Plug & Taps, Preston

This is a micro-style drinking emporium attractively located opposite the former Corn Exchange in amusingly named Lune Street. As described below, I opted for a half of the very nice North Riding's Toffee Ripple Porter, neither price nor tasting notes recorded.

Another nice little beer bar in a shop conversion with 4 handpumps in use and a row of wall keg taps offering quite a good range. It feels slightly more weathered-in than the most and seemed a pleasant place for a pint or two, alongside the band of obvious regulars.

Tidy micro-pub pub near the severing ring-road but just far enough away for the pavement tables to avoid disruptive noise from the passing traffic. There are no tables inside, with all seating on padded high stools beside wall-mounted shelves. With two of the four handpumps in use, I found a pair from Rivington - Beach House and Walking in Circles (£3.70), together with ten well-chosen craft keg beers in a wide range of styles and strengths from taps on the bar-back.