The Keg and Comfort, Wolverhampton

Situated on the main A449 heading north out of Wolverhampton towards the M6, this is a large micropub with limited opening hours. In fact it only opens Thursday and Friday evenings, late on Saturday afternoons and all day on Sundays. A fairly long bar for a micropub can be found towards the rear right-hand corner. There is also shelving and fridges with bottled and canned beer options. The selection can be found on blackboards on the right-hand side wall. On my visit, the real ales were Enville Blizzard, Derby Christmas As Usual, Loch Lomond Silkie Stout & Fownd Gold. Ciders were Broadoak Draught Cider, Weston's Old Rosie, Lilley's Pina Colada Cider, Healey's Flattler, Harry's Scrummage & Gwynt Y Ddraig Two Trees Perry. Despite locals happily waving goodbye to the visiting away fans driving by on coaches and being blissfully unaware that there was one amongst their number, I really should have stayed here for a couple more. I'd happily return.

Housed in a former bank (recalled by the snug being named 'The Bank Vault'), this one is verging on being a mini-pub, but the furniture, decor and atmosphere are all micro-pub despite its larger size. The counter is also long enough to accommodate three members of staff and six handpumps, featuring the Pitchfork Hewish Ruby mild (£3.10) and other real ales from Burton Bridge, Mad Dog and Fownes plus a couple of draught ciders. Overall, well worth making a trip out to those one (but not on Mondays to Wednesdays when closed).