Thread: My Christmas Bar crawl

The location is Leeds, and we usually tend to go to the traditional style pubs.

So we all met in The Palace at 12 noon.



The Palace was originally the home of a Leeds Timber merchant, Edmund Maude, and dates back to approximately 1741. It was first recorded as an inn in 1841.
The Palace stocks an excellent range of cask ales including; Tetley’s, Bass, Burton and Dark Ale and six guest ales, as well the malt whiskeys Glenfiddich and Glenmorganie. The Palace also has a fine selection of red and white wines, offering four of each.

Theres usually a good atmosphere here and well kept beer, plus a good choice of guest beers. I stuck with the wheat beer, which was very moorish.

Next onto the Duck and Drake



It is thought that a public house has stood on or close to the present site for over 200 years.
Today the Duck & Drake still has examples of its’ Victorian beginnings. With a typically Victorian Façade, the marble doorway jambs are also a fine example of the era. There are also a number of original lightfittings and the floorboards in both bars have survived 200 years of trade.
The Duck & Drake offers 16 cask conditioned ales which are changed daily and are selected from a number of Yorkshire Breweries.
Here i was drinking the "Ginger Whinger", and it tasted like shit. A good honest pub full of real people. OK for a few anyway.

Moving on to the Diddly Dee.

Sorry no pics Another old bar, about the size of your average living room. This place is usually frequented by the market traders, alkies and Oirish. Nice cosy place with a homely atmosphere, the beer can be very hit and miss (It was on a miss day). Just dont sing any loyalist songs in here, as theyre all left footers . If you need to pee, youve got to go out side across the yard to the trench (Ladies too).

From here we went to the General Elliot



Here you can get a cheap pint of Sam Smiths for under £2 along with almost any knock off gear you can think off. If they havent got it, order another beer and it will arrive shortly.

Time now for a meal brake (30 mins should be enough). Here is where the light weights cried off, with excuses such as. The wife forgot her keys so i got to go home and let her in .

Fully refueled we headed off to The Duncan



This place isnt even worthy of a mention. Every waif and stray of Leeds seemed to be in here. Not a very good atmosphere, and crap beer.

Next onto Whitelocks



Whitelocks is Leeds oldest pub and still retains most of its original features; the first license was granted in 1715.
The Whitelock's serves excellent food and up to eight cask ales, including four guest ales. I can personally recommend the theakstons, very nice pint indeed.


This is definitely a bar you can go into anytime of day or night and have a good time and good beer.

The rest of the night is becoming very hazy, so i think i`ll leave it at that.
Later on that night i managed to board the wrong train home, but , like British rail, I got there in the end.

I reckon there would be some interest in a real-ale thread.

I'll get to work on it now.

https://teakdoor.com/thailands-wine-c...tml#post483661 (Real Ale)