The Lockwood, Wakefield

Unfortunately, the WBE is to close its doors for the last time on Sunday 05.08.18. Apparently, it has been struggling financially for a while and administrators have now been called in. The venue has attracted some interest from other parties, but there's nothing definite to report. A real shame.

This shop conversion is well described below. It was empty when I turned up early on a Saturday afternoon. It's an outlet for the Revolutions brewery and the six hand pumps had three of their beers Swoon, Grip and Chocolate Fudge Milk Stout. The other three were Hilltop Golden Ale, Slater's Premium and Milestone Crusade. I went for the Hilltop Golden which despite the barman pulling some through was warm, cloudy and pretty poor. When there's a heatwave on why don't pubs turn down the cellar temperature to the minimum? I may have been unlucky with this one but I've got to mark it on the basis of the very poor pint provided. It's GBG 2018 listed.

Decent shop conversion with large tables and wooden chairs ,a modest bar mid building to the right and a further seating area beyond.There was a friendly welcome from the young serving crew,with good knowledge about their ale and the vibe was upbeat with some decent sounds .There are 6 kegs and 6 ales with an eclectic rotating selection in a mix of styles,my Shiny 4 Wood was very decent. It should be firmly on the list of any crawl around town,could easily feature in future GBG's from what I sampled and I would be most keen to return.