The Butchers Dog, Driffield

A rather good micropub with a traditional alehouse feel. It’s a single room with dark laminate flooring, pump clips over the walls, bench seating and a bone shaker bike strung above the window. Was pleased to make use of a dedicated phone charging point, guided to by the friendly young barmaid. Six ciders and five ales on from mainly local micros. Rudgate Chocolate Stout and Half Moon Dark Masquerade were sampled by me and both were in good shape. Busy, with lots of atmosphere and a really nice vibe, so-much-so that I broke my ‘one half and off’ rule for the trip and stayed for a second. Worth a seeking-out for a special visit. 8.5

One room with bar to the right. Decent selection of real ales but nothing over 4.9% ABV. Worth a revisit to see if that changes.

This is a micropub which now also has a microbrewery associated with it. Inside it's a fairly typical size room but with no tall furniture apart from a few bar stools and a very friendly landlady. It was fairly busy on my Friday afternoon visit. The small bar has six hand pumps which had Great Heck Proverbs & Amish Mash, Double Top Golden Arrow & Nelson, Butchers Dog Black Spot Stout and Isaac Poad 84 IPA. I went for the Proverbs (£3.20) which was in good nick and good value for a 6% beer and would have been even better if I had noted the CAMRA discount. This one is definitely worth a look.

Official site of Butchers Dog - www.thebutchersdog.co.uk

Official site of Butchers Dog - www.thebutchersdog.co.uk