The Station Inn, Derby

An interesting old school boozer with an interesting old school guv'nor. I just had to try the Bass poured from a jug bought from the cellar, haven't seen that in years, damn good it was too. Front bar has a pool table plus fruit and quiz machines for the office crowd and I think there is a rear lounge.

A small terraced Enterprise Inn, in half brick, half render. The interior was open plan, with a pool table at one end and the bar area, with nice wood bar and green seats, at the other. The decor was mainly red, wallpaper and plain wall, with some wood panel. Decoration was supplied by a few mirrors, framed certificates and prints. Service was friendly enough, with no other sole in the place, other than myself and Mr Hackwood. Beer; tap stuff, with an untried Deuchars IPA and a reasonable Hobgoblin on handpull. A third pull, that generally held Bass, was not on. A solid kind of place without being spectacular, happy to visit it, but a place you tend to stay for one.

Pleasant, quiet pub obviously near the station but not the closest to it. A plain victorianish interior of two rooms knocked into one. An area with pool table occupies one end while the bar counter and comfortable pub like furnishing take up the other. Three handpumps with Bass, Deuchars IPA and Hobgoblin being served although the Bass wasn't on when I visited. A fairly typical range of keg lager, stout and cider. The Deuchars was in fine condition even for such a mediocre beer. Solicitous landlord but a lack of customers on the wet lunchtime I was there.