White Horse, Banbury

If The White Horse is still a Project William collaboration between the White Horse and Everards breweries then it is something of a disappointment. It's an imposing stone building on the main road through Banbury and has clearly been relatively recently refurbished. The pub doesn't seem to have been done as well as most of the other Project William houses which I've visited. In addition, there aren't any White Horse beers available so perhaps Everards have taken over completely. Whatever the case, as a large pub it was sparsely populated on our Thursday evening visit with that air of melancholy which often precedes something of a change. Beers on were: Miners Miners Best Bitter, Newark Norwegian Blue and three from Everards being Ascalon, Sunchaser and Tiger. The Tiger was perfectly drinkable and a couple went down but I have had better. Banbury struggles for decent beer so The White Horse is worth a visit for the Tiger alone.

T shaped interior with odd assortment of tables and chairs including a raised area of back to back modern benches, the whole place is an odd mix of new and old, the decor style being mainly old. The counter sits at one side of the head of the T and down the long leg, it has five pumps on each face, doubled up but a good selection of beers from smaller brewers and well kept - it's a GBG2014 pub. Down the leg is laid for eating and is used sometimes for functions including funereals according to their little brouchure. There's a garden at the back.

This 2014 Good Beer Guide pub gave us a warm welcome when we called into Banbury yesterday. White Horse beers plus Everard's Tiger and a few guests too. We were also given CAMRA discount without asking if they do it. Popular pub with a good atmosphere, and our 2 White Horse beers were good.

Nice pub friendly staff spotted a guy ordering 4 pints of Everards Tiger so got one my self very good pint nice and cool. 8 hand pulls on will call back