The Red Lion (JD Wetherspoon), Thetford

The Red Lion is an original pub and is grade II listed, hence no dark blue and gold plastic signage. It's been given a typical modern JDW makeover with eating areas either side at the front and a smallish square bar area behind with a mix of seating. As it's just under five years old the fixtures and fitting are better than average. Being a relatively small JDW in a smallish market town means that half of the ten hand pumps were taken up with the JDW Trio Of Doom. At least the rest were all in use with Grainstore 1050, Adnam's Mosaic, Great Newsome Frothingham Best, Gadd's No 5 and Elland Beyond the Pale. I went for the 1050 (£2.05) which was in excellent nick and also had a go at the Steak Club (£6.09). I thought this was a pretty good Spoons, it's GBG 2017 listed.