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The Head of Steam, Huddersfield
Huddersfield
HD1 1JB
Reviews (Current Rating Average: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Graham Coombs left this review about The Head of Steam
My first visit for a very long time and it is still a very worthwhile place, albeit perhaps a little more unkempt than days of old. I was intrigued that they separate keg and cask bars - I wonder if the clientele is noticeably different! Anyway there were 8 ales on, including 2 milds, and they were all what I would describe as proper beer-flavoured beers with no hints of kumquats or gooseberries.
On 18th January 2024
- rating: 8
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Head of Steam
Two great drinking venues at the station - I wonder how many people miss their train for the next one.
Seating outside and the square is lovely. Broad choice, as you would expect, and I went for a Magic Rock Canon Ball on cask (not noticed at the tap room when visiting earlier) and a La Trappe Tripel on Keg.
Lovely town, Huddersfield. First visit and I was impressed.
On 2nd June 2023
- rating: 8
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ROB Camra left this review about The Head of Steam
After missing this one out on our last couple of visits to Huddersfield we called in again on Sunday, or at lease we tried to. Sorry said the barman, we're closed. It was just after 10.
On 25th February 2020
- rating: 2
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ROB Camra left this review about The Head of Steam
Very disappointing visit to this place last night. There's lots of character to the pub with lots of wood panelling etc, along with a model train over the bar. What a pity the same couldn't be said of the bar staff. The personality free one that served us was wearing a Motorhead Road Crew T shirt. When I commented that it had been a bad week for Motorhead fans with Fast Eddie dying, he didn't seem to know who he was. A poor selection of beer on the bar with several from Camerons. My pint of Partners Hoppy Daze, wasn't hoppy and was poorly conditioned. We weren't going to have a second beer anyway, but the barman came round to tell us that if we wanted another drink we should go to the bar as they were going to close. It was 9:30!! Not good, I'll miss this one out next time.
On 15th January 2018
- rating: 3
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Head of Steam
Having missed this one on the official PuG crawl the day before, I visited for a Saturday lunchtime pint, also taking time en route to pose for a picture with “Our Harold” on St Georges Square, as we were blessed with sunshine instead of the driving sleet of 24 hours earlier.
Of the two former station waiting rooms this one had more character for me being four distinct and slightly different rooms around the central bar. Service is only provided in the front two rooms and the two rooms at the back with wooden floors and half wood panelled rooms had more the feeling of being lounge bars.
The pub advertises 13 Keg taps (available in the left hand bar) and 14 Real ale pumps (lined up on the bar top in the right hand bar). We actually sat in the slightly plainer left hand bar as the right hand side was quite busy, and for what I could see, apart from a Duval and Brew Dog offering the rest of the keg taps were pretty standard offerings. Fortunately the Ales were not and those available for our visit included TT Boltmaker, Madness brewing Absolutely, Anarchy Brew Co. Anti-Venom, Sonet 43 Aurora Pale Ale, Yorkshire Brewery Blackout, Sorachi X111 Pale Ale and Gold Bullion and Strongarm from Camerons. I tried a couple of halves of the Any Venom and Yorkshire Blackout and both were well kept.
It’s a bloody good job I don’t commute by train and live in Huddersfield or I’d never get out the station.
On 26th November 2016
- rating: 8
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custodian 42 left this review about The Head of Steam
Well, I'm sorry but tonight wasn't one of the best for this place. I've known far better beers and the front bars are populated by the noisy young. Still worth a seven based on previous visits.
On 15th October 2016
- rating: 7
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Aqualung . left this review about The Head of Steam
This one has been around for years and after a dodgy patch seems to be returning to its best. The multi-room layout is well documented below. It was very busy on my late Saturday afternoon visit.
The 12 hand pumps for beer included three from Anarchy one of which I had to send back as it was cloudy. It was changed with good grace for something called Small Batch #37 Choc-Orange Oat Stout. I went for this (£3.50) which was excellent and I discovered after that it was from Black Sheep.
Despite being quite busy and the cloudy pint I liked both this one and the other station pub.
On 13th June 2016
- rating: 8
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Al Bundy left this review about The Head of Steam
A very good pub to your right as you exit the station. Multi-roomed with the 2 to the left and right being the ones I went in. The room to the right is where you will find the handpumps. All 14 of them. Two end ones were for cider and the rest real ale. Naturally there is plenty of railway memorabilia dotted around each room. There where 6 pumps used for Hop House beers and the rest were from breweries I didn't bother noting. The room to your left is where you will find a selection of crafty ales and generic bitters and lagers. I liked this pub.
On 5th May 2016
- rating: 9
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Alan Winfield left this review about The Head of Steam
The head of Steam is situated to the left side of Huddersfield train station.
Once inside i did note the other rooms inside this pub,so can only comment on the room i had a drink in,this was a fairly small room which had normal tables and chairs and a pew seat to the front.
There was a decent choice of real ales on the bar,i had a drink of Small World Twin Falls which went down well as the last drink on my pub crawl round Huddersfield,the other beers noted were Small World Barncliffe Bitter,Small World Spring Bank and Small World Spikes Gold.
I thought this was a very nice pub to end my crawl in,and also very handy for the train station.
Pub visited 27/2/2016
On 9th April 2016
- rating: 8
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Head of Steam
A very large pub with four different rooms all being served from an island bar.If coming from St Georges Square,the right hand room looked the most authentic,the left hand room was overlit,souless furniture abounds,the flatscreen dominates and the interior here just resembles one of the less interesting 'spoons.The rear dining room section was unused on my brief late evening visit and although there are 10 handpumps,the condition of my Copper Dragon Golden Pippin was very average.With some care and attention ,this pub could be so much better but at present there are lots of superior ale houses in town
On 21st June 2014
- rating: 6
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