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The Crossing, Burton On Trent Town, Burton on Trent

50 High Street
Burton on Trent
DE14 1JS
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Crossing

The Crossing was one of the few Burton pubs open on a midweek afternoon. So, I headed here early before other pubs opened either late afternoon or early evening.

I walked into a fairly empty pub. There is a nicely decorated L-shaped room, with a separate dining room beyond. What customers were there were in the dining area finishing their late lunches.

The ale range looked good. Dancing Duck Ay Up & Dark Drake are regular ales. Their Abduction was a guest, alongside Marston's Pedigree and a couple of Lilley's ciders - Mango & Tropical.

I ordered the Abduction and a pack of crisps to go with it. The young barmaid struggled to find the Abduction on the till and eventually settled on hitting another button which she said would be cheaper, if anything. My half of Abduction with a small pack of crisps came to £4.30. After contemplating this for a while, I queried the price, in case she'd charged for a pint. The crisps were an unbelievable £1.80 a pack, which also makes a beer £5 a pint here. Whilst I'm used to paying in excess of £5 a pint in London, I wasn't expected to pay that much in Burton. To compare prices, I'd only paid £4.05 for a pint in the Dog and £2.05 (admittedly with a CAMRA voucher) in the Lord Burton. And £1.80 for a pack of crisps!!

I enjoyed the Abduction, but it was now apparent why this pub was empty apart from the diners.

On 29th September 2023 - rating: 5
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Steve of N21 left this review about The Crossing

This is a good looking detached pub on the high street with a history dating back to the 18th century, although the current brewery Tudor facade was erected in 1927 as mentioned below.
Internally however any sense of history has long been expunged and it’s a very modern interior more aligned to a modern cocktail bar, even without the large hanging neon sign above the bar spelling out Cocktail. There are those for which this will appeal and will consider the fake LCD fireplace to be innovative, but for me give me a traditional decor with a real fireplace any day of the week.
We were only here for a beer and in that respect good to find a decent line up from the Derby Dancing Duck Brewery in the form of Ay Up, Abduction and a very decent Dark Drake Stout.
Friendly service levels for us from the bar staff team, but then they were probably relieved that they just had to pull a pint instead of mucking about with some fiddly cocktails.

On 29th October 2022 - rating: 6
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Crossing

Unusually for a High Street location, this is a detached pub with quite an elaborate Brewers Tudor facade. Modernised inside the L-shaped interior, with a fake fire being the most notable feature. Pedigree, three real ales from Dancing Duck - Ay Up, Abduction and Dark Drake (£2.05, half) - and a pair of Lilley's ciders from six of the seven handpumps.

On 23rd October 2022 - rating: 6
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Pub location see interactive map of local area
Map location corrected by Alan Hurdle
Burton-on-Trent, 0.69 miles, 13 min walk (show)
Willington, 5.03 miles, 1 hr 37 min walk (show)
Tutbury & Hatton, 5.85 miles, 1 hr 52 min walk (show)
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29th Sep 2023, 14:57
Review submitted by Blue Scrumpy
 
10th Sep 2023, 10:14
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  • Accommodation : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Bar Billiards : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Beer Festivals : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Beer Garden : Yes last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • CAMRA Discount : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Car Park : Yes last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Child Friendly : Yes last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Darts : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Dog Friendly : Yes - Front bar only - last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Function Room : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Hot Food : Yes last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Jukebox : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Karaoke : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Live Music : Yes - Sunday afternoon - last updated 21 July 2017 by ROB Camra
  • Live TV Sports : No last updated 21 July 2017 by ROB Camra
  • Micropub : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Pinball : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Pool Table : No last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Real Ale : Yes last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Real Cider : Yes last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
  • WiFi : Yes last updated 30 June 2020 by Quinno _
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