The Duck, Newark

A recent refurbishment has resulted in this pub looking a lot smarter than I remembered from a previous visit several years ago. It's a very old building with now a much more modern feel to the interior. The bar is accessed from the right of the passage that leads straight through the building to the garden behind - presumably this would have been access to the stables when it was a coaching inn. There's a front room which has one hand pump on the bar and another room behind, which has two more hand pumps available. The beers on at the time of our visit were Batemans XB and two from Cross Bay - Dusk and Nightfall. Strangely, we had just had Dusk at the nearby Prince Rupert but the beer labelled as Dusk here was very different from the beer we had there. We had a chat about this and other beer related matters with the landlord, who was very friendly and welcoming. Well worth a visit.