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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Hops d'Amour
This micropub wasn't here the last time I went drinking in Coventry and is indeed the city's first and (unless I'm mistaken) only micropub to date.
Of 5 new pubs I visited on Saturday, this was easily my favourite. In fact, it probably bettered all of the other pubs we visited too. It's a simple square or possibly rectangular shaped room, with the bar against the back wall. Stairs at the rear left corner lead up to the 2 toilets. A door at the rear right presumably leads to the cellar/cold room where the beers and ciders are kept. A TV screen above the bar lists the full range of real ales, craft beers and real ciders. There was such a lengthy list that it was difficult to read some of the names, as so many were crammed onto such a small screen. Pumpclips scattered around the room also attest to the range of beers and ciders they have stocked in their short existence.
Ales on during our visit were Howling Hops Country Mile, Brentwood Legacy, Shiny Affinity, Heritage X Porter, Vocation Karate Kiwi & Neptune On The Bounty. Real ciders listed were Snail's Bank Raspberry Ripple, Lilley's Strawberry Cider, Pina Colada, Lemon & Lime Cider, Peach Cider, Chocolate Apple Cider, Merry Monkey, Apples & Pears & Darkcider, Thistly Cross Whisky Cask & Scottish Fruits, Dudda's Tun Apricot Cider, Cotswold Cider Company Freak Show, Cockeyed Mad Jack & Sandford Orchards Slack Ma Girdle. Craft beers were all from Tiny Rebel - Citra Milkshake IPA, Gold Fermented IPA, Carrot, Apple & Mandarin Sour & Caramac Pale Ale.
It's certainly a busy and popular place located slap bang in the middle of Coventry city centre. I was suitably impressed.
On 4th July 2022
- rating: 9
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Will Larter left this review about Hops d'Amour
One of the best micropubs I've been to - though it's quite big to be called micro - and it's because of the concentration on real ale and the enthusiasm shown by the staff. It's a plain rectangular room with the bar right at the back, with a staircase beside it leading up to the toilets. There were six hand pumps and these had five real ales and a cider. My half of Pitchfork Frogbit - a peculiar name for a 4.4% bitter - was in excellent condition. The woman who served me was friendly, helpful, well informed and as I said before, enthusiastic. There were quite a few other customers at the time of my mid-afternoon, mid-week visit, and it is clear that this pub is a leader in the Coventry real ale scene.
Date of visit: 12th May 2022
On 21st June 2022
- rating: 8
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Hops d'Amour
A former shop unit in a 60's development,there is outside drinking at benches and a traditional layout inside with mixed traditional seating down both sides and the bar at the end,with loos upstairs.
The walls are adorned either with pump clip or moody photos of Cov,it's well done.The atmosphere was great,very knowledgeable behind the bar and friendly,chatty locals so it's easy to get drawn into conversation.All very civilised.
The 6 handpumps were drawing on my trip Pomona Island Poor Moon (NBSS 3.5),One by One Porter,RedWillow Feckless,Black Lodge Tick then Tock (NBSS 4) and Byatts Carmarama (NBSS 4) with the final pump awaiting correct conditioning.The ale quality was high ,two dark beers were appeciated but my only niggle was that on my trip there was nothing over 4.5%,which was a shame.
One to add to any city centre real ale crawl,if you like the micro vibe you won't be disappointed.
On 29th April 2022
- rating: 8
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Hops D'amour
Coventry's first - and recently Camra award-winning - micro-pub in a city-centre location that might not seem obvious, but works surprisingly well. Nothing unusual about the shop-unit conversion, with a mix of functional furniture, pump clips and ephemera, but there was a fine selection of real ales in a range of styles on the six handpumps. I went for the tasty, deliberately hazy, Sea of Dreams pale ale from Neptune Brewery (£4.00), with others coming from Abbeydale, Castle Rock, Wild Beer, Cloudwater and Underground Medicine. In a word, excellent.
On 21st February 2022
- rating: 9
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