The White Horse, York

Large brick built Thwaites pub just across from Bootham bar. One long narrowish room with a nice old counter with a greyed up bar back, five pulls with three of the “Thwaites” range, keg drinkers are supplied with the usual suspects from three low T-Bars. Mine was fairly average, but that’s Thwaites for you nowadays. There’s a nice fireplace at one end and an enlarged map of part of York on one wall with pictures of three of the bars (gates) fixed in the correct places. Usual screens and machines, very quiet early Black Eye Friday afternoon on my visit In contrast to nearby pubs.

hardly a must visit pub, but as a typical red brick Thwaites house that you could include on a crawl of the area it’s fine. a few real ales on though uninspiring for York. standard pub layout including pool table etc. A bit rough but nothing terrible.

A very rough and ready locals Thwaites brewery pub on the edge of the city walls. The pub was very busy on my Friday afternoon visit with a large group of visiting lads from Newcastle. based on the type of pub i found the beers very expensive, A pint of Lancaster Bomber (Wainwright was off) and a Thwaites seasonal brown ale worked out at £3.50 each. We sat in the corner near the coal fire that sadly was not on and enjoyed our drinks in relative peace. Defiantly not a tourist pub and one I would only re vist if ever doing a crawl along the other pubs down Bootham, been in worse though.

The White Horse was rammed with party folk during a recent Saturday afternoon visit. After being released from a hug by a burly drunken reveller I made my way to the bar to find a selection of standard draught products alongside four hand pumps. One of these was unused and the Wainwright was off leaving Lancaster Bomber and Chin Chin as the ale options. I’m a fan of Thwaites beers and enjoyed a half of both available options. The interior consists of seating to the left and a bar that runs along the back central wall. To the right is a pool table and plasma screens for showing live sport are located throughout. I found the service to be very friendly and there was a good vibe in this pub. It is not often I find a busy pub with drunken patrons that I enjoyed visiting, but this was certainly one of them.