The Roper Hall, Preston

Big student chain pub at the heart of the Friargate strip. Main bar to the left plus a games room which I didn’t explore. the bar is quite dark but has several brighter areas as the pub stretches back. Two handpumps clipped with a Lilleys cider and some superhero ale which was 6.1% and over £5 a pint. It also advertises craft but it’s very mainstream stuff really - Brewdog, Tiny Rebel, Thornbridge, Beavertown etc. I tried a Brewdog pale beer which was pretty tasteless. Loudmouths swearing at the football match on TV and Ed Sheeran singing Candle In The Wind was my cue to move on. Pretty uninspiring, I doubt I would have liked it when I was a student either. It’s like a Wetherspoons that wants to be trendy but… it just isn’t.

Official site of The Roper Hall - www.pubswithmore.co.uk

Official site of The Roper Hall - www.pubswithmore.co.uk

Still a studenty pub judging by decor there are lots of pictures and a wall painted like a Beavertown can, we were the only punters in on a Saturday morning. Four pulls, two with beer, two with cider and perry, five taps labelled 1-5 Craft kegs and the usual range of mundane UK kegs. Ok on a crawl.