You'll either get the reference, or not. Whatever.
It's very Februaryish at the moment. Chilly, lazy wind and regular squally downpours - or just cold and bleargh.
We thought we'd venture out as far as King Street - perhaps considering getting food aswell (fridge is in, but shopping wasn't coming until today). We left the building and immediately got hit by BLEARGH.
So instead, we cut the excursion short and went to the Kings Head instead.
Already with a good few people there by the time we arrived, we grabbed beer and a seat and settled in. This is the pub where 10 people in the snug (Tramcar) makes the place feel quite full. Nevertheless there was an epic level of "Basketmakers Rules" on clear display for near perfect space packing. One group were a little slow on the uptake, but they got there eventually.
Track Sonoma on Cask was lovely - and far more punchy than the 3.8% ABV might suggest. Then he had Burning Sky stout (4% ish) and I had Kokomo Weekday (again 4%ish).
We've definitely got to enjoy Good Chemistry beers more of late. Maybe it's us, maybe it's them? We'd not expected to be regulars at the Kings Head but find ourselves there on a regular basis now.
One thing we asked ourselves yesterday as the pub reached 'peak rubber-roll-down-rucksack' is whether Bristol is typical of cities which have a generally good beer/pub scene, a good range of well-paid (media, academic, digital) jobs and somewhere university students stay after their education - together with an increasing amount of city-centre dwellers.
Obviously, we don't know the answers - we only know Bristol. Still, perhaps slightly warmer weather might encourage us to go to Brighton, Bath and maybe some other university cities to find out...
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