Hogarths, Tamworth

Official site of Hogarths - www.ambertaverns.co.uk

Official site of Hogarths - www.ambertaverns.co.uk

Up te left-hand wall of Hogarths is a long serving counter that supports standard and premium keg alongside five hand pumps. Four were being used to hold up advertisements and the Doom Bar was off. There’s a pool tables in the front left corner and various seating areas run up the right to the rear. Televisions throughout were airing a mix of muted Racing TV and adverts for the pub deals. The beer garden up the right is actually more interesting than the pub with lots of seating, more televisions, back music and a quirky yellow van that has been turned into a seating area with television. A forgettable high street boozer with a decent garden.

This self-styled 'gin palace' certainly has a very impressive display of bottles along the bar-back, but otherwise has a thoroughly refurbished but hardly opulent interior. Various seating areas and a side room can be found in the elongated layout which features the long counter on one side, but there is also a sizeable patio beer off to the side at the back. Background music and silent sports TVs. Slightly surprisingly, there is a bank of five handpumps, three of which were in use and dispensing ales from the Marston's stable: EPA, Pride (just £2.40) and Hobgoblin.