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The Fox & Grapes, Nottingham
Sneinton
Postal town: Nottingham
NG1 1DL
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Old Boots left this review about The Fox & Grapes
Largely unchanged since I was last here, the beer quality was better, still not convinced the number of taps is sustainable here. Eight pulls of cask beer plus three with various cidery drinks, a reasonable selection of, I think 14, European kegs among some dross plus cans and bottles, four Castle Rock beers on today. Not the worst pub in this burgeoning area but still far from the best. Anyone tried a 10% Imperial Coconut & Pecan Pastry Stout @£6.70 for 2/3 pint? S43 make one called Schitthott- geddit?
On 6th May 2022
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Will Larter left this review about The Fox & Grapes
A traditional pub, once owned by Banks's but now Castle Rock. The Banks's sign is hung by the bar, with the name "Peggers"; the young bar manager told me this was the pub's name before it closed down for 15 years. When Castle Rock bought it, they found that it used to be called the Fox & Grapes before that, so they revived the original name. The bar had 11 hand pumps at the time of my visit, with four real ciders available, and six real ales: five Castle Rock and a guest from Burton Bridge. My half of Preservation was in very good nick. Service was friendly and the food was appreciated by a group of young women on a nearby table: as well as the home made soup they enjoyed so much, there were also burgers, pizzas and nachos.
On 28th November 2021
- rating: 7
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Ian Mapp left this review about The Fox & Grapes
Fine pub, again associated with the Castle Rock brewery.
13 odd hand pulls on - I went for an excellent Jaipur on cask.
Pizzas and other "street food" available. Nachos recommended.
Excellent collection of whiskies.
Friendly staff.
On 23rd October 2021
- rating: 8
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Bucking Fastard left this review about The Fox & Grapes
An oblong Victorian building in Sneiton Market,no doubt once used by the market porter but these days owned by Castle Rock.The interior had been unsympathetically stripped out and it's quite antiseptic.The slatted blinds in the windows look awful and make the interior gloomy.The bar is to one side and has 8 handpumps but the ale list on my trip was just 4,Castle Rock Screech Owl,Preservation and SIPA Simcoe (not right NBSS 1.5) with a single guest Liquid Light Turtles Have Short Legs.
There is a much longer and more interesting craft keg list ,and more real ciders than real ale.Food served until 8pm.
There are ranks of benches outside and this seemed a less gloomy option.
I came here on the back of it's 2021 GBG listing.I was disappointed and can't understand why the local branch think this pub is deserving with the excellent King Billy a stones throw away.Not on the list for a revisit,maybe thay are targetting a younger audience.
On 3rd June 2021
- rating: 6
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Old Boots left this review about The Fox & Grapes
Single room Castle Rock pub in a reclaimed building within the former Sneinton Market buildings. Neatly done renovation of an old pub in antique pine for the counter and fittings, the walls are mostly windows but with cream woodwork. There’s a coffee bar at the back. As is usual in these places, they can’t stop themselves from sticking up a lot of old pump clips on some surfaces, no doubt there's more to come. A feature is a Banks’s Brewery sign fixed to one wall, this is from it’s previous pub incarnation as the Peggers. 11 pulls on the bar with three for cider, five for Castle Rock beers and three for guest beers, I surmise this is too much for the available trade, my beer being decidedly average, and this is a GBG 2020 pub (my reason to visit by the way). Many kegs on sale but I didn’t bother counting. A laser display screen above the counter, visible from the front door shows the beer and cider choices.
On 13th February 2020
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custodian 42 left this review about The Fox & Grapes
Largish place with bar to middle left. I never went in when it was The Peggars, but this place is a good pub with good service. Boards above the bar with the cask ales on sale. Mainly Castle Rock but there was an IPA from another brewery at 5% ABV. Would definitely return to this one.
On 22nd September 2018
- rating: 7
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Alex Conway left this review about The Fox & Grapes
The Fox and Grapes is a longstanding pub on the edge sf Sneinton market that has recently reopened. This a very historic pub as it was the scene of a very famous Murder in the 1960’s where the landlord was stabbed to death on the doorstep of the pub after giving his dog a late night walk. The murder tio this day has never been found. Although officially the Fox and grapes for years it was known locally as the Pretty windows due to the etched “pretty” windows at the front of the pub that were unusual for Nottingham in that period gave the pub a iconic stylistic feature. This was a pub operating under Market trading laws and tus opened in the early hours of the morning to serve the market workers of Sneinton Market. Sometime in the 90’s the pub was rebranded Peggers and was under banks ownership where it was more student orientated and featured live music. After being closed and boarded up for over a decade the clever bunch at Castle Rock saw an opportunity with the redevelopment of the Sneinton market area and gave new life to the abandoned pub. After a naming competition online votes could choose what to name it with the original fox and grapes piping pretty windows with Peggers also in the running. Inside the pub is one open plan square room with hard wooden floors. The pub is newly opened and thus is still a little bare inside and is yet to stamp its own character the the place. The decor is fairly standard with traditional wooden tables and chairs but in a bright and airy modern fashion in contrast to a lot of Castle Rock’s more traditional boozers. The bar runs horizontal to the main entrance towards the back. Eight hand pulls line the bar with four castle rock beers always available and on my few visits these have never changed and are Harvest Pale £3.20, Preservation £3.40, Elsie Mo £3.50 and Screech Owl £3.80 which is about 20-30 P more than their usual pub charge but this place is slightly more trendy and central to the city. The four guests were from Charnwood, Abstract Jungle, Black iris and Fullers (ESB £3.80) which was kept really well and slipped down a treat. I’m glad on old boozer like this has opened up as it is in a prominent position near the ice stadium and located near the fantastic King William IV meaning a little crawl around her can be supplemented by the newly opened Neon Raptor Brewery tap room. Although a little bit modern for my liking I believe over time it will come into its own and gain a bit more character. Nice boozer and more of a 7.5.
On 20th September 2018
- rating: 7
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hondo . left this review about The Fox & Grapes
taken over by Castle Rock Brewery
On 7th September 2017
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Alan Winfield left this review about Peggars
This pub used to be called the Fox and Grapes and it was an Home ales tied house.
This pub was built to serve sneinton market and opened early in the morning for market traders to have a drink.
This pub has always had a rough reputation and quite a few years ago changed its name to Peggars.
Once inside there was a very basic bar at the front of the pub and i think there was another room at the back.
In recent years the pub has had Banks's signs outside but there were none of their real ales on here.
I hav'nt seen this pub open for over 4 years but it still looks fairly clean so i am not sure what is happening here.
Update:
Peggers is due to reopen and revert back to its original name of the Fox and Grapes.
On 3rd January 2017
- rating: 5
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