The Coach Inn, Alnwick

A friendly village local, a low ceilinged building that looks like it's been extended from an original cottage. Three hand pumps, with a Thatcher's cider and two beers from Yorkshire: the hard to miss Taylor's Landlord, which I make a point of not drinking outside Yorkshire (and not very often within, to be fair) and a World Cup Ale from Broadfield, just down the road from me in Sheffield. I commented on the lack of a local beer - Alnwick Brewery is about two miles from here - and the lass behind the bar says that Heineken won't let them. I may have said they were "evil bastards", and I'll stand by that assessment. The lass commented that the Broadfield beer is popular. It's a 4.2% pale, and £5.20/pint. It just about squeaks in as Good in the new CAMRA ratings, but I might have scored it 2.5 under the old scoring system.

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