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Waggon & Horses, Halesowen
Halesowen
B63 3TU
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about Waggon & Horses
Over 10 years since my last visit to the Waggon & Horses, I returned on a quiet Thursday evening to find that other than significantly less customers, this pub is still very much unchanged and therefore still the best that Halesowen has to offer the drinker.
A friendly and knowledgeable barman was on hand to offer advice on the excellent beer range. Black Country Ales BFG & Fireside are the regular ales. Their Chain Ale was also available. Guest beers were Golden Duck Tinner's Tipple, New Brew New Alchemist, RCH Goldbine, Salopian Fat Cat & Golden Thread, Nuttycombe Doonicans, Oakham Citra and M & B Brew XI. Ciders were Weston's Old Rosie & Broadoak Twisted Lime.
I tried a couple of beers I hadn't previously had. Neither were particularly to my taste, but unlike the other BCA pub I had been to earlier (the Swan), they were well kept.
There are 3 different drinking areas. From the entrance at the left-hand side of the pub, you can see a room at the rear, whilst the much larger rooms at the front contain the long bar and the famous slope in the floor. One table seems to be resting at an angle where you would think your pint would slide straight off. I've never tried sitting there to see.
When we left the pub, we left just one other female customer there, which seemed a bit of a shame. But despite the obvious lack of customers, I suspect it's still the best pub in town and a must for any real ale drinking visitors.
On 9th November 2023
- rating: 8
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Delboy 20 left this review about Waggon & Horses
I used the Waggon quite often when I was at college over 30 years ago but that was long before Black Country Ales took over. I make no secret of the fact that I am a big fan of their pubs and this place ticks all the boxes for me. A great selection of ales, excellent friendly service and fantastic cobs. Guest ales when I called included Moorhouse Hat Trick IPA, Salopian Lemon Dream & Firkin Freezin, Yorkshire Heart Silverheart IPA, Green Duck Blonde, Mallinsons Koranum, Loddons Dragonfly and Slaters Blitzen. If you add the 3 house beers and their own excellent Plum Pig porter plus 4 ciders you have a great line up. Well worth a visit.
On 7th January 2022
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Ian Mapp left this review about Waggon & Horses
2019 Good Beer Guide Entry and Stourbridge and Halesowen Pub of the Year 2018.
Part of the Black Country Ales Chain. Like the Wellington in Brum, there's TV screens showing the 11 or so real ales on.
This has a real pubby feel. Multiple houses knocked together, providing some side rooms complete with real fire. Bar is long, thin and has a wickedly sloping floor.
BCA seem to source very unusual brews and I had a fine Black Storm Porter - all the way from Whitby to the West Midlands.
Perfect Pub.
On 22nd December 2018
- rating: 10
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Aqualung . left this review about Waggon & Horses
This is one of the Black Country Ales "beer festival" pubs. Although it has a long frontage onto the main road the only entrance I could find was on the left side of the building. Inside it has the bar along the long frontage with more comfortable areas either side of it. The area along the bar is not very deep and overall the pub is not as large inside as you might think from the exterior.
However, the long bar does allow a huge row of hand pumps with a smaller set to the right devoted mainly to cider. The thirteen beers available included the three usual BCA ones and the rest ranged from smaller micros up to the long established Black Sheep. I went for Harbour IPA (£3.25) which was excellent.
This is another superb BCA outlet.
On 19th February 2018
- rating: 9
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about Waggon & Horses
Fantastic Black Country Ales house, with a two-room bar along the frontage and a separate seating area to the other side of the entrance. Tidily decorated throughout in an appropriately traditional style. Very impressive range of 15 real ales and four ciders on handpump at prices ranging from £2.95 to £3.60, from which I went for the Beowolf Chase Pale (but would have been happy to try almost anything from the chalk and TV boards here).
On 7th October 2017
- rating: 9
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Waggon & Horses
In the process of redecoration on our visit and to our admiration the barmaid told us that herself and a pal were painting the pub themselves out of hours. Have to call again when it's complete. We also called in on a Friday afternoon and the pub was quite busy. There were 14 ales on handpump on this visit - straight away, I went for a pint of Bathams. Next moved onto the Plain Ales Sheep Dip and Tunnfield Stiperstones. This is an excellent pub, with other chatty drinkers.
On 21st July 2013
- rating: 9
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Andy Ven left this review about Waggon & Horses
A long standing GBG regular. If I was being diplomatic I would say it’s all about the ale here. A fairly long narrow pub offering 14 real ales. My first impression was that a touch of finishing plaster, a rub down with some sandpaper and a lick of paint would not have gone amiss. The telling thing though was how busy it was on a Friday lunchtime – standing room only - so it’s difficult to criticise somewhere that keeps so many customers happy.
On 19th June 2012
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Gill Smith left this review about Waggon & Horses
Unspoilt 2011 Good Beer Guide pub with a great range of real ales on offer. Looks a little shabby but always a warm welcome, and it is a drinkers pub. Enjoyed Ossett South Pacific IPA and Cuerden Pale this visit. Also has draught Belgian beers.
On 6th March 2011
- rating: 8
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John Horton left this review about Waggon & Horses
On the busy main road to Stourbridge & within walking distance of Halesowen bus station. Although the bar is Victorian shabby, the food basic (ham or cheese & onion cobs) and the loos primative this pub is a place of pilgrimage for many real ale drinkers and justly so. Up to 15 real ales, plus some Belgian beers (Guinness & lagar too) regularly served. A permanent entry in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide gives testiment to the quality of the ale. Yes, I've had far too many far too often in this place. A real drinkers pub & long may it thrive. If you are a real ale drinker & can only visit one pub in the Black Country area this is the one. No car park & on street parking is very limited (hence 3 star) so use the bus, 9 or 139 from Birmingham.
On 10th July 2008
- rating: 8
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