The Fountain, Lower Gornal, Dudley

This is another famous real ale venue as noted below. It's a single carpeted room with the bar at the centre of it. There were nine hand pumps on my visit which were all in use. Beers available were Hobson's Town Crier, GK Abbot, RCH Pitchfork, GK Old Speckled Hen, Red Lion White Lion, Pictish Crusader, Abbeydale Nativity and Oakham Crackers. I went for the Abbeydale Nativity (£2.95) which was in excellent condition. It's a very good pub and would recommend it but not one of my favourites on the day, maybe the Greene King beers put me off a bit.

Very much a fleeting visit, unfortunately, so not much time to note much apart from an excellent selection of beers from the total of nine handpumps in the two bar areas (and the Hobsons Town Crier was on good form). Busy, and you can quickly understand why, so I must get back for a proper visit soon.