The Lord Burton (JD Wetherspoon), Burton On Trent Town, Burton on Trent

Worse than average Spoons with 10 hand pumps of which six were doubled up and another one was Ruddles. Worst beer selection I've ever seen in a Spoons.

12 pumps including 2 ciders, some ales repeated as per. Very quiet on our early Friday eve visit, the few drinkers that were in here, looked to the remnants from the afternoons drinking. This was a well kept Spoons and the service was pleasant, so we went for the Lymestone Ein Stein, which was in good shape, lucky to have spotted it.

This is a typical shop conversion consisting of a dark low ceilinged long narrow room. I got here just after 11:00 and was surprised to see bouncers on the door but later learned it was because of a footbore match. The bar here has 12 hand pumps which had the JDW Trio Of Doom and Pedigree doubled up, a cider, Burton Bridge Best, Ringwood Fortyniner and Exmoor Gold. I thought this was a poor choice and given that the standard guest price here is £2.45 there's little incentive to come here when other pubs in town have more interesting beers at around the three quid mark. I went for the keg Devil's Backbone and then left. Apparently this was once a Woolworths, a rubbish shop that's ended up as a rubbish Spoons.

Normal shop conversion 'spoons with a wide glass and door frontage and a long narrowish rear furnished with separate tables and chairs, the counter as usual runs almost full length down one side. Two banks of six pulls provide the cask offering but with the standards, the local must stocks of Pedigree and Bass plus a cider and the emerging standard of Broadside that doesn't leave much room for guests - there were two including a 'spoons foreign brewer special, can't fault the quality though. A couple of craft kegs - Brewdog This is Lager and Devils Backbone lurked among the UK standards. It's rather dark inside with a low ceiling, a bit reminiscent of the Briar Rose in Birmingham with stained glass over the doors and Art Deco fittings. There's a raised area opposite the counter and some more booth like seating towards the back where there is a rear entrance and a garden.