RedWillow, Buxton

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Located in a former bank premises in the heart of Buxton, this is a brewery tap for the Red Willow brewery from Macclesfield. It’s a slightly unusual, wedge shaped building, and has presumably kept many of it’s original features, or else they’ve done a good job of making it appear quite elegant.

Internally it consists of a single, open plan room although there is also a small mezzanine level at the rear overlooking the rest of the pub. There’s plenty of dark woodwork around, full height panelling at the rear, and impressive backdrop to the bar counter and an unusual and attractive curved snug at the front, which had just enough room for one table, with etched glass windows set in to the woodwork and access directly to the bar counter. Dark wooden boards were also on the floor, whilst large arched windows on two sides let in plenty of light. Some very colourful natural history photographs were on the walls.

Beers on tap were all their own as might be expected and consisted of Heart Less, Feck Less, Wreck Less, Citra Luminosa and Head Less. I went for the Heart Less which was a chocolate stout, and whilst it was pleasant enough I can’t really say I noticed the chocolate. There were also a number of keg tapes on the back wall, with the current selection displayed on a TV screen behind the bar. The solitary cider meanwhile was Hogan’s.

On 20^th July 2026 - rating: 7
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