The Six Bells, St. Albans

A good looking old 16th century pub,low ceiling-ed with plenty of black beams giving a nice olde worlde feel. A decent selection of beers and the Animal Screech was particularly good. A must visit pub when in town.

A traditional pub located a short stroll from the town centre beyond Verulanium park, it consists of a couple of bars along the front of the pub and a small snug off to one side. Décor wise, it’s quite traditional with thick black beams on the low ceiling and parquet wood flooring in the central bar area with quarry tiles off to the right. A large brick fire-place was at one end with a number of trophies and copper tankards on a shelf above it as well as a couple of rifles. A plasma screen was showing the golf although fortunately the volume was off so this was not too intrusive. A snug off to the left had tartan carpet on the floor and wooden pews around the perimeter. There was an extensive choice of beers on tap which on this occasion were Shotgun Wedding from Country Boy Brewing, Tring Ridgeway, Oakham JHB, Timothy Taylor Landlord along with XT3 and Animal Screech from XT Brewing. After the eclectic selection of beer, ciders were a bit disappointing with just Addlestones and Carlsberg’s Somersby. The barmaid was friendly and efficient, starting to pull the pints for the next round whilst still taking payment for the previous one.