Masons Arms, High Peak

Blue Scrumpy left this review about Masons Arms

The Masons Arms seems to be the favourite watering hole for the locals when in New Mills. Situated in the older part of the town, a little away from the commercial Market Street area, it has quite a modern feel inside with stone tiles on the floor.

There is one large room, with a separate smaller room to the right-hand side. Outside to the right side of the pub is a car park with part of it sealed off for outdoor drinking, presumably a relic from the Covid era.

The bar itself is set to the rear left-hand side and features plenty of stone. Bar blockers (men, women and children) were in situ, making it a little difficult to see what was on. But my choice was soon made.

Marston's Wainwright Gold is the regular beer. Guest beers were from the local Storm Brewery - Tornado & Isobar IPA, along with a couple from Robinson's - Dizzy Blonde & Unicorn. Apparently, this used to be a Robinson's house. Two further handpulls were clipped with a couple of ciders from Lilley's - Crazy Goat Cider & Pina Colada Cider, whilst another handpull was unclipped.

There is a fruit machine, a quiz machine and a jukebox. A TV was off and music was playing, possibly from the jukebox. A reasonable sized crowd was creating a good atmosphere for a midweek afternoon. My half of Tornado was in good condition and befitted its listing as one of just 2 pubs in the town of New Mills in the 2024 Good Beer Guide (Chalkers Pool & Snooker Club has closed down since publication). In all, I found this to be the best pub I tried in New Mills and a good example of a small town locals' boozer.

On 2^nd September 2024 - rating: 7
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