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Cask & Pottle, Burton on Trent

Pub added by ROB Camra
2 High Street
Tutbury
Postal town: Burton on Trent
DE13 9LP
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Cask & Pottle

Standard-issue micro-pub, with basic furniture limited decoration. Busy (and quite boisterous) on a Thursday evening. Four cask ales listed on the chalkboard, but with no counter, all are served by gravity from the 'Apparatus Room'. I went for the Broadtown Bobby's Tipple (£4.20), which was fine.

On 3rd December 2023 - rating: 6
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Cask & Pottle

We found this to be a rather odd micropub. We arrived to find who I assumed to be the owner (most likely the guy mentioned in the reviews below) and about 4 other customers (all blokes).

Cask ales and ciders are listed on a board on the right-hand wall. For our visit, there was Burton Bridge Stairway To Heaven & Bridge Bitter, Front Row Day of the Jackler & Heritage HPA. Ciders were listed as Lilley's Rhubarb Cider, Mango Cider, Crazy Goat & Fire Dancer & Weston's Family Reserve. My wife ordered the Fire Dancer, only to be told that it wasn't actually on. Instead, she turned to the decent gin selection, ordering a blood orange one. The owner swiftly said that there was no ice and we said that was fine. He arrived back at the table with just my Jackler and no gin.

Sensing that trying again to order the gin could be an even more difficult process, we decided to let it be. Even though I was brought up in Staffordshire myself, there is quite a difference in accents across the county and somewhere our drinks order was lost in translation.

Seating is in typical micropub style with bench seating along the walls. Customers seemed to be much more friendly and not as strange as the owner. We soon got chatting to a guy who had moved to the area to work at the Bass brewery in Burton.

Despite the strange service, I did quite like this place. I'd imagine the owner creates some entertainment for the locals who like to see the look on strangers' faces as they attempt to communicate their order. Perhaps pointing and hand gestures would have been more appropriate, but I don't ever recall anywhere else in the UK where I've had quite so much difficulty placing an order.

On 11th September 2023 - rating: 7
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Cask & Pottle

We also met a man more miserable than Soupy, I don't know whether he was the owner or the barman. Luckily for us one of the locals called in on our first knockings, Saturday afternoon visit, so the poor chap had to make some conversation. I noticed a photo of the seafront at Deal positioned on the wall near the cellar. It turned out the guy lived there for sometime, so maybe he was landlocked.
Four ales on stillage, Leatherbritches Y-Not, Flipside Sterling Pale, Gates Burton Brewery Damn, Do You Give One, and Backyard Coaltown Coffee Stout. We went for the Leatherbritches and the Gates Burton, both were in excellent condition and not overly priced.

On 6th June 2019 - rating: 8
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Map location corrected by Will Larter
Tutbury & Hatton, 0.58 miles, 11 min walk (show)
Burton-on-Trent, 4.56 miles, 1 hr 28 min walk (show)
Willington, 6.66 miles, 2 hr 8 min walk (show)
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10th Dec 2023, 19:40
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10th Dec 2023, 14:36
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  • Accommodation : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Bar Billiards : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Beer Festivals : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Beer Garden : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • CAMRA Discount : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Car Park : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Child Friendly : Yes last updated 11 September 2023 by Blue Scrumpy
  • Darts : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Function Room : No last updated 04 February 2018 by Aqualung .
  • Hot Food : No - Pork pies & cheese available - last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Jukebox : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Karaoke : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Live Music : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Live TV Sports : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Micropub : Yes last updated 17 March 2015 by David McNally
  • Pinball : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Pool Table : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Quiz Night : No last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Real Ale : Yes last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Real Cider : Yes last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
  • Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 03 August 2014 by ROB Camra
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