Introduction

“You're not bloggers, you're alcoholics.”

Ouch. Put-downs don't come much harder-hitting than that.

Surely there must be some sort of middle ground?

“Well it all depends on your numbers. If you get 10,000 hits a week, you're a blogger. But if you've got 10 Twitter followers and a fucked-up liver, you're an alcoholic.”

Thanks for the business plan.

Overview:

Pubquest is a complex social and cultural experiment, currently being carried out by Rob and Andy.

The objective is to drink a pint in every single pub in Sheffield.

A travel blog? A review site? An anthropological study? We blur all these lines and more.

Initially the biography of a dying industry, Pubquest maps the stunning recovery of our city's drinking holes, while also visiting the places that failed to keep up.

Look around. Follow us on Twitter. Help us become bloggers.

Bonus Challenge:

As an extra challenge, we will try to drink a different beer in each pub. Given the sheer volume of pubs, this will likely prove to be impossible. However, with the emergence of a myriad of local breweries, if it can be done in any city in the world, it's Sheffield.

The only rules regarding the drink are:

1. It must be alcoholic.

2. There must be a pint of it. 

NEXT UP: Pubquest begins, at The Royal Standard...