The Horse & Jockey, Maney, Sutton Coldfield

Another large Ember Inns pub on a corner plot next to some traffic lights. Unlike the Crown in Four Oaks where I'd been earlier, this one was serving food and therefore was much busier, despite my 3pm visit making it a little too late for lunch. Nevertheless, I was still able to find a table. Sharp's Doom Bar is the regular beer. Guests were Timothy Taylor Landlord, Fuller's London Pride & Northern Monk Eternal. A CAMRA discount is offered. It was good to see a slightly different beer (the Eternal) amongst the national beers. But Ember Inns still have a long way to go. The interior was typical Ember Inns with a carpeted interior and very little in the way of decoration. Toilets can be found upstairs. If using the car park, registration details need to be entered at the bar.

Large Ember Inns establishment with a wide variety of seating / dining areas within a slightly split-level interior. Usual sort of semi-modern furniture and decor, and very much food led (to the extent that those just looking for a drink had to stand around the bar as all tables were full of diners). Quiz nights advertised three nights per week. Fair selection of seven real ales from the ten handpumps divided between the two parts of the bar counter, of which the seasonal 'house' (Black Sheep) Snow Place like Home (£3.35) was a new one on me.