The Mount, Henley-In-Arden Town, Henley-in-Arden

Official site of The Mount - themountpub.co.uk

Official site of The Mount - themountpub.co.uk

Trendy place with an array of "craft" offerings which I didn't make a note of. Two cask beers from purity as well - UBU and Gold which were OK. Happy enough to call in but I prefer the other options nearby.

Upmarket restaurant that you enter via a compact bar. Both sections are mostly taken back to the original timberwork but the furniture is semi-modern. A couple of benches can also be found out front for those just looking for a drink. There are eight, apparently craft keg taps on the bar-back, but the badges for two Purity beers - UBU and Gold (£3.80) - state "cask" so there must be a gravity dispense system here, and the remaining selection including Beavertown Bloody 'ell blood orange IPA and Purity's Bunny Hop, Lawless lager and Pure Cider was more imaginative than most places.

Formerly Matricardi's (whatever that was), that the building is of a certain age is clearly evinced by the exposed old wood beams on the ceiling and walls. A newly-opened venture (there is another in Birmingham), it's keg-only and fancy stuff to boot, with Sam Adams, 1808, Peroni, Church Farm Chocolate Stout and Kiwi Wheat Beer as well as Angry Orchard cider. Halves of the Church Farm offerings came in at £1.45 each, and some cluelessness on the till also saw me end up with the 'halves' in hiball glasses. Plenty were congregated outside the front on a warm September midweek evening and it's all very new, with music of the laidback/funky vibe. Might be an idea to leave the rucksack outside for this one.