The Palace, Leeds

Will Larter left this review about The Palace

I can remember this as a Tetley's Heritage pub from my time living in Leeds, or when visiting my daughters in Leeds after I moved to Sheffield, and it still retains some features from those days, though it's been stripped back a bit. There are two banks of hand pumps on the bar, with one set used to display the pump clips of those beers which are "coming soon", and three beers and a cider on the other set.

My earlier visit in February this year saw me trying the Salopian Shropshire Gold, a beer I've not voluntarily drunk since finding it served pretty average condition on visits to that county. This was a test of the young licensee's cellarmanship, and he passed with flying colours (NBSS 4.5, would you believe). We had a little chat with him, and his enthusiasm and commitment shone. On this week's trip to the Palace I went for both Black Sheep Best and Leeds Pale, and both were good enough for NBSS 4. (Leeds Pale is another of those tricky beers that most pubs just don't seem to be able to get much better than just about ok, but this was the best of the four times I drank this beer in Leeds this week.) At the time of my visit (midweek mid-afternoon) there were about a dozen other customers, not one of whom were drinking cask beer; I guess there must be times when it's not like that, judging by the beer quality.

On 2^nd May 2024 - rating: 8
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