Brewery Tap, Ludlow

A very slick and professionally run brewery tap situated at one end of the former railway goods shed that houses the brewery. The counter with seven pulls is located under the malt store and mill. Next it are the mash tun and copper and a small retail area. The rest of the space is given over to seating at leather sofas, armchairs and chunky but elegant wooden benches and tables, there is also an upper seating level in one corner. Six Ludlow beers on sale plus a cider and a t-bar of keg ciders etc. A collection of albums hold press cuttings, information on the brewery and brewing, and as it's an old railway building a bit of railway porn. Well worth a visit if in Ludlow but check the opening hours.

Ludlow Brewery is situated in a disused railway building, a sort of freight depot that had languished many years unloved before finding a renewed purpose in life. The Brewery Tap has been integrated into the brewery to the extent that drinkers are surrounded by gleaming modern vessels. There is some overflow seating upstairs, and more outside, where a bit of a sun trap was the spot in which I chose to sit with my beer. There's a temporary stand selling cycling equipment, as a local cycling club makes a rendezvous here, putting my unshaven legs and my beer belly to shame. Beers were all priced at £2.80 a pint, with a range of six Ludlow beers plus a real cider. I really liked it here, and it's handy for the station and opens at 10am daily (except Sunday at 11). Downside is that closing time is 5pm (later Friday, earlier Sunday). Would make a good starting point and meeting place for a pub crawl, for those that way inclined, not to mention a swift one before catching the train. Date of visits: 20th & 22nd April 2017

This is a must stop place to call in for all us real ale fan,s proper pub food large pie,s scotch egg,s and very good Ludlow beer i had a very good Pint of Hobson,s best 4.2% pity we saved this place to the last or we would have had much more than a couple Train to catch