Dr Watson's, Middlesbrough

Now called Dr Watson's, with the O magnified by a piece of fictional detective's equipment in the logo on the front window pane. This, and the removal of the hanging sign, seem to be the only changes since the demise of Slaters Pick. The bar counter is in the rear of the knocked through ground floor, with four keg fonts and two hand pumps, serving what some people might describe as pedestrian but I would characterise as reliable and always pleasurable Camerons Strongarm and Black Sheep Best Bitter. We went for the Black Sheep, which was not the best I've ever had but certainly good enough. This pub may be micro in scale but the loud music would disqualify it under the normal criteria. Not a bad one as an interlude between the other two Sherlockian pubs just across the road.

One small room with bar to the left. Three weak real ales supplemented by a strong Thornbridge keg stout.

This one has been more than well described below. On my visit there was a music soundtrack but no TVs. As noted below there really is an odd collection of bric-a-brac here. There was a fair crowd in here when I arrived around 22:00 on a Tuesday. The three beers were Neepsend Blonde, Wild Weather Shepherd's Warning and a Fuggle Bunny beer that I couldn't make out. I went for the Wild Weather beer (£3.90) which struck me as expensive especially considering the Infant Hercules was selling the similar strength Roaring Meg for £3.00 before discount. This was the final stop on my tour of Middlesborough's cluster of five micropubs and certainly not my favourite. Nevertheless they were all worth a visit.