The Bald Buzzard Ale House, Leighton Buzzard

Small micropub with a bar at the front and another room to the rear with the toilet. The front room has bare boards apart from a few bits of carpet. A cool room just behind the bar houses the beers and ciders. Drinks are listed on a screen to the side of the bar. This is presumably used to show live sporting events as rugby games were due to be shown in the Six Nations. The 2 cask ales on were Oakham JHB & Leighton Buzzard Amber Mild. I chose the latter and found it fairly insipid. That may just be the beer, as I've yet to find a Leighton Buzzard Brewery beer that I've enjoyed, even after visiting the brewery itself in January. Ciders were Abrahall's Slack Alice & Thistly Cross Whisky Cask. They also have some craft beers. These were Anspach & Hobday London Black, Double-Barrelled Parka, Kirkstall Virtuous & Yonder Blood Orange And Yuzu & Maple Banana Blueberry Pancakes. Apparently open for over 10 years, this must have been one of the very earliest micropubs. It certainly feels a little worn around the edges now. Hopefully beer quality is normally better than what I experienced. I quite liked the atmosphere here and would be happy to give it another try. However, I preferred the Black Lion, Bottle House & White Horse on the basis of my day touring the hostelries of Leighton Buzzard.

Enjoyed our visit to this busy microbar which features in the 2019 Good Beer Guide. Beers on offer were Oakham Dragon in Bavaria and also Green Devil, Chiltern 300s Old Ale and Honey Porter. We had the Honey Porter which was fine. Also serve bottled beers,cider and wine, and various snacks.