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Blue Moon, Cambridge
Cambridge
CB1 2LF
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Reviews of Blue Moon (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Old Boots left this review about Blue Moon
Odd looking building with odd customers and staff, I couldn’t make up my mind if they were sneery or just earnest, the staff that is the customers were just odd or foreigners. Two rooms, the larger had some sort of band practice or tune up going on and I’m not sure if there’s a counter in there. The other room has a counter tucked round a corner and has four pulls branded Adnams but I’m guessing Adnams would never get sold here. Overall there’s a definite hint of the local drill hall about the place. Two cask beers were on; a bitter from Three Blind Mice brewery and a torpid single hop pale from Ampersand. All the beers are listed on a blackboard but it wasn’t visible due to punters. A long horseshoe has about a dozen crafty kegs. Mixed furniture of the table and chair breed, fairy lights and pump clip decor, pizzas and world food are available. GBG2022 listed but I suppose I caught it on a bad day.
On 25th July 2022
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Bucking Fastard left this review about Blue Moon
A classic 60's estate pub,in a working class enclave of Cambridge which was a great surprise to find.It is the sister pub to the Cambridge Blue and looks rough from the outside with peeling paint and a large dog running around the first floor balcony.However the welcome from the barman was warm and friendly.
The front room is unused due to Covid ,it's a store room with some key kegs dotted about the excess furniture.The back bar is accessed down a grubby corridor and doesnt have any windows,so like entering a club .It was decked out in Halloween decoration,with atmospheric lighting,some high tables at the side and cheap wooden furniture elsewhere.It smelt of students,and there is a small stage at the far end of the room.A very classy soundtrack was playing,music plays a big part in the pubs existance.
The barman explained there were no handpumped ales but on each side of the two sided bar there are 10 taps,some key keg some keg.Not all 20 were operating although there is a chalk board list.After some discussion we narrowed down to 3 IPA styles from which I chose a decent Nene Valley Pulping On Your Sterio,a decent orange IPA (NBSS 3.5).
If you get fed up with all those charming street corner pubs in Cambridge,this is a bohemian alternative and I enjoyed my afternoon visit.Quirky.
On 22nd October 2020
- rating: 7
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Alan Winfield left this review about Man On The Moon
The Man on the Moon is a 60s built estate pub and when i went in here it was a Tolly Cobbold tied house.
There were two rooms in this pub i went in the bar which was fairly basic the lounge looked a lot smarter and more comfortable,there were two real ales on here i had a drink of Tolly Cobbold bitter and this was a decent drink the other beer was TC Original.
Pub visited 17/6/1989
On 17th June 1989
- rating: 6
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Cambridge North, 2.02 miles, 38 min walk (show)
Shelford (Cambs), 4.63 miles, 1 hr 29 min walk (show)
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- Accommodation : No last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : No last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 30p per pint - last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : Yes last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : Yes - Pizza evenings only - last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : No last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : No last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 07 February 2017 by ROB Camra