The Greyhound, Derby

Official site of The Greyhound - www.greyhoundderbypub.co.uk

Official site of The Greyhound - www.greyhoundderbypub.co.uk

Facebook page of The Greyhound - www.facebook.com

Facebook page of The Greyhound - www.facebook.com

The Greyhound has ten hand pumps spread across the front bar and smaller curved rear bar. This seems to be a Derby Brewing pub so the pumps in operation were drawing their Business as Usual, Single Hop Sessions, Hop Till You Drop and Mercia, which is the same total of four as the Derby Brewing Tap House I visited earlier in the day. The keg range also looked quite similar with premium and craft being available alongside Carlsberg. I did hear the barperson mention that the cask choice was a bit limited due to it being a Tuesday evening. The décor is very bland, but I enjoyed the rock music playing in the background. In an area with many great pubs I don’t think this place quite matches up.

An attractive looking pub that has been somewhat made over inside and although not particularly traditional it is a comfortable place for a pint. It is The Derby Brewery Tap as mentioned before but only three cask beers on during a Thursday afternoon visit, Derby Buckeye Brown, Mercia IPA and Business As Usual which was a well kept beer but not very exciting. An ok pub but only B list in the scheme of things.

Accessed of an alley in the middle of the building or through the adjoining front door, this is a modern trendy bar which opens out slightly at the rear. A bit basic and doesn't feel comfortable it does serve the Derby beer which was kept ok

This is the Derby Brewery Tap pub with several of their beers available. Its modern interior décor reminded me of some of the Leeds Brewery pubs and I actually like the bright modern interior with its light wood floor and bar and mixed clean white and stripped back light brick walls. The bar is in two sections either side of the central room partitioning with Derby Brewery pumps on both sides. Excalibur, Pennys Porter, Business as Usual, Old Intentional, triple Hop and Autumn Ale was on from the brewery and Magpie JPA was on as a guest. The Penny’s Porter was a very nice beer and I found this a lively and enjoyable place to drink it.

Tap for the Derby brewery. Enter to the main bar with a dining area directly behind. The main bar is a mix of exposed brick and plasterboard walls. A stove fire and bits of artwork are in place but otherwise there’s little else of note; ‘minimalist’ is good word used below to describe it. I only noted six pumps with three ales on the crescent-shaped bar, however there must have been more farther round (blame the PuG bar-blockers?!). After a fairly rough Derby beer at the Smithfield earlier on in day I was a bit reticent but went for the Penny's Porter and to be fair it was a good beer in good shape and slipped down easily. It was decent enough place overall but I didn’t feel compelled to put it on the must-do list of Derby, it lacks charm.

Rather more modern inside than I was expecting from the traditional-looking façade, with a refurbished interior featuring seating areas on each side of the central bar and a dining room to the rear (and a patio beyond). Interesting selection of real ales from Derby Brewery, including Triple Hop and Penny's Porter (£1.55, half), from a total of eight handpumps. One of several good ale pubs in this area.