Kings Head, Norwich

Of interest, is the pargetted Crown and the word ‘BREWERY’ to the parapet, a nod to Norwich’s former Crown Brewery, home to former brewers Youngs, Crawshay and Youngs. An avowedly traditional pub with a history in excess of 300 years and proudly boasting that it’s ‘A Keg-Free Zone’, with 14 ales and ciders on pump. A half of Derby’s Quintessential was very good, with a mini round coming in at £7.70. An excellent little pub, the refusal to surrender to keg being the icing on the cake.

A two room traditional pub, very basically furnished with wooden tables, chairs and benches. My notes say "proper alehouse" and on reflection it's very much that with seven beers on, I had three beers over two visits here, Humpty Dumpty Little Sharpie, S&P First Light and a rather impressive Starwing Stain Glass Blue Porter. This was one of several highlights of my stay in Norwich.

One of Norwich's highlight pubs, but with the atmosphere of a friendly backstreet local rather than a tourist honeypot. With 11 beers on at the time of our visit, plus a real cider, there's plenty to encourage a beer tourist, with most of the beers being from local microbreweries. Not my first visit here - my previous was at the end of a long crawl, so my memory was understandably hazy - and hopefully not my last either. Date of visit: 21st February 2018