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The Town Mouse, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Pub added by Real Ale Ray
Basement, 11 St Mary's Place
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 7PG

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Old Boots left this review about The Town Mouse

Easy to miss cellar micro next to ‘Spoons Five Swans. A single room going back a little way in an L shape and furnished with tables and chairs plus stools at drinking shelves. Six pulls and eight keg taps with a fridge of bottles and cans. Friendly and knowledgeable owner.

On 16th April 2023 - no rating submitted
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Delboy 20 left this review about The Town Mouse

As others have said it is easy to walk straight past this one but I was looking for it! There was a small queue waiting for the door to open at 12. Great little micro with a really varied beer choice. We enjoyed the Bampa Best bitter and Wylam Fleek pale ale. Very chatty and knowledgeable staff. Well worth a visit.

On 12th November 2022 - no rating submitted
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Danny O'Revey left this review about The Town Mouse

lovely small micro pub, actually hard to find despite being on the main road as its in the basement and well hidden. Great beer and friendly service.

On 6th June 2022 - rating: 8
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ROB Camra left this review about The Town Mouse

Another neat and friendly micro pub almost next door to the Five Swans. It's quite well hidden by being down a flight of steps with only part of the window being viewable from the street. It's L shaped inside with a couple of bench seats in the main area and a couple of tables and chairs at the end of the L. Four handpumps on the bar and my pint of Rigg & Furrow Trickster was in good nick. Only a couple of people in the bar, but it started to fill up a bit later. It's a good micro and one we'll be visiting again.

On 15th November 2017 - rating: 8
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Town Mouse Ale House

I found the young barman to be extremely knowledgeable on our Sunday eve visit. There was four handpumps on the bar which were all in use. There was also an extensive range of canned and bottled beers served from the fridge behind the bar, plus a choice of three ciders. I went for the Jezebel Brewery Three Kings on handpump and a can of Beavertown Neck Oil. We also received a few tasters, Flash House Black Cherry Porter, Tyne Bank Strawberries and Cream and Brew York Big Eagle.

On 30th July 2017 - rating: 8
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Aqualung . left this review about Town Mouse Ale House

The Town Mouse is Newcastle's third and newest micropub having been open just over a month on my visits. It's conveniently located right next door to the only JDW in the centre of Newcastle that isn't a Lloyds No 1. It's a cellar micropub that involves descending a short but quite steep stone staircase to get to it.
Inside it's an L shaped room with the small bar on the immediate left, some trellis tables on the right and other lower seating further back and round the corner. There is no TV screen but there is low level music. One thing I noticed was that people's voices tended to be loud and reverberate around the room. It may be because unlike other micropubs there is no bric-a-brac that I could see apart from a few pictures, an old record player and a string of hops.
The bar has four hand pumps and also does some ciders, a few wines, soft drinks and "craft" kegs, bottles & cans.
This one has made the decision to concentrate on small local brewers which suits me fine. On my first visit they had Errant Jungle Simcoe, Allendale Tar Bar'l and Arcane Bridge Eden. On the following night the unused clip had Cullercoats Minstrel. I tried the Jungle Simcoe (£3.90), Allendale Tar Bar'l (£3.20) and Cullercoats Minstrel (£3.20) all of which were excellent.
Despite the acoustics I liked this place and would definitely return.

On 3rd April 2017 - rating: 8
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