Well from the looks of the this is exeter site, the Tarka Line Rail Ale Trail has been relaunched. I’m not altogether sure what it means as the website looks kinda like the last time I looked at it.
But (as long as I get a new booklet) I’m sure its a good excuse to go on what is basically a long pub crawl along the train line. Expect to see some more on the rail Ale Trail… if I can get a booklet to be stamped!
Not much to say on the Beer front… Tetleys or Carlsburg is what you get. BUT if you can stomach either of those beers, this is a fantastic little cafe to chill out in for a pint or two with a mate.
There is a good selection of wines, good menu, and a great welcome from the staff.
As far as the food is concerned, if you like burgers, you have to try The Living Room Burger. Its an Exmoor burger, with cheese, three onion rings, and a slice of bacon. Beautiful!
I would hate for people to think we were paid by Skinners to push their products, but I thought I had to follow up my review of Skinners Cornish Lager, I posted a few days ago.
If you find yourself in Exeter City Centre, The Old Well House on the Cathedral Green has it on tap!
Its beautiful and thirst quenching, but a little pricey – but it is a pricey pub anyway…
By the way if anyone from Skinners (or anywhere else) would like to send us beer to review -please feel free to use the above link to contact us!
Well its been a quiet one, but its been nice.
Hopefully the weather holds out till tomorrow so we can cycle along the Exe, fully intending to stop at the Prospect Inn on thee quay for some Otter Amber!
Edit:
Whats needed for a decent bank holiday?
Sun? After a blip this morning, I now have a little bit of tan trying to emerge.
Some nice activity? We hung out on the quay in Exeter a fair bit, and caught the boat from there down to double locks. Now taking the boat down the Exe is the way to travel in Exeter. Stuff buses and taxies!
BEER????? Well the Otter Amber is obviously popular at the prospect inn – the barrel needing a later afternoon change, but the headline beer of the weekend has to be Waggledance back on sale at the Double Locks. Its a Beautiful Beer which is perfect to drank from tap during a hot summers day.
May need to find our way back to Double Locks for the next bank holiday…
Yesterday I went to the Bowling Green with two people I support. Being their local pub, I thought it was worth seeing what the meals were like there.
Beers: I was pleased to see both Otter Ale and Jail Ale on tap!
Food: They had a board with the meals they serve. There was a good choice of meals, including many that were homemade, like the beef burger, lasagne, steak and ale pie… lots of pub grub. I noticed that the prices were really decent, with many under £6, and when we saw the size of the portions, we saw how good a price this was. I had the Thai fish cakes, with sauted potatoes and salad for £5.50. My only negative was that it said sauted potatoes and I got curly fries, but then I love curly fries, so not a worry!
Atmosphere: It was OK. We sat in the top section, which kept us away from some of the noise of the people at the bar, and not close enough to the door to the outside smoking area to be affected by breeze or smell. I really enjoyed the music playing.
Vote: 7/10.
Last note: I couldn’t find any pics of this pub online! For those who don’t know it, it’s on Blackboy Road, Exeter – near to the Odeon.
Just spent St Georges Day at The Living Room here in Exeter. Great Bar B Q, good music, Good drink and some of the friendliest staff in Exeter- Pictures and (maybe video) to follow! It was 6 quid for burger, hot dog, jacket potato, and (very tender) chicken – nice!
The Beer of the night (after the Cornish Rattler) was obviously Bombardier. For some reason its the sort of beer I only really drink during St Georges day. It should be drank more often then that. It looks like a standard heavy ale, but its alot easier to drink then it really looks – just ask my better half!
From Iccleannes Ramblings;
We quite enjoyed it in the afternoon, looking around all the stalls and get as many free samples as possible!!
Anna and I also had a go at the Taste Challenge, which was good – a sensory perception exercise. Smelling, touching, tasting and seeing different items to try to work out what they were. You don’t have to be a child to enjoy the fun!
We left to go to The Imperial, one of our Wetherspoons pubs, to meet up with Dan (who was coming up from the train station). The evening event started at 6pm, and Dans train got in at 5pm – so no point him paying £5 for less than an hour. We had food at Imperial, then walked back to the festival for the After Dark event. I can’t say I was too impressed with it. The music/band had too much base and it was just pretty rubbish.
Expect to see comments and reports from the Exeter Food and Drink Festival and the Weatherspoons Beer Festival covering these pages soon!
Now I’m liking the look of this! Sadly its on over the same time as the Exeter Food and drink festival, so I’m a little worried about the wallet – and the diet. But I’m thinking a little bit of time in the Imperial beer tent may need to be done.