The Rising Sun, Tipton

This is a detcahed pub, with patio area. Since the last reviews, this pub was closed and noew reopened as a Black Country Ales pub. The pub itself is Victorian. It is mainly in undressed brick, but has moulding around the Romanesque. It has three Gothic roofed gables and a couple of bay windows. The interior has a couple of rooms, both in cream patterned wallpaper, red embossed wallpaper, and with white upper wall and ceiling. The bar, to the right, has red bench seats and a tiled fireplace. There is a dart board and a few prints taken from an old trade catalogue. A Butler's Ales etched glass panel is a nice feature. The serving bar has a nice wood serving bar, that had a pole on which were attached the pump-clips of the next beers to be coming on. The lounge i didn't really see, other than it to had old prints and a fireplace. There was no TV that i saw. The music was general and at a decent level. The service was very friendly and it had a clientele of more mature locals. Beer; usual tap stuff with Saltaire Amarillo Gold, Beowulf Dark Raven, Welbeck Red Feather, Gloucester Brewery's Mariner, Gun Dog Hot Dog (decent), as well as their own usual three - the Pig MILD being decent too. A cracking little pub - and one i could stay for hours in - definitely worth dropping into.

Visited last Sunday lunch and was disappointed to see the place was only a shaddow of its former glory. No customers in the bar and no real ales on sale. Didn't stop, as I have no stomach for freezing cold, processed beer.

Nice friendly local offering up to 7 real ales