The Alexandra Hotel, Derby

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.

A new and rather boring looking façade leads to a nice two roomed pub concentrating on real ales and continental beers. There is a friendly, enthusiastic and, some might say, eccentric landlord who certainly knows his beers. The sort of place where you are bound to get into conversation if you are on your own. Handily placed quite close to the train station and just up the road from the Brunswick Inn.