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The Fountain, Walsall

49 Lower Forster Street
Walsall
WS1 1XB

Phone: 01922633307

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Walsall Central

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Quinno _ left this review about The Fountain

A survivor surrounded by dereliction in a grotty (and if you know Walsall, you’ll know what that means) backwater area. Slightly wonky looking exterior (subsidence?). Interior consists of two rooms either side of the long central bar through a porch (descriptions of the left hand side as a snug are somewhat liberal with the term). Colour scheme is green in the right and purple in the left with décor of a relatively upmarket and arty bent. A nice laid-back atmosphere with live sax music on the go during our Friday afternoon visit along with a hearty coal fires. Also spotted a piano and some pub cats (both alive and in wooden sculpture form). GBG listed, there were seven cask and two ciders available in totality, pints of Titanic Carpathia (NBSS 3) and Pentrich Land of Chocolate (4) gave us a really positive impression, though sadly a return following evening found a fairly lacklustre Silhill Superstar (2). There were no Backyard Brewery beers available as the brewery went into liquidation in May 2023, which I hadn’t realised. A good place, overall.

On 13^th March 2024 - rating: 8
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Fountain Inn

Fine traditional pub - that again, I probably chose at the wrong time. Three other punters on a Saturday lunch.

The porch/front door leads to a choice of left (snug) and right (taproom). I went right, where the life was.

Different handpulls on either side of the central bar, so you need to peruse the chalk writing on the bar side thats on. I may have panicked but I only noticed beers from other breweries.

Must have been me not reading probably. It is the taproom for the Backyard Brewery.

Decent abbeydale pint.

On 7^th August 2023 - rating: 6
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Old Boots left this review about The Fountain Inn

Backyard brewery’s tap lurking on the northern edge of the town centre. Two bars, a snug and a taproom to the right off the entrance vestibule, the taproom is larger and I preferred it due to the bench seating option, in spite of a bench along the counter front which seems daft. It also covers up some nice decoration on the counter front, repeated above. The snug is mostly tables and chairs and houses a piano. The central servery has two lots of triple kegs plus four hand pumps in each bar face, different beers in each so check the blackboards, two of their own beers, two from Three Tuns, one each from Green Duck and Castle Rock. Green walls and red upholstery decorated with arty photos in the main, there are bookcases at the back of the taproom.Worth a walk and afterwards keep going over the dangerous ringroad for the Pretty Bricks. GBG 2023 listed and beer quality up to scratch.

On 10^th July 2023 - no rating submitted
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