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Real Ale Classroom, Leicester

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34-38 Rutland Street
Leicester
LE1 1RD

Phone: 01162628855

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Leicester Central

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Quinno _ left this review about Real Ale Classroom

Far more cask this time (8?) though much like last previous my stillage serve was flat and indistinct (NBSS 2). Very quiet on a weekday evening in what the city is trying to establish as a cultural quarter. Having now visited the superior Stoneygate branch, I can sort of see what’s going askew here – lack of supervised staff who actually drink the stuff themselves to create the right atmosphere in what is a large open-plan building.

August 2024
A retail outlet that was converted to a bar in 2012 and has now metamorphised into LE1’s branch of Real Ale Classroom (the original is in Stoneygate). It’s a tight wedge-shaped GII listed building with plenty of glazing that should make for a dynamic and interesting space though the owners have decided for reasons best known to them to gloop a fairly dull bluey grey shade all over the place (bet that’ll look stellar on a grey, rainy Monday afternoon in November). Plenty of casks racked on the stillage but just two ales were available; sadly my choice of Langton Inclined Plane was very much in the remedial class (NBSS 2). This place seems far more interested in the craftykeg angle. Card payment only. I was really disappointed by this one but there’s easy scope for improvements. Rated 5

On 19^th June 2025 - rating: 5
[User has posted 5657 recommendations about 5638 pubs]

Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Real Ale Classroom

City-centre outlet for this local mini-chain, but certainly bigger than the other one that I've been to. Bar and three small alehouse-style seating areas at street level, plus the larger Common Room downstairs. Various casks with taps through the clear screen forming the bar-back, although only those for Shiny's Victory Screech hazy pale ale (£4.60) and 4 Wood best bitter were in use. Also has a wider range of craft keg beers.

On 23^rd January 2025 - rating: 7
[User has posted 8813 recommendations about 8813 pubs]

Blue Scrumpy left this review about Real Ale Classroom

Having enjoyed a visit to the original Leicester Real Ale Classroom in 2019, I was looking forward to trying the new city centre branch.

The Rutland Street classroom is bigger than the original one but follows the same concept, being furnished with old school desks and seats. It occupies a corner location on a fairly quiet side street and the outdoor pavement seating seemed to be very popular in the pre-monsoon Leicester sunshine.

We were the first to arrive after the doors had been opened at midday. Perhaps many are confused by the conflicting times online. WhatPub said they didn't open until 1pm on a Saturday and their Facebook page said they opened at 2pm. Luckily I trusted their website and Google and found them opening at midday.

The city centre location is a plus point for this Classroom, as the original one is much more difficult to get to if you live locally. However, the one slight disappointment was the availability of just 2 cask ales on a Saturday. I seem to recall that the original place had around 4.

The 2 cask ales available were Two By Two HBC 586 Talus & Phipps NBC Steam Roller. I tried both, enjoying the former, but not the latter. Boxed ciders were Saxby's Traditional & Plum Cider & Bottle Kicking Cider Company Rambler. Craft beers were Polly's Wishful Thinking, Two By Two House Pale, Attic Orders, Wiper & True Tomorrow, Pentrich Laziest Worldwide, Pomona Island Tannhauser Gate, Yonder Freak Shake, Black Iris Chocozuma's Revenge & Anspach and Hobday London Black.

Drinks are served from a cold room, which you can see from the bar. It does look like there is plenty of space for more casks. So, hopefully they will increase the number of cask ales as custom grows. This is a decent addition to the city centre drinking scene.

On 22^nd September 2024 - rating: 7
[User has posted 3204 recommendations about 3202 pubs]

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