#pubs

[galina]

Me and my book, people-watching in Soho

[mapsontheweb]

Map of every pub in the UK.

[dduane]

The post-lunchtime crowd at The Porterhouse Temple Bar, Parliament Street, Dublin.

(sigh) This was once the secondary-flagship pub of a small-town enterprise that wanted to challenge Big Irish Beer with microbrew and a wide palette of imported beers—and did so, successfully, for a couple/few decades: a frequent thorn in “Uncle Arthur’s” butt, especially when they won the Best Stout in the World award out from under Guinness a couple of times.

They expanded into the UK and other markets, and their home pubs had a broad selection of foreign beers. (Early on, if you brought them a cool new one, your next drink after that was free.) But COVID hit them hard, and their center-city locations—one of which had the Best People-Watching Window in Dublin—have now for survival’s sake been turned into concrete-lined post-millennial drinking dens or small-plate joints.

And how long will this place last? (sigh)

[insert woman-shakes-fist-at-cloud.jpg] Dammit.

…Anyway: here is @petermorwood’s Schlenkerle Helles, a lager from a German brewery based in Bamberg that’s known for making a rightfully famous smoked beer.

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[goodgrammaritan]

People in The King's Legs (the owner had noticed that there were a lot of inns and pubs called The King's Head or the King's Arms, and spotted a gap in the market) looked up when they heard the noise outside.

A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett

[alessandro-accebbi]

THE SHIPWRIGHTS ARMS, a colorful, traditional English pub between London Bridge and Tower Bridge, LONDON, UK 🇬🇧

Ph. Frank Kovalchek on Flickr 🍺

[rherlotshadow]

Christmas at the George Inn, Lacock. Wiltshire.

[holographography]

Nia Archives for NME, following a MOBO awards 2022 nomination!

[105nt]

Hampstead/Highgate pubs from The Ink Black Heart - The Red lion and Sun, The Gatehouse and The Flask.

[galina]

Sundays in Soho: taxis gleam lazy over the crook of denham st, crisp clear sunlight strikes my cheek, bitter cold—flotsam of cigarettes piled up at the curb—smell of stale beer, rubber, pastry—squeezing the glass door of bar italia where strangers, who are immediately friendly, are ending their night or starting their day with espresso—berwick st is still asleep under cobbles—in the devonshire they wave away my money, I nurse my guinness at the window, watching dogs and coats and glittering rickshaws—feeling the day could go anywhere from here

[mapsontheweb]

Pubs distribution in France, a dot = 1 pub

[hereticalheraldry]

A map of every pub in the UK.

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[alessandro-accebbi]

Deacon Brodie's Tavern, EDINBURGH, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 by @deacon_brodies 🍺

Right in the heart of Edinburgh's Old town, this place offers cute authentic interiors, delicious food and very reasonable prices. And there's great story behind it's name. The pub is named after one of the city's most famous sons, Deacon William Brodie - one of the inspirations behind Robert Louis Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde. 👹😱🫣

[rherlotshadow]

Christmas at the Methuen Arms, a Georgian coaching inn at Corsham, Wiltshire.

[dndsettingsinfo]

Crab Tavern [20×20] by Maplocks