The New Inn, Wordsley, Stourbridge

Called in this 2015 Good Beer Pub and enjoyed an excellently served Batham's Bitter. Popular with the locals, but was welcoming to our group. Cobs available.

This is another new Batham's pub to me. It was a Banks's / Hanson's pub originally and according to the review below became a Batham's house in 2008. It's a lot bigger and open plan than their older and better known pubs but is still a firmly traditional boozer with a mix of carpets and tiling on the floor. I went for the Batham's Best (£2.55) which was in great condition. It's a bus ride up from Stourbridge but well worth the effort.

superb Bathams house - no more remarks needed

This is a fantastic Georgian styled detached Bathams pub, with rear beer garden and children's play area surrounded by former outbuildings of what may have once been a farmhouse. The pub has three storeys, with small sash windows above and two bays flanking the central door and porch below. The pub is in cream painted brick with toffee paintwork and decorative quoin stones. The interior has a main L-shaped room in cream and cream wallpapered walls, with a white ceiling. There is a part red tile (in the centre) and part carpeted floor (either end). There are a couple of nice tiled fireplaces with wood surrounds and there are mirrors and old photos of the area on the walls. There is a TV, which had sport on and there was no music. There was a dart board and nice red chairs and perimeter seating. The service was friendly and the clientele consisted of a busy bunch of more mature local people. Beer; a few usual taps, with Bathams Bitter and MILD on handpull. The MILD was class. It may have less tiling and be less decorative on the outside than many of the Bathams pubs, but it is both tidy and the beer remains very good. A must, as with any Bathams' house.

Does anyone else agree with me that the great taste of bathams bitter is being undermined by chilling the beer too cold. My 2 favourite pubs the New Inn & the Unicorn have both been overdoing this throughout the summer, i'm hoping that this is only a seasonal issue as the cold detracts from the usual great taste. Real ale doesn't need condensation running down the outside of the glass!

Bathams roadhouse, smaller than it looks from the outside, its really a beer drinking hostel for Bathams fans (of which there are many!) popular, the beer is well kept.

Visited Monday 31/01/2011. A Bathams owned local man's drinking pub serving solely Bathams Bitter and Mild (not full measures but fantastic quality!). Cobs snacks and 'gas' drinks available. The bar area intrudes on the customers space due to the 'L' shape. Good sized car park and beer garden. Worth a visit but would be better if a guest ale choice was offered. Surely Bathams aren't afraid of competition?

Sort of single roomed pub with the bar running up the middle making it a U shape inside. It had a locals' feel to it but it was OK - our group tucked themselves away at the back near to the kitchen. Batham's Bitter, MILD and XXX on handpull. I had the bitter with a crusty cheese and onion cob and jolly good it was too. I would go back at some point but as I'm a Batham's pub amateur I reckon I should suss out some of their other local establishments first.