Andover Tap at the Lamb Inn, Andover

The Micro pub is set up in one half of the old Lamb Inn, the other half seperatly is The Gin Palace Bar. Still reasonably sized inside and actually being part of an old pub it is exactly the same as drinking in a traditional pub,the L shaped room has a wooden floor ,oakbeamed ceiling etc. There are five handpumps and on my visit four beers of an interesting nature available,Plain Ales Incognito, Broadstone Rapid Acsent, Exeter Ales Exile Wicked Wolf and Exeter Ales Pathfinder Cheeseburger Chaser which despite the odd name was really quite good.Backing this up are five craft taps featuring first division brewers, Deya and Verdant to name a couple. There was a Cider which evaded my notes and now my memory. With out a doubt the best drinking establishment in a rather average town.

Very friendly new owners, pleasent clean and good atmosphere, tuesday night is gay night with disco and karaoke. every saturday is also karaoke

An odd traditional Wadworths pub, GBG listed with a three bar layout plus patio. At the town end is a brick extension housing a public bar with pool table, darts board and machines, frequently by some colourful characters on my visit. Up a step or two is a smallish square snug, probably the original public bar, not much furniture and with a TV, bar stools and a posing table. Finally there is a proper old fashioned lounge bar with leather upholstered, bench seating, small round tables and wheel back chairs. Décor is from the horsebrasses and country nic-nack with a few nice sporting prints school, everything just as it should be for this style of very pubby bar, although the padded bar counter maybe a little anachronistic. Each room has a bar counter and hand pumps, the ones in the lounge are especially nice as they are not the usual Angram models seen ad nausem. Well kept Waddy beers plus a guest from Arkells served by a mix of on the ball and rather bored staff.