Lord Hop, Nuneaton

With a few minutes before my train I called in here for a swift half, spotting the same beer that I'd drunk at Hops D'Amour in Coventry a little earlier: Pitchfork Frogbit - a 4.4% bitter. The fact that this is a much smaller pub with inevitably slower turnover means the comparison is a little unfair, but the beer had been excellent there but here only good. Still worth seeking out, and almost certainly better than anything else in Nuneaton these days. Date of visit: 12th May 2022

Official site of Lord Hop - lordhopnuneaton.co.uk

Official site of Lord Hop - lordhopnuneaton.co.uk

The best place in Nuneaton - and I gave 5 of them a good go. A two story micro, with a little bar downstairs. Didn't seem to be much cask on - but the Ossett Brewery White Rat was in good condition and I probably would have gone for a Pale Ale even if there had been wider choice. Very busy on a Saturday Afternoon. Getting a seat with a table proved a challenge too far.

Excellent micro-pub with an apparent total of three tables (although a larger room is available upstairs for busy periods), but a counter with nine handpumps. Six of these were on when I visited, offering four interesting beers - First Chop Hop, Lord Barker from Gun Dog, Hopback Haka and Leatherbritches Raspberry Belter (£3.00, and thankfully not over-flavoured) - plus a couple of cask ciders (with four more in some other draught form also listed). Well worth seeking out.

As noted below this is a "proper" micropub with no music or TVs and it didn't appear to sell any spirits. It was originally a nail bar and the lower room is about average size for a micropub. I didn't investigate upstairs. There were 4 beers available, Castle Rocxk Black Gold, Fernandes Barley Promise, Kirkstall Pale and Thornbridge Flora & The Griffin. I went for the Barley Promise (£3.00) and Flora & The Griffin (£3.60) both of which were excellent. I thought this was a very good micropub.