The Tobie Norris, Stamford

What a great pub this is. A building of some history mainly dating back to the 1600’s but with parts, most notably the beams in the Blind arch room on the third floor, dating as far back as the 13th century, which has had many uses over it’s history but did not become a pub until 2005. The ground floor is a collection of five rooms off the main corridor, one housing the bar, and then a long thin courtyard garden area out back. The second floor has an additional two rooms before the staircase continues up to the top most room in the eves of the building. Each room has an eclectic collection of different items, chamber pots in one, pub memorabilia in another, stuffed animal heads in another for example. The bar room just houses the bar and a single table, then the main seating areas radiate from either side off of this. Five hand pumps with a good selection of ales with Oakham Citra and Roosters Baby faced assassin as permanent ales. For our visit these were complemented by TT Landlord, Nene Valley Release the Chimps and Oakham Crush. An absolutely fabulous pub and a rare 10 from me as well.

Award winning multi room pub well known to serious pub goers. On this occasion there were five pulls of beer plus a cider and standard kegs. I won’t try to describe the varied and interesting interior; each room has its own flavour and décor. The beer is fine and this is definitely a don’t miss pub.