The Lower Angel, Warrington

Apparently my last visit was as long ago as 2018, so I felt justified in making a revisit towards the end of November. The place has changed hands and had a bit of a spruce up internally since my last visit, but is still very much a traditional pub and retains the two separate rooms with central bar. This was a mid week lunch time visit, and it was pretty busy, the clientele mainly consisting of old codgers. Eight cask ales on, split across the two bars. There is a chalk board to let you know what's available. Most cask ales were around the £4 a pint mark; cash and cards accepted. Music was playing but the conversation was louder. A gem for those seeking out a traditional boozer with the bonus of a decent cask ale selection.

The Lower Angel is a very basic town centre boozer with small left and right hand bars. The bar to the left is thin with seating under the front window and opposite the bar, up the left hand wall. There was a large speaker on the bar that was blasting out Ska music, much to the delight of the two other customers, one of which was controlling the music. The slightly smaller right hand bar has minimal seating and a television on the wall that was showing muted Eight Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown. There was one other customer in here keeping himself to himself. There are nine handpumps spread across the two bars, and during my visit on Tuesday evening last week eight of these were up and running. Available were Salopian Shropshire Gold, Wily Fox Dublin Up, Coach House Gunpowder, WeetWood Best, Purple Moose Whakahari, Ossett White Rat, Titanic Plum Porter and Lytham IPA. For fans of keg, Carling, Fosters, John Smiths and Guinness were also available. I had the Plum Porter which was excellent. I found the service to be very friendly and the other customers were lively, but harmless enough. This place is defiantly a must visit for real ale fans, but I would advise those that don’t like real ale not to bother. I imagine it gets very cosy in here Thursday to Sunday.