Lower Red Lion, St Albans Central, St. Albans

Fishpool street is one of St Albans most attractive streets and the 17th Century Lower Red Lion sits comfortably within it with its welcoming white washed exterior. Inside the original two roomed interior either side of the central serving area remains and both rooms have a different feel and character to them. The pub has had a focus on real ale for many years and I sampled very well kept Dark Star Hop Head from the available beers. Can continue to recommend this one for a visit when in St Albans.

A very traditional pub located in a picture-postcard street linking the modern city to the site of Roman Verulamium. Retains a two-bar layout with a compact central servery, with further seating outdoor in the rear beer garden. A total of six handpumps are divided between the two bar counters, with cask offerings including Pale+Four and Kotuku from Tring and a local scrumpy. Well worth a visit.

A very nice pub this one , traditionally set out with two separate bars. My Pale+ Four from Tring Brewery was in great shape and most enjoyable.No problems returning here again.

A good traditional pub this one, where I enjoyed two very well kept ales, which were XT15 and Berkhamsted Brewery Sundial Golden Ale. The pub had a welcoming and friendly atmosphere and you could spend some time in here.

A traditional pub located just a short stroll from the High Street and cathedral, it consists of two separate bars with a central bar counter in between that serves both of them. The left hand bar has predominantly exposed brick walls which I thought was quite unusual but quite effective and there was also a large brick fire-place at the rear. Flooring is the usual red patterned carpet and there was bench seating around the perimeter padded with red velvet. The bar to the right in contrast had white plasterwork on the walls and black timberwork which gave a quite different effect, and some black wooden balustrade to break up the space slightly. Another fire-place and wood burning stove was in here. There was a good range of beers on tap which on this occasion were Dark Star Hophead, Pale Four and Kotuku from Tring, Sundial Golden Ale and XT15. Ciders too were well represented with Millwhite’s Original Scrumpy, Stowford Press and Addlestones. All in all, a very pleasant pub and well worth seeking out.

A very pleasing interior in this old building which is part of a residential terrace.The two sided bar serves two distinct rooms and it is worth inspecting handpumps in both rooms to see the full range which on my trip was Dark Star Hophead,Tring Pale+Four,Kotuku,XT 15 and Haresfoot Sundial Golden Ale.I enjoyed my brief crawl visit and wouldn't hesitate from returning for a long visit next time in the city.