Falcon, Huntingdon

This is more like it. Set just off the Market Square and accessed through an arch, this old coaching house oozes history. (Oliver Cromwell recruitment station and jail, according to the Good Beer Guide - which it is a 2023 entry). Low ceiling main room - with roaring fire, tv showing the racing and a long bar with double digit cask on. A lot seemed to be quite conservative Marstons range but there were a few more unusual beers on. A comfortable pub experience, with friendly staff and regulars. Only thing - they weren't offering food, despite the GBG sating excellent home cooked food. They did suggest we could bring in food from the market. Significantly better than the other GBG entry in town.

Official site of Falcon - falconhuntingdon.co.uk

Official site of Falcon - falconhuntingdon.co.uk

Well described by BF, below, this superb alehouse is nicely hidden away from the main drag. It’s a bit frayed around the edges, and there were a few people in who had over-indulged, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. Entertainment had been laid on in the form of a small lady throwing her (now presumably ex-)boyfriend against the wall and giving him a stern and somewhat kinetic explanation of his shortcomings. Ales on were Pride, Phipps IPA, Three Castles Corn Dolly, Beijing Black and Best Bitter from Potbelly, Banks’s Amber, Jennings’s Night Vision, Great Oakley’s Wot’s Occurring, Tiffield Thunderbolt and Abbey Stout. We tried them all apart from the Pride and Stout, and had no complaints whatsoever, aided by the late opening hours. This is by far the best ale venue in this town and I shall certainly come here next time I’m in the area

Multi pumped pub with 15 available but a number turned round. Nevertheless a good selection of ales and one to which I would revisit.

The Falcon is set through a gateway on the Market Place. Inside it's a wide room with not much depth and a low ceiling with wooden beams. There is a carpeted area at each end. The bar has a huge array of hand pumps I counted 18 but may have got it wrong. Of these two or three were unused and there were around half a dozen from the Marston stable. I noticed a couple of beers from Olde England Ales so I went for their Black Prince (£3.30) which was in good nick. This one is GBG 2017 listed and is well worth a look.

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