Partizan Tavern, Nottingham

Of 9 new pubs (for me) visited in Nottingham, this micropub turned out to be my favourite. The friendly publican is a Partizan Belgrade fan. Whilst he wasn't going to that weekend's derby fixture with Red Star, he does have a large amount of Partizan memorabilia on the walls. The pub is split into 2 small sections. The smaller one is on the left and has a dartboard. There are board games available at the bar. Children are also allowed in. Four cask ales are served. On our visit, there was Bang The Elephant Tell Me How The Sausage Is Made, Shiny High Snakes Game, Red Dog Shires Edge & First & Last Stell. Boxed ciders were Cidentro Feisty Fox, Perry's Barn Owl, Dee Cider Richard's Sweet & Temple Hendre Huffcap Winnals Longdon Perry. Craft beers were Sureshot/Polly's Lovely Bit Of Squirrel, Pomona Island It Appeared To Me That Suckers Had Authority, Bang The Elephant Tropical Thunder & Staggeringly Good Apocalypse Then. I chose the High Snakes Game and the Feisty Fox. Both were in excellent condition. If I had any criticism at all, I felt that the slate floor made it feel a little cold inside. But it probably works much better in the summer. A very good micropub in an area of Nottingham that has its fair share of decent pubs.

A rather straight forward and basic L shape layout, four handpumps with the choice on my visit of Lenton Lane Toa Tonga, Flying Gang Condemned To Death, New Bristol Bristol Bitter and Three Brothers Tirimisu Milk Stout which was excelnt at £4.80 a pint, five craft beers on keg from renowned brewers as well as three real Ciders from Torkard, Charnwood, Harry's and a Perry from Temple. Really good.

This micro-pub has a rather austere appearance from the road, and the L-shaped interior is very plain too. However, the owner really knows his stuff, so there are plenty of interesting beers available. Four of these are cask ales on handpump, including my 36° North from Lenton Lane (£4.50) and others from Shiny, Two Matts and Three Brothers, plus five craft beers on the keg taps and a number of ciders. Overall, much better than it looks!

A micro but not too small, there’s an L shaped space in the long part, being to the right and ahead and there’s a smaller part to the left. The counter here has four pulls of tiny breweries beer and a T-Bar of five non-national stuff, the only recognisable names to me being ABK and Wiper & True. Nice marble topped tables and matching chairs throughout show a neat attention to detail not always found in micros.