Cuttle Bridge Inn, Sutton Coldfield

This had the feel of a hotel bar. Friendly service but not my kind of place really. No ales but Sharps Atlantic on keg. Not really worth the 15 minute walk from the Hare & Hounds.

Fairly modern canal-side pub, restaurant and hotel, with traces of old Beefeater branding if you look closely at the roadside sign. The bar area tables are almost entirely laid up for dining, but it looked like some people were just having a drink and on a fine late-spring evening the place to be was the beer garden anyway. As well as food, tribute nights are advertised and there is also a function suite. Just Doom Bar (£3.60) available from the pair of handpulls when I arrived, but the Sharp's Atlantic was just going on the other pump.