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The Waggon & Horses, Tipton
Ocker Hill
Postal town: Tipton
DY4 0ET
Served areas
Reviews of The Waggon & Horses (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Waggon & Horses
Very traditional pub and Toll End Brewery tap, retaining two separate bars - a comfortable lounge (with a bow window) to the right of the central entrance and a more basic room to the left. The chalkboard suggested that six different real ales were available from a total of eight handpumps divided between the two counters, but I went for the sole in-house beer: Tipton Pride (£3.00).
On 8th October 2022
- rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Waggon & Horses
A large two roomed pub with a bar area straight from the 70s on the left of entrance and late 80s lounge on the right. I was expecting a good range of Toll End beers on our visit, but unfortunately there was only one to be had. This was Toll End Ode CockSparrow a 4.6% bitter at £3 a pint, which was ok, but didn't warrant a second pint.
Their other beers were Sharps Doom Bar, Hobsons Town Crier, Holdens Golden Glow, Hop Back Crop Circle, Robinsons Trouper and Hobgoblin IPA. Prices were excellent with the dearest guest beer at £3.20 and the beer condition good.
On 27th July 2022
- rating: 6
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Ale Monster left this review about The Waggon & Horses
The excellent tap house for the Toll End Brewery which was established in a small out building behind the pub in 2004, the pub appears to have originally been a row of half timber cottages which were converted into a public house around 1860, the interior has two square rooms served by a central wood panel island bar counter. The left hand room is a traditional public bar with the counter along the right hand wall, a brick fire place in the middle of the left hand wall with a small stove and a large flat screen TV above, also on the left wall and towards the front of the room are two dart boards, red leather bench seats against the front and back walls with additional cast iron framed chairs, the floor is vinyl with a chess board pattern. The right hand room is a more cosy lounge with the counter along the left hand wall, red patterned fabric bench seats, red carpet, timber beams, an exposed brick wall running left to right across the middle of the room with two large openings allowing access to the back of the room where there is a brick fire place with a cast grate and large brass fire guard shaped like a shield in the right wall, the half timber walls are also painted bright red which makes this room “very red” and a bit bonkers for this kind of pub. There is a short corridor across the back of the pub which links the two rooms and also leads out to a paved courtyard and nice beer garden behind the building.
Regular ales are currently Banks’s Mild, Olde Swan Entire and Toll End Black Bridge with four changing guest ales on this visit which were Toll End Ironmaster, Retribution, Nics Stix and Worthington Autumn Shield. The Entire, Black Bridge and Retribution were all found in good condition. Toll End also brew a cask conditioned lager called Power Station which is occasionally available.
This is a brilliant traditional pub with loads of character and some interesting beers from the resident brewery. It’s difficult to find anywhere to park nearby if your driving (which is a bit daft if you’re going to visit a brew pub with 7 or 8 different real ales on) and the breweries van is usually parked out front which also makes it difficult to get a decent photo of the pub. I don’t get the chance to venture out this way very often but if I do then I would search this place out for a few drinks.
On 9th March 2012
- rating: 9
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Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 25 June 2017 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : Yes - August - last updated 25 June 2017 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 25 June 2017 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 10% - last updated 25 June 2017 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 25 June 2017 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : Yes - In the bar only - last updated 25 June 2017 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : Yes - Saturday - last updated 25 June 2017 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : Yes last updated 25 June 2017 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 25 June 2017 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 25 June 2017 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 25 June 2017 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 25 June 2017 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 25 June 2017 by ROB Camra
