The Minerva, Hull

An outstanding pub in every sense of the word,looks good from the outside and does what it says on the can inside, six handpulls dispensing the beers as listed by Steve below, the Saltaire Triple Chocoholic was my beer of the day,well worth the walk from the train station.

A classic flat iron shaped pub with great views over the Humber Estuary and a very good range of real ale from 6 handpumps.It is worth wandering around the multi roomed interior on various levels as described very accurately below .Pub grub (mains around £8)is served and most diners base themselves in the back bar which has a small serving hatch ,while the front bar has more of a pub atmosphere,an unused flatscreen and slightly loud muzak but that can be forgiven in such an authentic interior.Beside the regular Tetley bitter,a lot of regional ales were available on my trip with two from Saltaire including a tip top Raspberry Blonde.A pub not to be missed when in Hull.

After starting in a fairly bland ‘Spoons followed by Hull’s new Craft bar the third pub of the day was a great return to a traditional pub and contender for my pub of the day on our crawl. The Minerva probably has it all you could want in a traditional pub. Several rooms of different character, including three front rooms primarily for drinking, although one of them is the smallest pub room in Britain with its one table and three seat, and then two larger rooms aligned more to enjoying the traditional pub food menu at the other side of the central bar serving area. Due to its location on the Humber water front there is plenty of nautical memorabilia as you would expect, including Tee shirts on sale supporting the “Save the Dead Bod” campaign, which is reference to a famous local bit of graffiti by sailors in the 1960’s that is in danger of being destroyed by ongoing developments of the Humberside water front. On the beer front the pub has six handpumps with Tetley Cask as a permanent feature and then for our visit the other five were Marston’s Pedigree, Great Newsome Sleck Dust, Big Shed Brewery Battlefield Gold, Saltaire Raspberry Blonde and a really excellent Saltaire Chocoholic. The Minerva is a proper pub and long may it remain so.

Official site of The Minerva - minerva-hull.co.uk