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The Malt Shovel, Nottingham
Beeston
Postal town: Nottingham
NG9 2LU
Reviews of The Malt Shovel (Average Rating: 7 of 10) see review guidelines
Graham Coombs left this review about The Malt Shovel
A traditional-looking pub in a back street although the interior is a bit of a tacky refurbishment and seemed largely aimed at students. There is a small patio to the front. Three ales on handpump from Shipstones: the Original was a bit hazy but tasted fine.
On 1st October 2023
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3339 recommendations about 3276 pubs]
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Alex Conway left this review about The Malt Shovel
Tucked down an alleyway just of Beeston high street is the malt Shovel. A large one roomed pub with high ceilings and the bar on the far left as you enter. There were five real ales on the bar with harvest pale being regular at (£3.20). They do have regularly changing guest beers but I appeared to have come on a particularly bland night with Doombar, bombardier and Oakham Citra (£3.30) being available with the final pump unoccupied. My Citra was in good condition but I couldn’t help feeling a little underwhelmed after hearing so many good things. Things were not helped by the pub being rather quiet on my Saturday night visit and were lacking a bit of atmosphere due because of it, but maybe I just caught it at a bad time. Overall I can tell it is a good pub that maintains a good pint that I will call back in again to see if I just happened to catch it on a particular flat night/poor selection.
On 17th October 2016
- rating: 7
[User has posted 456 recommendations about 456 pubs]
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Malt Shovel
This is a decent traditional pub with a good relaxed atmosphere, serving a varied selection of well kept ales. The pub consists of a good sized lounge, with the bar situated in the left hand corner. The areas on the right were separated by an internal wall. The barman was friendly and chatty and this was a nice welcome on our arrival. Five ales to choose from, so we went for the Kelham Island Easy Rider and the Blue Monkey Funky Gibbon. The pub also had bench seating out front.
On 18th July 2014
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3382 recommendations about 3381 pubs]
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Attenborough, 1.98 miles, 38 min walk (show)
Nottingham, 3.55 miles, 1 hr 8 min walk (show)
Pub Details
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- Accommodation : No last updated 17 April 2019 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 17 April 2019 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : Yes - Benches at front of pub - last updated 17 April 2019 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 15p per pint - last updated 17 April 2019 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : Yes last updated 17 April 2019 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes last updated 17 April 2019 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : Yes - Friday - last updated 17 April 2019 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 17 April 2019 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 17 April 2019 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 17 April 2019 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 17 April 2019 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 17 April 2019 by ROB Camra
