Horse & Jockey, Ossett

A three room Sam’s pub in the usual unspoilt fashion, nice nouveau stained glass windows. The front has two rooms, a public and a saloon, with the counter in the saloon. Behind at a lower level is a games room with a pool table. In plain décor with mid-brown wood fittings and furniture. Two handpumps with Old Brewery Bitter on both, I was told it was near the end but I persisted and although less than good it was still drinkable if cloudy and cold. I should have had the Extra Stout instead, which was one of the nine kegs available from the little boxes and a single taller font, Alpine and Taddy Lager were doubled up. The toilets are in a corridor behind the servery.

A Sam Smiths pub with three smallish rooms, presented with the usual attention to detail seen in this brewer's pubs. The front windows with leaded glass were particularly good (see photos). There's one hand pump on the bar, but my half of Old Brewery Bitter was a little below par (NBSS 2.5), though nothing to complain about. There were quite a few locals sitting around the front room, none of them talking to each other, even though phone policy was rigorously enforced. In the back room, around the pool table, there was a somewhat livelier group chatting at the bar. The licensee seemed a cheerful chap, so I don't know why the front room crowd were so quiet - maybe they were still recovering from the night before.