The Newshouse, Nottingham

Good Beer Guide-listed pub with an impressive tiled frontage. It is located reasonably close to Nottingham train station, but strangely doesn't open until 4pm during the week. As such, it was the last of our 9 Nottingham pubs and we didn't have long before we were supposed to be catching a train to our final pub (which we ultimately never made). As such, I didn't really feel as if I did this pub justice. I'd also already had a little too much by this point of the day. I did note down that there were a couple of rooms. I also noted down the beers available. Being a Castle Rock pub, Harvest Pale & Our House were both on. Guests were Shipstone's Original, Neptune Ezili & Brass Castle Hazelnut Mild. The cider was Lilley's Mango. Craft beers on were Castle Rock Session, Little Critters Little Vanilla Chinchilla, Arbor Mosaic, Good Chemistry Bramble Fizz & Schofferhoffer Grapefruit. My Hazelnut Mild was very moorish and I ended up failing to finish it as we rushed out to the station for our train. Definitely one I will have to return to in order to have a better mooch around.

In the west midlands, we have Black Country Ales pub and this very much reminded me of one of those. A very traditional feel, which of course, is no bad thing. Two separate rooms - to the right a pool table. to the left, a classic pub lounge. Burton Bridge Stairway to heaven in OK nick. A few castle rock - as I think this is another tied house. Good Beer Guide 2021.

Although this Castle Rock pub has a fairly central location it is a bit isolated being set on a dual carriageway not very far from Nottingham station and not all that far from the Lace Market. Unsurprisingly it is entirely traditional with a public bar to the right as you enter and a carpeted lounge to the left. I opted for the public side which had a fully functional bar billiards table, a fully functioning dart board and a table skittles set that was being used as a display for CAMRA and Nottingham City pamphlets. There were six hand pumps in the public bar which had one unused, Castle Rock Harvest Pale, Blue Monkey Infinity, two from Totally Brewed and Burton Bridge XL Bitter. It was such a hot day that I decided to go for one of the ciders (£3.50) which the friendly landlord appeared to bring up from the cellar. I wish I had noted down what it was because it was cool and delicious. I thought his was an excellent place and will definitely return.