The Elizabeth of York (JD Wetherspoon), Moseley, Birmingham

Smart little spoons that always seems to have a good choice of local beers on. On my last visit there was Kus Rak and Chinook IPA from Backyard brewery, Sadlers Peaky Blinder, Slaters Pacifica and another one which escapes me - Man In A Hat I think! The 2 I tried were in excellent shape.

Pretty small for a 'spoons, with a typical shop-conversion bar at ground-floor level supplemented by a modest 'U'-shaped seating / dining area upstairs. However, it benefits from relatively light decor and friendly / attentive staff. On the real ale front, the usual suspects are almost an afterthought, with the focus being on a bank of five handpumps with local beers. These included two from Backyard: American Pale (£2.19) and Marynka IPA.

This Spoons consists of a low ceilinged room with an upstairs area for dining. The bar is on the left as you enter and there are fairly typical furnishings. It's all fairly nondescript but I thought it was OK. On a Tuesday afternoon it was doing a reasonable trade but not packed out. The bar has a set of three hand pumps with the JDW Trio Of Doom so they can be safely ignored. The other five had Sadler's Red IPA, Caledonian Ithaca Nut Brown, Lymestone Stonefish Mild & Foundation Stone and one that I failed to write down. I went for the Sadler's Red IPA (£2.49) which was excellent as it was in Redditch a few weeks earlier. Despite not having a large range of ales and being fairly ordinary I quite liked this one.