Pieminister Cardiff hosts Pierateer RAS's Stag Do!

Just three weeks prior to Pierateer RAS's big day, getting married to his fiancee Andrea, the Pierateers RAS, SJL and TJP all set sail on the Pierate Ship to Cardiff, along with a motley crew of fellow Pierateers, for Pierateer RAS's stag do. While lots of fun was had playing mini golf, indoor curling and football, the real pie-light was the lunchtime stop off at Pieminister Cardiff, where Pierateer RAS rated the "Moolin Rouge" (after having enjoyed it a few times previously but never having quite made it to reviewing it!). All while dressed as a giant pie, of course...

For those who don't know, Bristol pie giant Pieminister started back in 2003 and opened up a shop in Birmingham city centre in mid-2017 which we've frequented a number of times already, including for a number of pie week or pie anniversary visits. In total we have rated over 20 Pieminister pies and one of our very first pie articles was about Pieminister back fifteen years ago in 2009!

Since then we've tried some of their "Pie Election" winners (when pie fans got to choose which old favourites to bring back to the menu for British Pie Week 2015) and we were even crazy enough to try their Cricket pie in 2017! Yes, that's right - it had actual whole insects in it!!

For his stag do pie, Pierateer RAS chose the "Moolin Rouge" pie, which is rated below alongside the scores of the 17 other stag do guests - including, of course, Pierateers SJL and TJP, who both did a great job of co-organising the stag do. Many thanks guys! In reality, with some delicious pies and great banter, everyone was a winner at Pieminister Cardiff that lunchtime!

Pieminister Moolin Rouge Pie Review

The Moolin Rouge is a British beef steak, dry cured bacon and red wine pie. The pie was classic Pieminister, with a delicious crisp outer pastry and a well filled and meaty filling. We've had a number of steak pies from Pieminister and they are always well filled with meat and have a good flavour with the accompanying gravy in the pie, whether it be an ale or in this case red wine. It gave a great flavour and complimented the tender beef steak well, creating yet another top pie filling!

Pieminister "Moolin Rouge" British beef steak, dry cured bacon and red wine pie
Score: 6.14/7
[Colour 6.25, Capacity 6.5, Consistency 6.5, Condition 6, Chewiness 6.25, Cheapness 5, Content 6.5]



During the two hours Pierateer Rob chatted pies with his friends, including giving info about how to rate a pie on the 7 Cs of pie rating. This led to Pierateer Rob recording the ratings of all 17 guest's pies too, the scores of which are as follows:


Deer and Beer (by Pierateer SJL) - 5.93/7 (Colour 6, Consistency 6.5, Capacity 6.5, Chewiness 5.5, Cheapness 5, Content 6, Condition 6)

Mooless Moo (by Pierateer TJP) - 6.21/7 (Colour 5.5, Consistency 6.5, Capacity 7, Chewiness 6.5, Cheapness 5, Content 6.5, Condition 6.5)

Free Ranger (by Anthony) - 6.21/7 (Colour 6, Consistency 6.5, Capacity 7, Chewiness 6, Cheapness 5, Content 7, Condition 6)

Deer and Beer (by Stu) - 5.14/7 (Colour 5, Consistency 5, Capacity 6, Chewiness 4, Cheapness 3, Content 4, Condition 6)

Moo (by James) - 5.21/7 (Colour 4, Consistency 6, Capacity 7, Chewiness 5.5, Cheapness 5, Content 6, Condition 3)

Deer and Beer (by Barnaby) - 4.07/7 (Colour 5, Consistency 4.5, Capacity 3, Chewiness 4, Cheapness 4, Content 2, Condition 6)

Moolin Rouge (by Xavier) - 4.86/7 (Colour 6, Consistency 4, Capacity 5, Chewiness 5, Cheapness 4, Content 4, Condition 6)

Moo and Blue (by Andy) - 5.57/7 (Colour 6, Consistency 6, Capacity 5, Chewiness 5, Cheapness 4, Content 7, Condition 6)

Moolin Rouge (by Dave) - 6/7 (Colour 6, Consistency 6, Capacity 6, Chewiness 6, Cheapness 5, Content 6, Condition 7)

Free Ranger (by Adam P) - 6.07/7 (Colour 5.5, Consistency 6, Capacity 7, Chewiness 6, Cheapness 6.5, Content 6.5, Condition 5)

Moolin Rouge (by Martyn) - 6/7 (Colour 5, Consistency 6, Capacity 7, Chewiness 6, Cheapness 7, Content 5, Condition 6)

Fungi Chicken (by Chris) - 5.43/7 (Colour 5, Consistency 5, Capacity 6, Chewiness 5, Cheapness 5, Content 6, Condition 6)

Moo (by Rob D) - 5.79/7 (Colour 6, Consistency 5.5, Capacity 6, Chewiness 5.5, Cheapness 6, Content 6, Condition 5.5)

Moolin Rouge (by Mark) - 6.21/7 (Colour 6.5, Consistency 6, Capacity 7, Chewiness 6.25, Cheapness 5.5, Content 5.75, Condition 6.5)

Moo (by Adam CW) - 6/7 (Colour 7, Consistency 5, Capacity 6, Chewiness 7, Cheapness 5.5, Content 6, Condition 6.5)

Moo and Blue (by Craig) - 6.14/7 (Colour 6, Consistency 7, Capacity 5, Chewiness 7, Cheapness 7, Content 5, Condition 6)

Maroc Star (by Adam T) - 6.29/7 (Colour 7, Consistency 7, Capacity 6, Chewiness 7, Cheapness 5, Content 6, Condition 7)


Thanks to Pieminister Cardiff for hosting our Pierateer Takeover for Pierateer Rob's Stag Do. It was a great meal and part of a great weekend of fun!

Pieminister Deer and Beer Pie Review

As an added bonus, to celebrate Pierate Pie Reviews turning 15 years old on Tuesday 12th November 2024 - on what we refer to as International Pierate Day - Pierateer RAS returned to his "local" and had the "Deer and Beer" pie at Pieminister Birmingham. Here's how that pie rated:

The "Deer and Beer" is a wild venison, milk stout, mushroom and thyme pie. Once again the pie had the textbook Pieminister delicious crisp outer pastry and a well filled and meaty filling. There was quite a decent amount of meat inside and went well with the mushroom and flavourings, however despite very much enjoying the flavour of the pie, it was hard to get much of a sense of the deer or beer flavouring itself. While I would happily eat this pie again, I was expecting a bit more deer and beer flavouring from a pie of that name! But that said, I still enjoyed the pie! 

Pieminister "Deer and Beer" Wild venison, milk stout, mushroom and thyme pie
Score: 6/7
[Colour 6.25, Capacity 6.25, Consistency 6.5, Condition 6, Chewiness 6.25, Cheapness 5, Content 5.75]


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