White Horse Inn (Nellie's), Beverley

Probably the best known pub in Beverley, a multi room layout with the counter in the back left room after you enter through the central corridor. The front has I believe, three separate rooms of various sizes and at the back are the main bar, a number of small snugs and a disused old fashioned kitchen. The floors are a mix of cobbles and flags and all very ancient looking, the lights are conversions of older gas fittings but contrived to look as if they’re still gas powered. There is a modern extension at the back near the toilets. Most of John Bonser’s review is still applicable. Beer wise only Old Brewery Bitter of course and a wide range of Sam’s little boxes and bottles. Outstanding interior that’s never changed in all the years I’ve been coming here, except it’s cleaner, however the beer was tired.

A Sam Smith outlet that I managed to walk past twice as it doesn't scream 'pub!' from the outside, just a discreet sign and a white horse figurine above the doorway. Locally known as ‘Nellies’ after a former licensee who retired in the 1970’s. It looks a good 300+ years old from the outside and it’s an absolute gem, with a genuinely aged and almost unspoilt interior (bar the fruit machines!), a genuinely wonderful voyage of discovery. The amount of darkly lit rooms, nooks and crannies linked by corridors and wonky flagstone flooring, stuffed with old furniture and bric-a-brac, are too vast to list here, suffice to say you could be drinking in 1818 rather than 2018 at times; John Bonser’s review below outlines it all in rich detail. A small but fully stocked bar, my half of cask OBB was a quid and in good shape. You absolutely must do this one, it’s a national treasure of a pub.