{"id":2243,"date":"2015-03-02T19:53:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/2015\/03\/02\/where-to-enjoy-a-good-dram-in-birmingham-uk\/"},"modified":"2015-03-06T14:48:20","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T13:48:20","slug":"where-to-enjoy-a-good-dram-in-birmingham-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/where-to-enjoy-a-good-dram-in-birmingham-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to enjoy a good dram in Birmingham (UK) ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif\">I usually tend to introduce you to a selection of at least 2 whisky spots in this &#8211; now recurrent &#8211; column of &#8220;<i><span style=\"color: #274e13\">Where to enjoy a good dram in&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/i>, but as I only spent 2 days in Birmingham (including one day away in the Cotswolds), I didn&#8217;t visit much whisky hotspots in the second largest English city. However, I did push the doors of one good old pub, which totally fitted the bill and even won the right to possess its own article. This wonderful place is called :<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #274e13\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif\">The Wellington\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Who needs food when you can have whisky ? Well, I should precise that this British-styled pub seems to be more popular for its great beer selection but could really compete with quite a few whisky bars when it comes to uisge beatha ! Located just off New Street (which was my main reference point in Birmingham, as a total newbie to the city !), I must admit I could have easily missed it if not previously recommended by a local whisky aficionado (Talking about Joe Ellis here, the amazing individual behind\u00a0 the Whisky Wednesday YouTube channel). If you&#8217;re planning &#8211; like I was &#8211; to grab some dinner while sipping your dram (or beer), be advised that they are not serving food but run a kind of &#8220;BYOF&#8221; (Bring Your Own Food) policy, you can even ask the staff for nearby take-away menus to chose from and be delivered right at the pub !\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">Quality products, friendly and knowledgeable staff, local liquid discoveries, first class service as well as a welcoming and traditional atmosphere made me feel like I definitely pushed the right doors in Birmingham !<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"il_fi\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beerlens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/rg-0054-8446-990.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"823\" height=\"494\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><b><span style=\"color: #274e13\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif\"><b><span style=\"color: #274e13\"><i>&#8220;<\/i><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif\"><b><span style=\"color: #274e13\"><i>The English public house at its best is about conviviality in the company of similarly inclined folk along with a few ales, and the Wellington is an outstanding example of this rich mixture&#8221;<\/i><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I usually tend to introduce you to a selection of at least 2 whisky spots in this &#8211; now recurrent &#8211; column of &#8220;Where to enjoy a good dram in&#8230;&#8221;, but as I only spent 2 days in Birmingham (including one day away in the Cotswolds), I didn&#8217;t visit much whisky hotspots in the second largest English city. However, I did push the doors of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[32,29,34,33,30,35,31,36],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2565,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions\/2565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewhiskylady.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}