Drayman's Son, Ely

Official site of Drayman's Son - www.draymansely.co.uk

This micropub was originally the Liberty Belle but is now under new ownership where the Landlord's father was a drayman hence the name. Unsurprisingly it's a shop conversion. Inside it's a decent sized area for a micropub with two tiers. There is mixed seating rather than just high tables and chairs. For some reason there was a motor bike parked at the rear of the lower tier and all sorts of other bric-a-brac around the place. The bar and cellar is at the rear on the upper tier and this had a selection of eight beers and numerous ciders. It was too late in the day to note all the beers but many were unfamiliar to me and I suspect they were all from fairly local breweries. I went for the Two Rivers Norfolk Stout (£3.90) which was an excellent strong oatmeal stout in superb condition. My only niggle with this pub is that it's the most expensive micropub I've visited. The trouble is that the weaker beers (3.8%) were also £3.90. This seems very poor value to me, although one 3.8% one was £3.80 but a 5% Wolf beer was £4.00. Why Ely should be more expensive than SE London I don't know but it slightly put me off what was otherwise a great micropub.