The Maltings, York

My latest visit to the Maltings was on a freezing cold Monday afternoon. It was much quieter than previous visits, but is still one of my favourite pubs, if not the favourite, in this wonderful city for pubs. The pub has a traditional alehouse feel with bare boards, lots of old signs and even an old toilet in one corner, which I sat next to. Black Sheep Best Bitter is the regular beer. Guests were Blonde & Imperial Yorkshire Stout, also from Black Sheep and Rooster's Easy-Going Assassin, Kirkstall Embargo, Ampersand The Cap & Two By Two Southpaw IPA. Redwillow English IPA was being pulled through. I missed the traditional cider board above the bar at first, but the selection was still fairly impressive - Venton's Sweet Maid, Glyders Medium, Ampleforth Abbey Cider, Gwatkin Game Cock, Heck's Farmhouse & Newton Court Lonely Partridge Perry. I doubt there is a better range of ciders anywhere else in York and indeed I note that it is the local cider pub of the year. Craft beers were Thornbridge Green Mountain, Turning Point Disco King, Vibrant Forest Kick Start & Yonder Cherry and Dark Choco Sour. Tucked away in a corner, I couldn't see if anybody was eating. Although I still fondly recall having a massive plate of food here once, that I had no chance whatsoever of finishing.

Good Beer Guide recommended - a decent Black Sheep was had here. Handy for the station. Open plan interior where you can while away the time by looking at all the tin plated signs hanging from every wall.

Enjoyed our visit to this 2019 Good Beer Guide pub last month. Popular as ever, with a decent range of ales available. We hose Salt Mondus Novus and Raven Hill Chalk Stream which were fine.

Excellent beer house near enough to station and river

Much refurbished since I first knew it, but still a pub of great character with invariably a great choice of ales on offer from the little bar in the main room. The slightly-less characterful and newer side room boasts a covered outdoor area with, rather bizarrely, furnishings made of gabions filled with white stones - goodness knows why. As well as some excellent Goose Eye Stout, food was also sampled on this visit. The Boozy Steak Pie (actually a casserole with a pastry lid - a pet hate) was excellent and came with some wonderfully chunky chips.