Market Tavern, Atherstone

Will Larter left this review about Market Tavern

The Market Tavern is back in the Good Beer Guide at the expense of the Angel Ale House. Certainly the beer quality here was very good, but so it was at the Angel, according to my notes made at the time. Perhaps they take turn and turn about. It was quite busy when we got here towards the end of our pub research trip, and two or three had dropped out. With the likes of Cairngorm's Black Gold, CAMRA's Champion Winter Beer of Britain 2025, and the ever reliable Purple Moose Brewery (or Bragdy Mŵs Piws) with their Cwrw Eryri on the bar, I was going nowhere. (There were two other beers on, but three naked hand pumps - this on a Friday night in summer.) But when I left my glass of the latter on the table while making an essential visit to the recycling facility, some over-eager member of staff took it away, despite there being two glugs left. I complained to the landlord and he gave me three-quarters of a glass full, with instructions to down it, which I did in one. I can remember very little of my subsequent visit to the Angel across the square, but I'll remember my visit to the Market Tavern fondly.

Date of visit: 22nd August 2025

On 23^rd October 2025 - rating: 8
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