Clockwork, Southampton

A nice little micro with a friendly welcome, comfortable seating and a fair beer selection. A tiny room at the back boasts two tables and a piano. And just to appease those worried about toilet hoggers, they have squeezed in three unisex cubicles! Three cask ales on (from Flower Pots, Steamtown and Exmoor) and half a dozen or so craft keg. One of the better of the micros along the Shirley Road.

In this micropub / small bar, I found 2 handpumps in operation, plus a line of 10 or so keg taps. Sadly, pulling through a whole pints worth of Exmoor Pale couldn't save the beer from mediocre quality - perhaps the Cheriton Pots Bitter would have been an improvement? More likely I'd have been better off with a craft keg Siren or Tiny Rebel. I wasn't really impressed, so I'll pass by next time.

Still pretty much as Ray found it below, there were just 3 cask beers on when I visited , beers were from Red Cat,Fine Tuned and Steamtown breweries, these were backed up with 8 craft keg beers and a good range of Cider, a couple on tap and several from the box. On this occasion I had a couple of craft offerings Vibrant Forest Picea and Koona Big Wave. The prices are decent, £4.00 a pint for Cask,£4.60 the Cider and £4.80 Craft. The basic internal layout is complimented by comfortable cusioned bench seating, there is outside seating at the front of the pub. A decent and worthy stop off point.