The Foresters Arms, Reading

Excellent little locals' pub in the backstreets with a pleasant front bar and a larger games room at the back. For outdoor drinkers there are a couple of pavement tables at the front and a garden behind. Chose the TT Boltmaker from the couple of ales on offer and not disappointed. Splendid pub, but beware doesn't open weekday lunchtimes.

Very definition of a back street pub. Homely, but as a stranger, you do feel a bit weird bursting into a room where everyone knows everyone. Except you. In the 2018 Good Beer Guide. Just the one real ale on - a perfect Timothy Taylor Boltmaker. Visit blogged at http://bit.ly/2yuLhXK