We have fairly establish (ok, entrenched) habits about when and where we go for our beer.
But yesterday, we varied that a bit. Himself needed to pop into work so I did a bit of painting in the kitchen, made a packed lunch and joined him later.
We listened to the first Six-Nations match of the day and then, around half time we decided to repair to the pub.
For the first time in ages, we thought we'd try the Eagle - it has sports on all screens and we quite fancied watching the second half with a beer.
Now, in the last few years we've steered clear because the beer has been lacklustre to say the least but we figured we'd give it a chance.
As it happened, they had decent Three Acre IPA on.
Mind you, I got a bit of a shock when I paid because the Eagle has always been the cheapest of the licensee's pubs in town.
Two pints was £10.40!
Still, it was in really good nick, we had a comfy (and warm) seat in the pub with a good view of the rugby.
So we stayed. And stayed, eventually carrying on to watch most of the second (England/France) game.
It wasn't particularly late when we finished so we decided to get something a bit more dark and strong so strolled around to Bottle Grove.
We agreed that we'd really enjoyed the Eagle - which took us both by surprise, to be honest.
Are likely to go back -yes, probably but mainly for the sport + beer combo.
Incidentally, I've no real gripe with the price of the beer - it's what cask should be costing, it was just a surprise at that particular place.
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