Black Lion Hotel, Cardiff

The Black Lion is a Brains pub that looks quite attractive from the outside. The interior is fairly simple with a narrow bar area opening up at one end to allow for plenty of seating. The CAMRA website describes many features that no longer appear to exist. The interior sounds like it was much more interesting at one time! The 4 Brains beers were Bitter, SA, Dark & The Rev James. As we were in Cardiff, it would have been rude not to have sampled a Rev James before the day was out. So, we ordered a couple of halves and the barmaid accepted my proffered CAMRA voucher. But I soon remembered that Rev James is really not a beer that I enjoy.