Nags Head, Reading

A former back street grotty Green King pub which underwent a metamorphism in 2007 to become one of the leading Real Ale pubs in the South and now regular winner of local CAMRA awards. The internal one bar space doesn’t perhaps have the character of other famous establishments and I imagine can be a bit soulless when no one is in. But fill it with punters, as it was the other evening when the darts team, a couple of card schools and several people to watch the footy on the two screens were in , and it becomes a very pleasant environment for a pie and a pint (or two). The beer policy is well described by Quinno below and the following were included in the 12 ‘on’ when I visited, Sheffield Brewery Stout, Tring Brewery Colly Dog, Vales Hadda's Autumn Ale, Ascot Ales Galaxy, West Berks Good Old Boy, Andwell Gold Muddler, Stonehenge Danish Dynamite and Ramsbury Flint Knapper. The food menu is the basic pub grub, but they are well known for the pies and the one I had along with the excellent Sheffield Stout will get me going back next time I’m in town.