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The Cat Inn, Stourbridge
Enville
Postal town: Stourbridge
DY7 5HA
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Cat Inn
Rightly award-winning village pub. The exterior brickwork is now painted in a light primrose shade, with black on the doors and window frames. With the building being so close to the busy main road, you now enter through the pleasant beer garden, one side of which is formed by a tall 'green wall' with creepers entirely covering the next-door brickwork. Splendid multi-room layout with bars on each side of the central servery and a snug with just a tiny counter in one corner. All very traditional, as you would expect, although there is also a more modern room in another corner of the building. Effectively being the Enville Brewery tap, I found three of their beers - Ale (£3.20), Ginger and Simpkiss - and Off the Rails from Hartlebury being dispensed outdoors from a serving hatch as well as from the handpumps inside.
On 29th July 2020
- rating: 9
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Cat Inn
Frequent winner of the Dudley and South Staffs Camra pub of the year. Deservedly so.
Lovely are for walking - with the sheepwalks and Enville Hall nearby.
The pub building is part C16th and can trace its pubby origins to 1718. Its several buildings knocked together and tardis like inside, with multiple rooms leading onto to each other. Demands exploration.
Beer wise, there are 7 real ales marked up on the chalkboard - all midlands based but it is linked to the local Enville Ale Brewery - so I didn't get past the £3.20 Enville Ale.
Wonderful.
Walk and visit blogged at http://bit.ly/2Mepmeq
On 15th August 2018
- rating: 10
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Gill Smith left this review about The Cat Inn
Visited this lovely 2015 Good Beer Guide pub yesterday and enjoyed my Enville Old Porter, and the taste of their 6.5% Blizzard too. There are a few rooms with low beamed ceilings and we felt welcomed by the locals. There is a function room available upstairs. Real Ales from Enville brewery and guests, and they also serve food. Garden area at the rear.
On 14th December 2014
- rating: 8
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Ale Monster left this review about The Cat Inn
This is a brilliant traditional rural village pub which dates back to the 1500’s but has been an Inn since 1718 and according to the chap behind the bar it is now owned by the Enville Breweries directors. The pub has two rooms, public bar at the front, lounge in the back left corner of the building and there is a small island bar counter that serves both rooms. The public bar is across the front of the building and is split in two by a dividing wall but it still feels like one room due to the wide opening in the wall linking the two sides, the bar counter on this side is in the back wall on the left, there is a small brick fire place with a cast grate in the middle of the left wall, a second larger brick fire place (with bucket of coal ready to go on) in the back wall to the right of the counter, blue fabric bench seats, blue patterned carpet, a couple of flowery paintings on the half timber walls and thick oak beams decorated with horse brasses. There is a short passage way down the left of the bar counter which leads to the back room, this has the bar counter in the front wall to the right of the room with the main seating area off to the left overlooking the beer garden, again there is blue fabric bench seating, a patterned carpet and oak beams. There is a door in the back right corner that leads out to a cobbled court yard directly behind the pub which is partially enclosed by the pub and an old stable block, at the left end of the court yard is a gravel beer garden with a couple of small trees and half a dozen picnic tables with large parasols. There is a third room in the front left corner of the building but this was closed due to renovation during this visit, but I believe it is now open.
Regular ales are currently Enville Ale and Ginger with a single changing seasonal beer from Enville Brewery and two changing guests which on this occasion were Enville Gothic, Three Tuns XXX and Wye Valley Butty Bach (GBG 2013). I tried the Enville Ale and superb 5.2% Gothic which is usually hard to find, both were perfectly well kept. The Enville Brewery is only two miles away.
A fantastic country pub with genuine traditional character and great local beer. I would say that most beer drinkers in the Black Country and South Staffordshire have at least heard of the Cat at Enville. Only drawback is that the pub is a bit out of the way and therefore difficult to get to by public transport, but it’s worth the effort, I shall keep endeavouring to visit but I wish I could get there more often.
On 15th February 2013
- rating: 9
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Soup Dragon left this review about The Cat Inn
A large detached white rendered pub with black paintwork and patio area.
The interior has three rooms; the first was in white and wallpaper, with wood panel, the second room, white, with red patterned wallpaper and the third (which i didnt see too much of) white and beams. There are a few pictures and mirrors. The service was fine, the clientele mixed, but that was in the other rooms, we had the second all to ourselves. There is food served, but we didn't eat.
Beer; tap stuff with four handpulls; The Enville Ale and Wye Valley Butty Bach were superb. There was also Kinver Edge and a Cotleigh Brwery beer (sadly i did not note it - a schoolboy error)
Quality traditional country pub - a must visit - i will be back.
On 7th March 2010
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Anonymous User left this review about The Cat Inn
Do not be fooled into thinking this is a pub in Stourbridge - it's a good 5 miles away! Having said that it is well worth the journey.
On 15th April 2009
- rating: 8
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John Horton left this review about The Cat Inn
Nearest pub to Enville Brewery so expect to see their beers. Excellent choice of well kept local real ales. Three rooms, 2 with direct access to serving area. Very convivial & friendly atmosphere. Very good and varied menu. Large car park nearby. Small beer garden.
On 13th July 2008
- rating: 8
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