The Woolpack Inn, York

Official site of Woolpack Inn - www.woolpackinnyork.co.uk

Nice single room pub with a good range of beer, I had Revolution House of Fun, a Mocha Chocolate Milk Stout, it was a decent drop. Very traditionally but simply laid out inside just the sort of place I like and would return.

This one room traditional pub is well worth a visit. The pub is well run and all the ales we tried were superb. On handpump was the full Timothy Taylor range, plus the guest Copper Dragon Sunchaser. The friendly manager also gave us a sample of the Yorkshire Blackout, which was like drinking a rich chocolate cake, quite amazing, but too sweet for me.

Part of a group that includes the swan, the slip inn and the volunteer. 8 real ale taps 5 serving Timothy Taylor's beer 2 guests and 1 off on my visit. Advertising live music. The pub has a dartboard.

a decent one room pub with the lower walls in tongue and groove while the upper part is in half timber but with red paint where you normally see white. The counter is a plain affair of tongue and groove with some brown tiles above, the whole pub is a little bit brown with only the pub's name in stained glass above the counter and the shiny fonts to enliven it. However the beer choice is sparkling, five pumps deliver the full Timothy Taylor range, there are three more pulls for guests and one for cider. Two T-bars have more interesting beers, Leodis, Bellevue kriek, Yorkshire Blackout, Leffe and Lowenbrau. A separate font has a German Hefe-Wiesebier. Furnishing is strictly traditional with tables at bench seating and short stools, there are also a few taller bar stools. The tables are mainly round and the larger ones have tiled tops, again in dull colours. There is a big screen, pipped music and a hidden dart board although I didn't notice an oche. Beer quality was all you would expect from the owners who also have the Swan, Slip and Volunteer. It was fairly quiet on Saturday lunchtime so they may align the opening hours with the Swan or maybe the word just hasn't got round yet that there's a new special pub in town.

This pub has been taken over by the folk who run the Swan, Slip and Volunter pubs, and is just outside the walls on the university side of town. It is a tap for Timothy Taylor beers, and had the range of 5 beers on including Ray's favourite Ram Tam so we had that plus the renamed Bitter, Boltmaker. Both in excellent condition. We had just gone to find where it was so were surprised to find it open lunchtime midweek as their other pubs don't open till teatime. It is a trial, but may go to teatime opening.