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[Harrison]

Are any of them any good? Atmosphere?

Do they get a lot of ex pat English in them, especially when the football is on? Something I avoid are pubs with big screens and advertising sports.

I tend to hate the more commercial chain type pubs in the UK too as they are all too clinical and genetic. I much prefer the rural country pubs that are thatched roofed buildings dating back 400+ years, a roaring fire, friendly local self owned landlord, great food made from local produce, and a friendly atmosphere. We've quite a few like that around Chichester. Many with well know chefs with award winning restaurants. Some do amazing food, and due to the location some specialise in locally caught sea food. The Crab and Lobster is one of the best a few miles from me. Their lobster thermodore (sp?) is amazing, as is their spiced crab. A bit expensive so we only go on special occasions, this year for our wedding anniversary in August.

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[Tiago]

I know what you mean, i do prefer them too, but i can apply that to local Portuguese bars/pubs.
The "Irish" Pubs we have here are in major cities, and they don't have much that atmosphere you talk, because they are not traditional here, they are something "outside", so you see a lot of tourists there, and foreign people living here go there a lot of times to see football maches from UK.
So they tend to be noisy.

[Kin Hell]

Guinness can only taste the way it does when made from the water that has filtered through Ireland's peat bogs.
Same goes for Tetley's beer. Unless it made from the water that filters through the heather covered North Yorkshire Moors, it just doesn't taste the same. Kinda makes traditional Ales a personal experience to the area you live in. Shoving it in cans or bottles & transporting it, is the same as Silicon in tits for me.