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Albert's Ale Micropub, Blackpool

Pub added by Will Larter
117 Albert Road
Blackpool
FY1 4PW

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Old Boots left this review about Albert's Ale Micropub

As previously described a cellar bar or micro under the Albert Hotel, pump clip and music poster and stuff decor. Long and thin the furnishings are sofas and banquettes down one side with the counter and an under stairs cubby hole with table. Each table had a tea light in an handled half pint glass and there’s an interesting toilet arrangement at the front. Four pulls of small brewery stuff, a T-Bar of four unusuals plus a pin of Paulaner on the counter top, a row of empty pins were lined up where the foot rail should be. I had a Dunham Massey beer which was one of them tasting of geraniums but otherwise pretty good so I’ll agree with the GBG2023 entry. Bottled beers shown on the menu were mostly Belgian (Chouffe, Westmalle, Chimay, Carolus, Rochfort, Orval) with a few from Palaner and proper Budweiser.
The red curtains were open and a similarly furnished snug lay open, disco lights going at 3 in the afternoon, with a mad mix of music as Quinno says, Gene Kelly then Louis Armstrong then the Doors, then “never on a Tuesday”. Something was lurking in there at the back; possibly “special stuff”. Most odd.

On 25th February 2023 - no rating submitted
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Quinno _ left this review about Albert's Ale Micropub

Subterranean bar under a hotel and somewhat eclectic, to the point of feeling like you’re in a League of Gentleman skit. Two rooms, enter to the main burgundy bar and then, behind curtains, a mini-Phoenix Club style lounge with disco lights with a very spasmodic music choice, George Formby to Spice Girls to New Order to the Only Fools & Horses theme in four tracks. Two cask on, both loopy juice abvs, 5.5% and 7.5%. My Clay Brow Lysa was over-vented but drinkable (NBSS 2.5). The other beer being drunk by the adjacent table looked like a horror, so glad I avoided it. There were also some bottles which I failed to make a mental note of. Strange all-round, check it out for yourself…

On 8th May 2022 - rating: 6
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Albert's Ale Microbar

Inconspicuous little basement bar / micro-pub beneath a very ordinary looking hotel (indeed, I walked right past it first time...). Limited amount of mixed furniture - mostly padded red benches, chairs and stools - so plenty of room to stand (if you are so inclined), and decor that wouldn't look out of place in 100 of other Blackpool establishments. However, what makes it stand out is the emphasis on real ale, with Crankshaft Fishwicks, Bank Top Flat Cap (£3.20) and Snowhill Porter on handpump plus Beer Bros Gold on gravity along with a couple of ciders.

On 2nd December 2018 - rating: 7
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Will Larter left this review about Albert's Ale Microbar

The Albert Hotel is an ordinary bed-and-breakfast hotel on a street with several dozen like it. The distinguishing feature is the recently installed micropub, or microbar, in the breakfast lounge. Entering the premises requires prospective customers to press a bell-push on the front door and wait for the landlord to come and open it.

Once inside there is a room with a few tables and a couple of armchairs, and on the wall a list of three beers with their respective pump clips. (A real cider is also listed.) The beer is kept on stillage in a small kitchen area at the back of the room. The room itself is kept at a remarkably high temperature, and whatever cooling system is employed on the barrels is not sufficient to get the beer to a drinkable temperature. I had a beer called Hubsters Tribute, which was drinkable but not anywhere near top condition. This is a shame, because the idea of selling real ale in a place like this is sufficiently innovative to tickle my fancy. If it's to be successful, the room temperature needs to drop and the beer needs to be looked after a little better. An actual bar counter wouldn't hurt...

On 19th May 2017 - rating: 3
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