCtOh-lxmMryqeuKTfDEJM6luRi4qiQt7o4O93OeNJPfpLh6xREbkutWRLB0St50K-rtTC7cl2v3yoLl461GP0Ssw7X_NOPmJ4-k2u4CBkm5YRI2ZvyeFCWtFsWue3QEriGY/s1600/innonpext.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GVg0chWHCtOh-lxmMryqeuKTfDEJM6luRi4qiQt7o4O93OeNJPfpLh6xREbkutWRLB0St50K-rtTC7cl2v3yoLl461GP0Ssw7X_NOPmJ4-k2u4CBkm5YRI2ZvyeFCWtFsWue3QEriGY/s400/innonpext.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Address:</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> Marine Terrace, <st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on">SY23 2AZ. Tel: </st1:postalcode></st1:place></span><span style="font-size: small;">01970 610000 / 01970 636101</span><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on"></st1:postalcode></st1:place></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=28118&type=10">[gmap]</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><a href="http://www.royalpier.co.uk/">http://www.royalpier.co.uk</a><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61967/">Pubs Galore page</a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit:</span> 03/03/2011</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background:</span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> Nicknamed the ‘Pin’ (play on the name, Inn on the Pier - Pinn on the Ear, ho ho) this is the little sister to the nightclub (<a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.com/2007/10/nightclubs-not-yet-in-guide-but-maybe.html">Pier Pressure</a>) next door. As the name suggests, it's on the pier, which is always worth sampling on a wet Tuesday night with a Force 9 gale raging. Black barman with the (now shaved off!) dreadlocks is possibly the longest-serving barman in Aber, he was there back in 1998 when I started.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Student factor: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Mainly students, with a fair number of loud and boisterous townies in the evening and the occasional hen do. Now has an extremely late licence (the only pier in Britain with a 24 hour licence in fact<span style="color: #cc0000;">*</span>), so there’s plenty of dregs waftin</span><span style="font-size: small;">g around there in the early morning. However, it has stopped being 24 hour during the working week in response to complaints.<b><o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Atmosphere: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Always buzzing, which will tick most people’s boxes. Can verge on the rowdy late on in the evening with people desperately trying to get shitfaced whilst they can still hear themselves talk before they head next door. During the day it’s a great place to shelter from the cold and relax whilst watching the waves along the bay. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Ladies take note</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">, it's not afraid to trade on latent sexism during the evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">Football is almost a 24/7 fixture in here and it has enough tellies to show a number of live matches simultaneously – if you ask nicely.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Other stuff: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">Along with football, this place draws in a lot of punters for the food - pizza and fries based – which is fairly good value.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> There’s also an awful karaoke night. </span><span style="font-size: small;"> <strike>Toilets are often flooded and can smell horrific (even in the middle of the day), which is bad given the money this place makes, and the fact the waft of stale wee hangs around the pizza hatch</strike> seems like the toilets are improving and the smell of pizza wee has subsided. Oh and not to forget the most spectacular of all – the sight of thousands of <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/weather/images/slideshow/water_weather_comp/clive_gale_starlings.jpg">swarming starlings</a> coming to roost under the pier at dusk every evening. Just don’t get caught under it outside, or you’ll have a head full of faeces.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Quinno’s verdict: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Always worth a stop, especially when the footer’s on or you’re looking to start the evening early with alcohol and pizza. Fair play to them here for being able to stay in fashion for so long. </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">*</span>Hat-tip - Rebecca Connop Price</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>Quinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-52672717941014001032007-10-24T18:31:00.004-07:002012-05-30T05:17:22.782-07:00Aberystwyth - Kanes<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0W6s-f0MjlwQvJk1WVl7p1CDJduoFYS8xT29E5RpNRNrFIf4gzwNB9a-Ta0wmvM2LMq52iQkWP2RnhADVIlcSIWbGHXK5uluSsUdx9_47Yiyczm1IssOdeHrRbc_iOTnbuzM9598g8M/s1600-h/kanes_aberystwyth.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117659594586323314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0W6s-f0MjlwQvJk1WVl7p1CDJduoFYS8xT29E5RpNRNrFIf4gzwNB9a-Ta0wmvM2LMq52iQkWP2RnhADVIlcSIWbGHXK5uluSsUdx9_47Yiyczm1IssOdeHrRbc_iOTnbuzM9598g8M/s320/kanes_aberystwyth.JPG" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB">Formerly known as The Unicorn<o:p></o:p></span></i></b><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b face="trebuchet ms">Address: </b><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">Corporation Street</st1:address></st1:street><st1:place st="on">, <st1:postalcode st="on">SY23 2BT. Tel: </st1:postalcode></st1:place></span><span style="font-size: small;">01970 615662</span><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on"></st1:postalcode></st1:place> <a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=26580&type=10">[gmap]</a></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61968/">Pubs Galore page</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9281">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page</a> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(the 1981 entry is well-worth a read)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit:</span><span style="font-size: small;"> 19/05/2012</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Quinno’s verdict: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Perhaps you and your friends could make it a niche-pub during the week? It isn't one I'd particularly recommend myself, to be honest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Address: </b><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">8 Alexandra Road</st1:address></st1:street></span><span style="font-size: small;">,<st1:place st="on"> <st1:postalcode st="on">SY23 1LE. Tel: </st1:postalcode></st1:place></span><span style="font-size: small;">01970 625069</span><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on"></st1:postalcode></st1:place> <a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=29920&type=10">[gmap]</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/s.php?ref=search&init=q&q=kanes%20aberystwyth&sid=8c0497593b1650c3cce1302f990acbbe#/group.php?sid=8c0497593b1650c3cce1302f990acbbe&gid=22434299208">Facebook page</a></span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"> </span><br />
<a href="http://www.sabrain.com/lordbeechings">http://www.sabrain.com/lordbeechings </a><br />
<a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61969/">Pubs Galore page</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9254">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit:</span><span style="font-size: small;"> 05/03/2011</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background:</span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> Formerly a small, tight b</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">ar, notable only for offering lethal triple vodkas for 99p, this has recently been overhauled and extended into a fancy upmarket Brains outlet (see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel_ceiling">Sistine Chapel thing</a> going on below). However it's getting a bit grubby round the edges and is risking a fall from grace - a lick of paint and a good clean would help massively.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music:</span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> Piped mainstream stuff, loudness and tone varies according</span><span style="font-size: small;"> to the time of day. They now have SKY Sports and the like, surprised by that as I thought they were attempting the 'relaxed vibe' thing. It's not like Aber is short on places to catch the sport.<b><o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Quinno’s verdict:</span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> Was a nice place on re-opening but is letting its standards slip alarmingly. On its day it's a decent venue, especially if you can bag a seat in the old sweet shop corner with the big windows. The place seemed fairly gay-friendly post-refurb but that vibe has gone and is definitely heading towards a middle-aged locals club.</span><br />
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Quinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-86956516544384744102007-10-23T18:18:00.000-07:002013-09-30T12:02:56.608-07:00Aberystwyth - Marine Hotel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Address</b>: Marine Terrace, SY23 2BX. Tel: 01970 617435 <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=SY23+2BX&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Aberystwyth,+Dyfed+SY23+2BX&gl=uk&ei=r864TNWVDNG6jAewo_DPDg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ8gEwAA">[gmap]</a><br />
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<b>Last APG visit:</b> 21/05/2011<br />
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<b>Background</b>: Hotel bar, that gets in purely on the basis of having a real ale - the yucky Cambrian Bitter.<br />
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Student factor:</b> One or two during the mega buffet Sunday lunch (see below). Otherwise, only during graduation week.<br />
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<b>Atmosphere:</b> Quiet but relaxing. Lovely views of the seafront if you grab a window seat (basically, just like <a href="http://aberpubs.blogspot.com/2007/10/aberystwyth-belle-vue-hotel.html">Belle Vue</a>)<br />
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<b>Drinks range:</b> Average hotel bar range, the real ale notwithstanding. Tried the Guinness last visit as I couldn't stomach the Cambrian. It was pretty good and not marked up against the lagers, which makes a change.<br />
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<b>TV/Music:</b> Occasional. Music is usually hovering around <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celine_Dion">Celine Dion's Greatest Hits</a> in terms of quality.<br />
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<b>Other stuff: </b>Sunday carvery. £10 for mains + 1 or £15 for a three course chow-down - always packed with locals and chapel-goers. Entrance is signalled by the lights flashing on and off in the bar. Good value and well-worth doing when your SLC money arrives after Christmas (or Mum and Dad are in town). Watch out for the gaggle of old ladies who have a slither of meat and a potato each in order to be first to the groaning pudding table to holocaust the meringue tray of its contents. Front bar bay windows are good for dolphin-spotting.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Address: </span>Mill Street, SY23 1HZ. Tel: 01970 612306</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=SY23+1HZ&spn=0.005,0.02&hl=en">[gmap]</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/43751/"><span style="font-size: small;">Pubs Galore page</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9333">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9334">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page 2</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Background:</span> Small watering hole, a little off the beaten track on Dan Dre. <strike>Hosts a downstairs area with a bar which has been semi-derelict for the last ten years.</strike> There used to be a downstairs bar area but apparently it is no longer useable (presumably ripped out?).<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Student factor</span>: Used to usually occupied by sports-types from the Uni and younger locals, though there seemed to be quite a sea-change in atmosphere on my last couple of visits, with a quite a relaxed (if boisterous) bohemian crowd.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Atmosphere:</span> Used to need a machete to cut through the fug of cigarette smoke, which was part of its charm a few years back, and has definitely suffered since the smoking ban. It has at least been cleaned now! Otherwise can get very very crowded (sometimes unpleasantly so on Friday and Saturday nights because of its small size).<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Drinks range:</span> Heavily leaning towards funnily-coloured spirits and mixers, but enough other stuff to keep most people happy for an hour or two with competitive prices. Has upped the ale range (compared to a couple of years back - 15 years previously it had plenty), which seems to be getting better, quality-wise. Currently it appears to be stocking Porthmadog's Purple Moose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Other stuff: </span>Formerly(?) the lock-in capital of Aberystwyth, this correspondent managed to do a 6pm-3am Sunday stint in here more than once after the quiz had finished during Guy's tenure (where is Quizmistress Karen now?). <strike>Also has comedy outside lavs for the gents, which are a bastard in the winter. The ladies by contrast, have it rather plush and heated</strike>. Now has brand new toilets for the gents - indoors, warm and, dare I say it, almost plush. Free pool during the day, if you’re lucky.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Quinno’s verdict:</span> Not quite the pub it once was (I miss the lock-ins!) but still worth a visit outside the major crush times.<br />
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<a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/43752/">Pubs Galore page</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9271">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page</a><br />
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<b>Now closed and gone for good (June 2016). Thanks to Vas for the tip!</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit:</span> 18/05/2012</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Other stuff: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">There's a darts board in the public bar on which you can attempt to beat a local (I wouldn't advise beating them by much though)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">. Used to sell cockles which were always good for a drunken challenge but sadly these have gone the way of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Castle">Roy Castle</a>. Have a gawp at the pictures of the regulars in various states of intoxication pinned around the walls. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit:</span><span style="font-size: small;"> 07/11/2009</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">A far cry from its previous chequered incarnations a</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">s low-grade seedy dives, this place is a p.o.s.h. a wine-cum-coffee bar; the inside is all muzak and mood lighting. As for the posh history of the building, read the informative plaque pictured below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Atmosphere:</span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> Pleasant and relaxed - if you’ve got a hot date and want a quiet drink, dimmed lighting and some posh food, this is a no-brainer. Big groups of half-cut students not welcome but children and the gay community are, so I'm informed.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Other stuff: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">Pleasing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco">art deco</a> feeling interior and the aforementioned food, which is popular. Toilets are top-notch, although a bit of a hike. Now owned by the same bloke who runs the mighty <a href="http://aberfood.blogspot.com/2007/11/dining-experience-at-restaurant-shilam.html">Shilam</a>.<o:p></o:p><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Table service is the norm here, going to the 'bar' too often will m</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">ake you look common. Don't forget to pay before you leave - I have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Quinno’s verdict:</span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Dividing opinion down the middle, this is truly the <a href="http://www.marmite.com/">Marmite</a> of the Aberystwyth scene. At least it’s not<span style="font-style: italic;"> El Retro</span> any more, that was the poorest excuse for a bar I’d ever been in. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Go in to find out what it’s li</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">ke and make your own mind up. I like it for what it is.</span></div>
Quinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-5437996985359999152007-10-23T18:11:00.001-07:002011-03-14T12:57:10.724-07:00Aberystwyth - Pier Hotel<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCemfhLzPyGVCKL1uBVk6VZXDO_FOni8SK_go51dQz1uPziNWztDu-MXc3N2iXjTzHaYUyy_li-mXM4ReYebV698CjEnQ1jSZEdWWCfjmrZ4B89ALRpKBYQMwokM2B2jjdWvoDiASInlg/s1600/pierhotext.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCemfhLzPyGVCKL1uBVk6VZXDO_FOni8SK_go51dQz1uPziNWztDu-MXc3N2iXjTzHaYUyy_li-mXM4ReYebV698CjEnQ1jSZEdWWCfjmrZ4B89ALRpKBYQMwokM2B2jjdWvoDiASInlg/s400/pierhotext.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b> </b></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>Address: </b><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">Pier Street</st1:address></st1:street></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">,<st1:place st="on"> <st1:postalcode st="on">SY23 2LN. Tel: </st1:postalcode></st1:place></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">01970 615126</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on"></st1:postalcode></st1:place> <a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=14510&type=10">[gmap]</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61970/">Pubs Galore page</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9368">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page</a></div><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit: </span>03/03/2011</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Background:</span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 100%;"> Not to be confused with the <a href="http://www.royalpier.co.uk/">Inn on the Pier complex</a>, this is instead the bar of the Pier Hotel which in recent years has been extended from a small and permanently quiet drinking room into something more resembling a full-on pub, without</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"> actually quite being one. Has had a very recent scrub-up and IKEA-style pine overhaul inside, making it look more of a bar. Have to admit I preferred it the way it was - it certainly never used to need a bouncer outside on a Saturday night.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Student factor: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">A few, but more of a locals place overall. The occasional student crawl stops off here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Atmosphere: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Not bad, gets rowdy when the inevitable Saturday hen night crowd from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrhyn-coch">Penrhyncoch</a> arrive and the place turns into a grab-a-granny session. Otherwise quite quiet during the week, good for a few beers with your friends.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Drinks range: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">Pretty good considering its size -it manages to pack in two of the <a href="http://www.bankssbeer.com/">Banks’ ale</a> range <strike>which often come out well</strike>. Does a nice line in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jelly_babies.jpg">jelly baby</a> flavoured vodka and you can get a two-pint glass of lager.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music: </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">An eclectic mix of 70’s and 80’s from the jukey.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Quinno’s verdict: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-size: 100%;">A decent visit, put it on the crawl list for the jelly baby vodka and two-pint servings.</span></span></div>Quinnohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049350146957011173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051525258367531735.post-48115606372414805072007-10-22T18:09:00.004-07:002012-05-30T05:23:23.037-07:00Aberystwyth - Rummers Wine Bar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcd8wwdep62dmdts2uHRSIK8kMbqrv69wvVmAb5yegmpC1qNxRLyR358fpilm4k_tpKb3xPxlh5LNkJiXLZD1_hIEM-mtjTJDhpSsOtEOzxN-Ar7SKEcnJOBkrY7KVlcDCFjZBlApoqfc/s1600/rumm2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcd8wwdep62dmdts2uHRSIK8kMbqrv69wvVmAb5yegmpC1qNxRLyR358fpilm4k_tpKb3xPxlh5LNkJiXLZD1_hIEM-mtjTJDhpSsOtEOzxN-Ar7SKEcnJOBkrY7KVlcDCFjZBlApoqfc/s400/rumm2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Formerly known as Baccus Wine Bar and Fondue Restaurant</span></span><b><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Address: </b><st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">Bridge Street</st1:address></st1:street></span><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on">SY23 1QD. Tel: </st1:postalcode></st1:place>01970 625177</span><span style="font-size: small;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:postalcode st="on"></st1:postalcode></st1:place> <a href="http://www.beerintheevening.com/cgi-bin/map_link.cgi?id=5395&type=10">[gmap]</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/61972/">Pubs Galore page</a><br />
<a href="http://www.ceredigion.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=9274">Ceredigion CC historical pub info page</a><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Last APG visit: </span>17/05/2012</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Drinks range: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">Good - lots of wine, a few ales on (though the southern ones are stupidly <a href="http://stonch.blogspot.com/2007/10/stonchs-survey-2-sparkler-debate.html">sparklerised</a> - and the staff wonder why it takes 10 minutes to pour it?!?) usually Burtons, Tetley's and an unadventurous guest (London Pride last visit). </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">Of all Aber's pubs, they really should make more effort on the ale front as it's the obvious 'venue' to drink it in town.</span> Along with some m</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">ore unusual lage</span><span style="font-size: small;">r and spirit choices it's very expensive (happy hour excepted -</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">where vodka, gin and whisky are all just 60p a shot, occurs all night Tuesdays, and from 7:00-9:30pm on all other days</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">), you’re paying for the venue. Incredibly small bar, can take an eternity to get served after 10pm<span lang="EN-GB"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB">.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TV/Music:</span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> Live music a few nights a week from various local bands, ranging from Folk to Jazz to Blues to Rock and most of what lies in-between. Though on our Thursday night visit in May 2012 the piped music was terrible - on a par with the Glen circa 2001.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Other stuff:</span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> Has a selection of board games with one piece missing, along with a nice patio outside the front. Used to have super views of the River Rheidol in the downstairs bar until some muppets from the local council put a load of ugly concrete pillars all the way down the riverside. Very good pizzas are offer</span><span style="font-size: small;">ed; well-worth getting dinner in there early on in the evening. Opens late at weekends.<b><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Quinno’s verdict: </span></b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">If you’re feelin</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;">g bohemian this is the best place for a lively drink and high-brow chat in good company and with quality live music. Or (if you're being more practical) to try and sponge some knowledge</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"> for that essay that’s due in at the end of the week from the lecturers and PhD's hanging around. Rummers won't necessarily appeal to everyone but it gets my vote.</span><br />
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