The Merchants Inn, Rugby

This is a cracking pub. Hidden down the church lane this is a large, olde worlde kind of place. The its mainly open plan with the bar being central. Lots of beer related signs adorn the walls and the ceiling is covered with approximately a billion pump clips. The pub is basically split into 4 areas; a small area to your left on entering, the main nar area up a couple of steps and then 2 areas to the rear of the pub. 9 handpumps on the bar in a bank of 8 for ales and a handpump at the side of the bar for cider. Beers today were from Bright side, North Yorkshire, Oakham, Purity, Nethergate and Hook Norton. An excellent place.

The Merchants Inn is a black and white pub that is situated just off the main shopping area. I arrived at this pub just before 12am and followed two other blokes through a side door,there were already quite a few other people in the pub waiting for them to start serving at 12. The room is fairly large and iregular shaped,there are lots of different drinking areas,the ceiling is beamed with loads of pump clips attatched to them,there is a nice stone floor throughout. There was a vast array of pumps on the bar,i had a drink of Purity Mad Goose which went down very well,the other beers i noted were Three Castles Summer Daze,Batemans XB and Griffin Yeti IPA,there were too many real ales on note. There was a large TV screen to the rear showing the cricket. This is a very pleasant pub with a great choice of real ales. Pub visited 12/7/2014