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As a fresher, being confronted with so many bars, pubs, and other drinking establishments, you must be wandering which is the best for those prayer meetings and Bible studies; don’t be fooled into thinking it’s your own bar! We are setting out tonight to bring you the highs and lows of drinking on campus. Is The Derry (The Deramore Arms — yes we know it’s not on campus) really inhabited by grumpy locals, and does Derwent really serve purple beer?
Starting in The Derry, we are pleased to have two pints of fine Ale — chosen from an ample selection — served in glass glasses, in a busy, but not crowded pub. Food here is on the whole good, but look out for those measly chip portions.
After five minutes waiting at The Charles, we still haven’t been served. There’s not much choice of beer here and it tastes a little watery. Then again, it can’t be all that bad as it’s the second highest grossing Bass pub in England. We are getting glass glasses this time, but often on a Friday night there is no chance. Unfortunately the Bass had the unmistakable odour of Hydrogen Sulphide, but it didn’t taste quite as bad as it smelt. Despite all its shortcomings, The Charles XII is still the most popular pub with non-beer drinking students, particularly for the regular rugby team strip show.
Derwent, oh dear, it has lived up to its poor image. We couldn’t force ourselves to drink the ‘Nitrokeg’ rubbish they call beer here. We ended up with soft drinks in plastic ‘glasses’. They must be getting desperate here though — not once in our many years have we seen a free end of term party. It’s not really going too well either — there is nobody on the dance floor! A combination of mediocre service and a dull atmosphere, but it does seem to draw the women and the would-be men.
Alcuin — well by now we’re used to the pink, American style, and at least they still have a few Single Malts. Probably the friendliest staff on campus; an alternative atmosphere with the Juggling Soc brightening up the scenery.
Langwith has recently sold out to the no-beer brigade but has as its one redeeming feature Blue Bols — the only vendor on campus. So naturally we both had one (with tonic as an experiment). The bar staff are very nice and had nothing to do with the recent scrapping of Bass, so don’t take it out on them. Oh, and it looks like Juggling Soc are following us —
Vanbrugh, at last! God’s own college! We were served real beer, York Brewery’s Stonewall bitter, a very nice pint. Getting in free pre-11pm to the James College ‘do’ being held here was a moot point. We did however meet a few graduate friends here. [The *&!@^!%$~ bar bloke just tried to collect my not quite finished pint!!!]
Goodricke Bar, now there’s a place with atmosphere perhaps sometimes a bit much. It can get a bit crowded here, but with the option of a guest ale it’s always a nice place to drink — just as well really as it’s the only one open during the vacations.
We ended up with a nice relaxing drink of Brandy with a cigar in Wenty — the bar staff were horrid, trying to chuck us all out a few minutes early, but we didn’t really care by this time. It is usually quite a nice place to come to if you don’t mind the trek to get there.
We hope that this great sacrifice of an evening leads you away from some of the pitfalls of drinking around Campus, and wish you all the best in your own personal pilgrimages towards the best pint in York.
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Last modified: 25th November 2005