Sir John Borlase Warren, Nottingham

I struggled to recall much about this one from before and tbh being here didn't really jolt my mind much. It's certainly had a fairly recent makeover; the outside is a striking and attractive green though the inside is a mildly unappealing battle tank bilge and white, though there's a bit of colourful wallpaper to break things up a bit. Multiple small areas that would have been rooms and there's a bit of character. Seven ales and two ciders over 12 pumps, all bar one of the ales being Lincoln Green (the other is Everards so assuming is now a Project William). The Landlord had just opened-up so had to wait a couple of minutes but he did at least pour a bit off of my two before serve. And in the event I got good ones, the Archer was an NBSS 3.5 and the Tuck a 4. He later offered, unprompted, to exchange the Archer as the barrel was very low which was a nice touch, but certainly not needed in this particular case. Well - worth its GBG place. 7.5 November 2011 An unusually located pub, being in the middle of an eight(?) road junction. Named after a local admiral (JDW-esque). The split-level interior has had a makeover but has a number of appealing older features such as the attractive etched glass bar back set in white painted wood and the mosaic tiled floor. Open-plan but has a number of discrete drinking areas which makes for a more homely feel. Seven ales on the bar, mainly from Everards with a couple of guests, plus Old Rosie cider and mine was in good nick. There’s a selection of board games in the back room and up-market pub food offered. Large prints of old Beano comics adorn one of the walls. Enjoyable and worth a visit. Rated 7

A landmark pub as you struggle up the hill from the City Centre,this is a Project William house that features ales from Lincoln Green.It has a pleasing traditional exterior ,while inside it splits into sections,with the servery to the left,a mid building single tabled snug ,a lower section to the right and high tables in the bay window to the front.There are upturned tuns here and great mosaic tiling by the entrance.Loos around the back with access to a beer garden. The ale choice on my visit was Lincoln Green Marion,Hood,Archer (NBSS 3.5),Tuck ,Know the Ropes,Three Sheets to the Wind,Sherwood and as you might expect Everards Sun Chaser as they are behind Project William pubs.Thats a very decent range of ale ,which was widely sampled by the large party I was with .There are 3 handpumped ciders to boot.Food is available,mainly pizze and burgers .This was a pleasant crawl visit and if you are a keen fan of Lincoln Green ales here's the place to sample them.

A stand alone pub in the middle of Canning Circus, It's split level inside with several areas to drink. Traditional decor albeit a bit loungey in places The bar has no less than twelve handpumps with a good many in use on my visit, the bulk of the beers were from Lincoln Green Brewery with a two or three guests and some Ciders. A quite reasonable pub.

This is a characterful real ale pub run as a collaboration between Lincoln Green brewery and Everards under the Everards project, or at least I think it still is as I failed to see the usual Everards Tiger on the pumps during my visit this week, although Everards Sunchaser Golden Ale was in situ. Then there were four ales from Lincoln Green alongside Wellbeck Abbey Brewery Incognito and Birmingham Brewing Home Grown Brummie. They do paddles here with 3 1/3 glasses for the price of a pint, so I tried three of the Lincoln Green ales, the Marion Pale Ale, the Archer American IPA and the Tuck Porter. To be honest they were nothing special and the Porter was probably the pick of the bunch. This is also a pretty good multiroomed traditional pub, which is over five floors (if the information board by the bar is to be believed) but the lower two cellar floors are long term closed and I didn’t get to see the roof top terrace or go out in the garden, but I was more than happy to explore the multiple rooms on the ground floor level, especially when we found the small one with the bay window view of Canning Circus where all the board games are stored and the decision to have a game of Trivial Pursuit meant I could also try the Wellbeck Abbey Brewery Incognito, which was well kept. All in all I liked it here, and as the Canning Circus houses some good pub options this one can be done as a double with the nearby Organ Grinder for the Blue Monkey brewery beers or even a treble with the Hand and Heart.