The Alexandra Hotel, Derby

Eight different ales on when i visited. Nice cosy atmosphere in a shabby sort of way.

Our first itme in here for some years but certainly a real improvment to the last visit and and possibly even better than it was in its heyday some years ago. On our visit there were 9 ales available with an umber from castle Rock but with one guest ale being from as far away as Dorset. The ales we had were in top notch condition. certainly well worth the visit especially as its so close to both the Brunswick and Derby rsil station.

The Alexandra used to be a Shipstones tied house it is now a Castle Rock tied house and the inside of this pub still has two rooms. When i go in here i usually go in the left hand room which has all the handpumps but when i went in here recently the pub seemed to going through a bad patch there were only two real ales available all the other pumps had no beers or clips on,there was also a notice saying "We are no longer taking part in the one over the 8 promotion". I had a drink of Castle Rock Harvest Pale which was a decent drink i car'nt remember the other beer but it was a Castle Rock beer. There were no for sale signs outside.