Wednesdays are going to be all about boozers and breweries. Throwing the spotlight on the best people who make beer and the best places to drink them. I'm kicking off the series to look back at two pubs i loved that no longer exist. The Copper Tun in Livingston and The Raconteur in Stockbridge, Edinburgh.
The Copper Tun
Many of the good points about this pub are from factors beyond the actual walls of the pub. Mainly the fact that it was staggering distance from both my place of work at the time and to my home. Also the fact that many of the people i knew at the time drank in there. It also for a long time had a decent ale on tap (such as tennants velvet, calders cream or caffreys) at a really low price. From the checklist of
what makes a great boozer - the tun ticked quite a few boxes. It had a jukebox that was normally set at a decent volume (although fri and sat night did raise the spectre of the dj, and a karaoke on a sunday), which had a great variety of selections to choose from. It was a little on the dark side and had many little areas to hid in and booth type areas in the lounge that were always good to hide away in and it did look a little old fashioned inside.
The Raconteur
This is totally the opposite end of the spectrum from the copper tun. Part of its charm was that it was set up a side street and so wouldn't attract passers by - you needed to know its there to go. It had a continental table service set-up which was nice for a change, not having to get up to the bar every time you wanted to freshen your drink. The drink selection was very good and the bar staff where very knowledgable. It's biggest selling point was a cracking sunday night pub quiz that was always a bit different from the norm. As you'd expect with all this the prices are a lot more than in the copper tun but it was probably worth it. It was a small place so not really many alcovey places to hide out but there was a variety of seating and it was small dark and cosy and was never too busy.
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