The Posada, Wolverhampton

A nice looking exterior and a not too shabby interior. Multi-roomed with the servery at the front. 6 handpumps dispensed 5 not particularly inspiring beers and an ubiquitous Old Rosie cider. Its a nice enough place to go though it could do with a more inspiring beer selection. Then again it hopefully does have a better choice than today. Bobby 'dale could possibly differ.

Aqualung has nailed it ,good exterior ,some pleasing interior features and three very boring ales .CW Youngs Bitter,Marstons EPA and Castle Rock Harvest Pale resulted in a very short stay,there were few other punters inside.Not sure why it's in the GBG,there's a lot better elsewhere in town.

This is an old pub with many interesting features, but all this is wasted if the beer selection is boring and limited and it certainly was on my visit. There were just four beers on Hobson's Best Bitter, Castle Rock Harvest Pale, Young's Bitter and Marston's EPA. There was one pump taken up with Old Rosie cider. I went for the Hobson's Best (£2.70) which was in good nick but is an undistinguished Boring Brown Beer. It didn't impress me either the fact that it was served in a Bombardier glass. It doesn't say much for the CAMRA credentials of the place that the chalked list of cask ales available includes bottles of the highly overrated Brewdog Punk IPA. The place was quiet on my Saturday afternoon visit and yet the other four GBG listed pubs visited were all doing a brisk trade. This one was a major disappointment for me, I can only assume that it is owned by one of the big pubcos who restrict the beer choice unless you grease their palms in a big way. To do this would mean charging a lot more per pint and in an area like the Black Country where you don't get ripped off right left and centre people would just go elsewhere. If it was a genuine free house it could be a classic.

A small tiled frontage with fancy leaded windows above leads into a tiled front bar with a nicely carved counter. The front bar is mainly for vertical drinking although there is battered bench seating round the window. Six handpumps on the bar give a choice of beers from local and regional brewers all I tried in good condition – the pub is a GBG regular. A seventh pull dispenses a cider. Behind is a small sitting room with two screens, a repro fire, a sign says don't put anything on it as it is gas. There is a small cosy booth to one side. There is also another sitting room right at back but as it was full with a gaggle of noisy women I didn't bother checking it. A discount is offered for Camra members.

Old pub with fine exterior. However it never feels comfortable to me, there's lots of tiling but for me it feels like you're drinking in a subway or even a toilet! Maybe I went through the wrong door! There are some nice features, just not a pub for me I'm afraid, despite the reputatuion for good real ale.