The Jewellers Arms, Birmingham

The Jewellery Quarter/Hockley area is really developing a great selection of pubs and bars. This Black Country Ales pub is another place that is worth a visit. Much more of a traditional pub than many of the places in the area, it has a good selection of real ales and ciders in a pleasant drinking environment. Black Country Ales Bradley's Finest Golden & Fireside are both regular ales. Their Chain Ale was also on. Guests were Banks's Bitter, Oakham Citra, Beartown Crème Brulee & Salopian Golden Thread & Darwin's Origin. Ciders were Lilley's Crazy Goat, Weston's Rosie's Pig Rhubarb. We were lucky to grab a table for 2 indoors. Larger groups were filling an overspill area outdoors overlooking a roundabout. With plenty of staff, service was quick. You could easily spend an entire day pub crawling in the area.

Nicely refurbished by the people at Black Country Ales with 10 ales on the bar - 3 of their own. Cider as well, if you like that sort of thing. A good buzz in the pub on our visit (including West Brom fans in pre-match) and the pints we had were in good nick. Recommended if you're visiting this part of town.

What a find this one was today while wandering around Hockley. It is a recently refurbed bar by Black Country Ales and like the others in the chain it has 3 of their own beers and a selection of 7 other ales from a variety of breweries. I was spoiled for choice but enjoyed my Salcombe Seahorse beer.

Black Country Ales have done a great job with this pub. Now boasting a large selection of ales. The 2 we tried were in fine form.