The Dark Horse, Moseley, Birmingham

From what I could see this place is all craft ales. There is a very large choice and the barman was very helpful offering us a taster. We ended up with an IPA from Attic Brew Co. which was nice. Plenty tables out front in a covered area. Not a bad place at all.

Craft bar, where ordering is via an app. Still seems odd, especially when you are sat next to the bloke who gets a ping on his till and then goes to serve. Would be easier to shout on an empty Monday. Kernal Pale Ale was a bit of a find and there were plenty of other kegs to explore. Did not observe any cask.

New-fangled craft beer emporium, with a square bar at the front, extending back through the narrower rectangular dining area to the kitchen at the back. Eclectic decor and a mix of furniture, with a fairly amount of further seating (seemingly shared with the adjoining Cheval Blanc) out on the front decking terrace. No real ale available, but a very wide choice from 14 keg taps on a hooped fount and a pair of free-standing ones on either side. I experimented with the Siren Crema (which was described as a coffee-flavoured 'white stout', which was certainly interesting and different, at £2.30 for half).

Official site of The Dark Horse - www.darkhorsemoseley.co.uk

Official site of The Dark Horse - www.darkhorsemoseley.co.uk

A fairly large crafty beer bar. Its on two floors with the upper bit used for live music apparently. The ground floor bit is basically rectangular in shape and the servery is immediately to your left on entering. Wooden floored throughout with the front bit having bare brick walls. To the rear is a food bar. 2 handpumps on the bar featuring Oakham Citra and Purity Ubu today. 14 taps for overpriced crafty beers and cider. Its ok and if you're into being trendily ripped off with your beer then you're in.

Large art bar, sister of Prince of Wales & compliments it in style. This is modern with chunky tables, arm chairs, sofas & floral wall paprer all served by a steel topped bar. Bohemian and very Moseley, an alternative to the traditional pub. There was only one real ale, the emphasis is on trendy brands of drinks rather than hand pulls, but the Purity UBU, which isn't usually to my taste. was kept very well.

This is a end-terraced cafe-bar, with an upstairs music venue called 'The Loft'. The building is in brick, with a black timber and white upper, a grey lower frontage, and it has a patio area. The interior is bascially a long room, with the serving bar immediately to the left and a cocktail bar at the back. The decor is brick and red, with some patterned wallpaper, a white ceiling and a laminate floor. There are general comfy chairs and tables/chairs with several sofas (and i parked my backside on one, just to appreciate why i ahte them so much in pubs). The walls had music posters and mirrors on them. The service was fine and the clientele small, but mixed. There was no TV and the music was easy stuff (befitting a cafe) at a decent level. Beer; the one real ale wasn't on (Deuchars IPA), but there were a few continental lagers, so i had a Birra Moretti. Happy enough to have stopped by, just not really my kind of place.