The Brown Bear, Sheffield

If you like unreformed two-bar Sam Smith's pubs, this one's for you. Half full with old blokes (by which I mean older than me), setting the world to rights in a very traditional way. OBB thankfully available in cask form (£3.00), but I constantly worry about Humph bursting in to confiscate my 'phone / notebook. When I'm feeling grumpy, I quite like zero-frills pubs like this, but I usually wake up and remember which century we're in...

Small, two roomed Sam Smiths pub close to City Hall. Both rooms are nicely decorated and are very similar. Pictures of old Sheffield adorn the walls. 2 handpumps on the bar both badged with OBB of course. This is one of my least favourite beers, but they had the rare Light Mild on, so I had a half of that. It was an astonishing 67p for the half. It's a nice, neat little pub, but the lack of a decent beer will put me off visiting regularly.