MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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Is dangerously positioned within crawling distance of Flash Towers.
http://www.caskpubandkitchen.com/
Holy crapola does this place have some fine beer! Just spent a rather boozy afternoon there.
Simply the best beer list I've seen. Enough to knock the White Horse/Sloaney Pony off the top of the beer pub list, IMO.
Come on Flash did you not check out the website properly?
We had another increadible meet the brewer event
I can't believe you'd deign to frequent such a low brow establishment.
Does it have a proper dart board? do the pork scratchings still have hairs on?
'beer pub'?
What other sort of pubs are there?
Beer pub, this is why I am building a pub bike as my pub stocks up to NINE real ales, its a proper real ale pub doesn't do food other than pork scratchings, crisps & nuts. 😀
my pub stocks up to NINE real ales
Amateurs compared to Cask! Ten pumps and more bottles than I could comprehend! Not one "fallback" beer for those with no imagination. There's no Guinness or bland mass produced lager. Just really good beers.
julianwilson - Member'beer pub'?
What other sort of pubs are there?
lager-and-footie pubs? - where you can buy 3 different lagers, and guiness if you're lucky.
http://www.hareandhoundsbury.com/
they even let mtber's straight in after a muddy night ride
end of discussion, close the thread
The Sloaney Pony is an awful pub, full of chinless wonders.
We might have a less than great footie team, but we have got the best supporters club in the entire league and in fact one of the best club's in the country according to CAMRA
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2008/10/20/walthamforest_ale_feature.shtml ]Best club[/url]
Have to get your priorities right
8 ale taps in my local, real fire, great pub. No snobbishness either - you can drink lager if you want.
As the days darken, so do the ales so expect some deeper bitters, porters and stouts to come to the fore. The cellar is particularly rich in novelties at present. A number of new ales we've never had before: Red Fox Sloe Spiced Porter, Equinox, Surrex Gold. Mr Knops has a new beer out called Musselburgh Broke (next up), we have some interesting new ones from Thornbridge (Wild Swan, Hopton, Lord Marples) to complement their cellarmates, the rather more substantial Jaipur and Kipling. We couldn't resist trying Steve Stewart's Pumpkin Ale, there's a new Wild Hop IPA from Harviestoun at 4.9%, a full % up on last year, also a new IPA from Wylam ("Silver Ghost") and finally Barney has come up with a pale version of his not so-Pale Ale.Hotchin with new stuff worth a go I'm sure you'll agree ?
pfft, I laugh at your nine or ten bitter pubs.
The Nags Head, Malvern , 2007 Camra pub of the year.
12 real ales, 3 real ciders, 2 roaring fires and free bar sarnies at 4pm.
Stoner, TJ, that's as maybe, but who wants to go to Malvern or Scotchland, eh? 😉
pfft, I laugh at your 12 real ales. Any pub selling any more than a session and a best bitter is just catering for poncy townies 🙂
I can see it from my window - and hear them ring last orders with enough time to get there for a pint.
Tis a great pub. dominos, crib, dog biscuits all provided
hmmm, I've noticed there's definitely more pubs with more choice of ales in London recently... or maybe I just keep finding them
never more than 3 or max 4 on handpull though
10 is astonishing, maybe worth a wander over before christmas
how many of them are guest ales, and how many are on regular?
any coider?
in which case I'll come to Pimlico for a pint. drop me a line and Ill see you in the cask then...
Stoner, when's the next visit to that London's Famous London?
this tuesday lunch or next tuesday after down tools. PM me.
[i]Tis a great pub. dominos, crib, dog biscuits all provided[/i]
They serve proper meals south of the border 🙂
Publican Awards
The Hare and Hounds, Holcombe Brookare proud winners of the
Publicans Award 2008 Cask Ale Pub of the Year
And we are in the Final again this year
and all your posh establishments wouldn't let you in after a winter mud hell night ride
having said that they probably wouldn't let me in anyway 😉
dad always has a pocket full of dog biscuits for the four-legged regulars at his pub. That only has two beers, but they make up for the limited stock by serving it on chocks from the barrel. Had a handful in there this lunchtime...hic...
shockingly enough the best pub in the world is in Reading and its called The Retreat
the best bar in the world [i]used[/i] to be in reading and it was called the Purple Turtle 😉
Keep up Flashy, the Sloaney Pony has moved [url= http://www.anchoratwalberswick.com/ ]here![/url]
My vote is for the Hare and Hounds in Rammy too.
Good beer and friendly staff.
Any pub selling any more than a session and a best bitter is just catering for poncy townies
this
* at a push, 1 driving beer and two 4.+'s
Wetherspoons. An ever changing range of ales. Cheap food. Nice coffee. No piped music or fruit machines. And one is unlikely to meet a certain type in there. What's not to like. 🙂
dd - wetherspoons are opening a new one in Malvern on tuesday. They've spent £2m refurbing an old hotel in the middle of town. Im looking forward to checking it out. Of course, they might not let types like me in though....
The Waggon and Horses in Halesowen, 15 cask ales, 3 Belgian lagers. The serve cobs before 7pm and scratchings afterwards. Perfect
Tuesday you say?
I'm there 8)
One of our local CAMRA greybeards has a policy that if it has a website its rubbish!
Not my locals by any stretch but when visiting london The Rake in borough market is well worth a visit for ales (and US craft beer on tap), alternatively Zeitgeist near Albert Embankment is damn good for German Beer (10+ German purity law beers on the bar plus loads of bottled).
not tried those synthpop. Must get over the river to check them out.
I live in Bristol. Bath Ales. Butcombe. Bristol Beer Factory. CAMRA stronghold. Too many from which to choose. 🙂
alternatively Zeitgeist near Albert Embankment is damn good for German Beer
mmmmm, enjoyed a few Tannenzäpfle and Currywurst in there
if you like wurst or leberkase Herman ze German is open on Villiers street now. yum.
Currywurst
Mmmmm...evening munchies.
Just to add- the Ancient Brit welcomes muudy folk, and had 14 Real Ales and Ciders on last week. And the riding is fabulous all the way to the door.
Hairy scratchings too, in big bags 🙂
Wetherspoons. An ever changing range of ales. Cheap food. Nice coffee. No piped music or fruit machines. And one is unlikely to meet a certain type in there. What's not to like.
Usually in Wetherspoons you find lousy decor ,staff with name badges and real pubs don't sell coffee and every one I have been in the food is poor as well
I invite you to check out the Jolly Brewmaster in Cheltenham. 7 or 8 ales and 3-4 ciders on tap with regular changes, nice beer garden, let me and my mates in after muddy rides and you couldn't call the place snobby, just look at the decor!
Stoner - wish I'd known about the Nags Head earlier, cracking ride over the Malvern Hills today, would of been nice to round it off with a choice beer.
pete - we've got loads of great pubs round here. Any one of them is good depending on where you head out from. Looked like alovely day for a ride for you.
For next time:
The Brewers Arms, West Malvern (high up)
Malvern Hills Hotel, British Camp (high up)
Nags Head, North Malvern, (fairly high up)
Plume of Feathers, Welland, down bottom, near southern end
The Morgan, bottom of Malvern town
cheers cfh i have been charged with finding a venue for our work xmas outing
My local...
[url= http://www.swaninnulverston.co.uk/ ]The Swan[/url]
10 cask ales and absolutely no attempt at interiour decoration, theming or style 😉 Good rock music usually being played in the background (not too loud). Very little sport on the telly - and when there is it tends to be rugby rather than football.
[url= http://www.mill-at-ulverston.co.uk/ ]The Mill[/url] isn't bad either, and it a whole 2 minutes walk, with 8 cask ales on - but only 4 of those are guests and it is a bit trendy 😉
The fat cat in norwich. Winner of CAMERA pub of the year twice and has just been awarded good pub guide pub of the year. Currently 28 listed on tap but normally 20-25 on any night plus a good selection of bottled beers.
Maybe not in the best mtb location but one of the best beer pubs in the country. Unfortunately I am now 300 miles away.
Stay away from the Cumberland Sausage TJ.
+1 for the Malt and Hops in Leith - proper pub!
Fighting Cock, Bradford.
Bread and dripping on the bar for Sunday dinner.
A crowd inc everything from Slaves to CID.
At least 10 real ales plus Veltins lager & Erdinger Dunkel
And real pubs don't have websites...
(hope i don't live to regret that)
My pub may have a few less ales than some, but it does have an open fire and a regular pub dog that also gives high fives.
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does that dog play pool?. if not, why not! Pub dogs rock! I remember going into a local pub once and there were more dogs than people! and the clientele were just talking about dogs.
The Fighting Cock,Bradford. West Riding, Dewsbury. Brewers Pride, Ossett.
The Victoria - Beeston, The Dew Drop - Ilkeston, Keanes Head - Nottm, just three crackers.
Please stop, all we have here is rubbish theme pubs selling rubbish beer.
Well there are two pubs that server proper beer but neither of them have a dog.
Piffle. [url= http://www.devonshirecat.co.uk/ ]The Devonshire Cat[/url] is the greatest pub in Britain. Shame it's 250 miles from my house 🙁
I'll be in Victoria tomorrow night so will be testing CFH's claims about this pub
maybe not all ten though... 🙂
The Hunters Lodge Priddy ,cheap food luckily only one lager for the ladies. Mobile phones are banned from being used or heard on the premisis . No pool table ,no juke box no fruit machine,3 real ales which is enough for anyone and no website.
Edric 64 - MemberThe Hunters Lodge Priddy ,cheap food luckily only one lager for the ladies. Mobile phones are banned from being used or heard on the premisis . No pool table ,no juke box no fruit machine,3 real ales which is enough for anyone and no website.
Awful place. I used to be a member of the BEC and I still hated it (also got food or beer poisoning there one night from four pints of Butcombe and a lasagne). I always used to walk the extra distance to the New Inn or the Queen Vic in Priddy. The New Inn used to do very nice food in a civilised setting without Roger Dawes to make out he was doing you a favour by allowing you to drink in his pub.
Thankfully I no longer go caving, belong to the BEC, stay at their hut or partake of any Mendip sillyness. If I HAD to go caving again I would go to SWCC and go in OFD top entrance for a bimble around. The Ancient Briton was quite good last time I was there (at least five years ago).
Four star hotels are MUCH nicer places to be!
brakes - Member
I'll be in Victoria tomorrow night so will be testing CFH's claims about this pub
Makes mental note to drop by the pub on the way home.... 8)
Roger Dors is a great landlord the BEC is a good club and Mendip is generally an awesome place to live .Roger's humour is legendary!!The Vic is ok but now owned by Butcombe which is a shame .The New Inn is very expensive.
The Euston Tap is worth a look, albeit quite small. 28 different beers on tap and a vast array of bottles.
[url= http://www.eustontap.com/ ]Euston Tap[/url]
Makes mental note to drop by the pub on the way home....
went to The Colonies instead, still had 4 ales on draft
I would 2nd the Fat Cat in Norwich. Its is one of the few places where you can still pick up a pint of decent real ale for £1.80 and the choice of ale/cyder/beers is second to none. It also has the added bonus of being opposite a rather good bike shop.
The Clachaig Inn just down the road from me does decent* ales. Not at £1.80 a pop mind but you can ask for a wee taster before buying.
*Understatement - the beer is great. I've seen up to 14 ales on 🙂
Plume of Feathers, Welland, down bottom, near southern end
Isn't it Castlemorton, handy to get to after doing the Gullet. Also got the Robin Hood nearby, currently doing 6x for £2.40 a pint!!
The Brewers Arms, West Malvern (high up)
Don't forget the Chase just below the Wyche heading towards Colwall, and Tim's other pub the Swan as you leave Malvern on the main Worcester road.
Have you tried the Foley yet Stoner?
The Abbey Inn on the canal in Leeds does great beer and nobody moans when you walk in covered head to toe in mud after a long ride!
jim - I was in town yesterday with the baby and had an hour to kill so thought Id pop in to the Foley for a beer and to feed the little'un.
Theyve closed the street door but kept the revolving door - which is of course a fat lot of a good with a pram. So I was ringing the bell to the disabled access for a few minutes and no body came to open it. Bunch of dicks. So I went for a pint in the Mount Pleasant instead.
Will get in there eventually and give them an earful.
Plume is castlemorton I 'spose, but since I walk to it and I live in Welland it still counts 🙂
Id forgotten the chase. I dont use it much because I dont like the climb back up again after a skinful 🙂
and the robin hood is a dive. Better off going to the farmers arms instead.
I distrust pubs with too many ales on - a lot don't get through enough volume and you end up with stale beer euugh.
My favourite normally has 3 ales on, all serve from casks and all brewed on site. They also do 4 pint flagons to take home mmmm.
http://www.radnorarmscoleshill.co.uk/
My 2nd favourite pub has 6 on - 5 of which are guest ales, so you never get the same one twice, which is a bugger when you fancy a pint of that nice one they had last week!
I would 2nd the Fat Cat in Norwich. Its is one of the few places where you can still pick up a pint of decent real ale for £1.80 and the choice of ale/cyder/beers is second to none. It also has the added bonus of being opposite a rather good bike shop.
Yep, but think the prices have gone up, with the Fat Cat beers starting at £2. Guest ales can be anything between £2.30 and £3.20, with the really strong stuff going for about £4 a pint. Hardly cheap, but great beers. Very useful having a bike shop across the road, they helped me out quite a few times with some healthy discounts!
The Clachaig Inn just down the road from me does decent* ales
Firstly I am jealous if it is just down the road. I have a friend working in there who says it has been a bit quiet since the snow, with the car park being a sheet of black ice. It's so quiet they have closed down the boots bar as it is too cold to sit in- oh, the irony!
"Usually in Wetherspoons you find lousy decor ,staff with name badges and real pubs don't sell coffee and every one I have been in the food is poor as well"
Food poor?? Its straight out of the microwave.
Also the beer they buy is and of stock/shelf life stuff, hence why its cheap!
The Devonshire Cat in Sheffield does do a wide range of beers, but its hardley a proper pub...
NZCol - You're in Christchurch aren't you?
Are the two pubs the one with all teh German beers and the Dux Deluxe? I managed to find them both on my one full day there a couple of years ago 😀
Basketmakers, North Lanes, Brighton. Beer always great, food always tasty and interesting people to talk to or just watch.
No telly, computer games or loud music.
No where near a trailhead though
[url= http://www.bhurtpore.co.uk/beer.htm ]BhurtPore Inn[/url]
11 ales on tap and the full beer menu runs to pages of A4:
http://www.bhurtpore.co.uk/bottledbeers.htm
Kick ass home-made curry to soak up the ale with.
My favorite London pub ; Cittie of York, holborn, great snugs and historic building as well as Sam Smiths Old Brewery Beer for 1.99, yes thats 1.99 and its in london!!!!!
andycs, not been to the cock, but agree with the other two.
Head of steam is ok, those in the know hit the station tavern on the other side though.
15 handpumps? Pah!
The Crown in Stockport has 16, always a few stouts on (none of that Irish stuff)and is an all round fantastic pub. The Magnet up the road on the A6 is fantastic too, though I think they only have 12 beers to choose from. Best pubs in Manchester, even though they are in Stockport. 😉