Chesterfield Arms, Stonegravels, Chesterfield

What a great pub this is and probably shaved it as my Pub Of The Day on our recent crawl around Chesterfield. Cannot really add much to Mr Fastard’s review below except to confirm that the available In house Resting Devil Brewery beer that he failed to note was their Lake Shawnee 6% Porter. Five ale pumps greet you on the first section of the bar and when this section is busy, as it was for our visit, you could easily miss the other seven pumps lurking on the other bar section, but hopefully not the chalk board on the pillar between the two bar sections that details what is on them. Three from the in house brewery and eight other ales as detailed by Mr Fastard below providing a superb choice of beer styles and strengths. I went for the Turning Point Become The Data Session IPA, as it’s a brewery I do not see much, and excellent it was. A fine pub and well worth doing as a double with the nearby Neptune Beer Emporium with both of them justifiably being in the current GBG

Chesterfield Pub of the Year 2022, 2023 and 2024, there’s a very attractive interior, plush with much wood panelling, all to a very lively good atmosphere. I counted 12 pumps, though a couple could have been dispensing pseudo ‘real’ cider, I adventurously plumped for the Landlord at £2.15 a half and very good. A must-visit Chesterfield pub.

An excellent and lively pub with a great beer range. The decor is perhaps a bit suburban but it is a good drinking venue nonetheless and well worth a visit. I had to have a Bass, of course.

Facebook page of the Chesterfield Arms - www.facebook.com

Facebook page of the Chesterfield Arms - www.facebook.com

This has been one of my favourite pubs for quite a while and I can't believe my last review gave a rating of just 9. The beer quality here is tremendous - I always seem to be between 3.5 and 4.5 in my NBSS scores. The beers brewed on site - the Resting Devil brewery - are very well made, but on this visit the Brass Castle Hoparoo was a shoo in 4.5, not because it's a good beer, though it is, but because it's in such tremendous condition. If I was in a curmudgeonly mood I would deduct points for Halloween paraphernalia, but the very friendly customer service assistant was so willing to take all the blame that I'm prepared to forgive the "caution" tape on the front door. Roll on Christmas.

Official site of the Chesterfield Arms - www.chesterfieldarms.co.uk

Official site of the Chesterfield Arms - www.chesterfieldarms.co.uk

Facebook page of Resting Devil brewery - www.facebook.com

Facebook page of Resting Devil brewery - www.facebook.com

I've been here many times over the years - I remember when they used to feature beers from Leatherbritches brewery, and Ashover too. Everards Tiger is always on as this is one of that brewery's Project William pubs. There is now a microbrewery at the pub, called Resting Devil, and there were three of their beers on the bar today. I went for a 6% West Coast IPA called Banshee - it was very good. The real ale scene in Chesterfield is really very good for a medium-sized town, and this pub is right up there with the best.