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Disappointment of the week with Real Ale Ray
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The Vine, Wolverhampton
Wednesfield
Postal town: Wolverhampton
WV11 1TN
Served areas
Reviews of The Vine (Average Rating: 9½ of 10) see review guidelines
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Just a quick pint, then I'm off left this review about The Vine Inn
Splendid, seemingly unspoiled, pub retaining its original public bar and smoke room (with front window glazing to match). Also has another lounge to the rear with the dartboard. All very traditional, but quite rightly popular with the aficionados. Ten handpumps on the main counter, with eight real ales and a cider available when I visited. The two Black Country Ales (BFG and Fireside) were outnumbered by three from Burton Bridge, but I opted for Sherwood from Lincoln Green (£3.10, and in fine form). Well worth seeking out.
On 28th January 2018
- rating: 9
[User has posted 8086 recommendations about 8086 pubs]
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Aqualung . left this review about The Vine Inn
As noted at length below this is a classic inter-war pub which if it was in London would have been trashed years ago.
I came here on a Wednesday afternoon. As you enter there are doors on the left and right. I went for the left side which turned out to be carpeted and contained local older folk who all appeared to be discussing a starchy vegetable used in Afro-Caribbean cookery. It was good to see there were no bar stools obstructing the bar here.
My only reservation about the place was a TV showing horse racing (not too loud) and a poster advertising an Open Mic Night.
The bar has a hand pump for cider and nine for ales which had the three Black Country Regulars, Newark Five Point Five, Plain Ales Innocence, Derventio Gold & Lucretius Cherry Stout, Emal Castra and Quartz Blonde. I tried the Newark Five Point Five and the Derventio Lucretius Cherry Stout both of which were excellent at £3.10 with the Cherry Stout being particularly good.
While not as old as some of the area's classic boozers, to me this is one of them and easily the best BCA house visited so far. I loved it.
On 28th August 2016
- rating: 10
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Real Ale Ray left this review about The Vine Inn
Have to agree with the Monster below, this pub definitely deserves a ten. The pub is truly unspoilt both inside and out. We called early doors, in the middle of the week. This gave us a good opportunity to sit at the bar counter and chat away to the friendly manager and to try all the ales. There were 9 ales on handpump. This pub is a true haven in Wednesfield.
On 5th November 2013
- rating: 10
[User has posted 3382 recommendations about 3381 pubs]
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- Official site of The Vine Inn - www.blackcountryales.co.uk
- CAMRA WhatPub :: The Vine - whatpub.com
- Historic Pub Interiors - pubheritage.camra.org.uk
Bloxwich, 3.47 miles, 1 hr 7 min walk (show)
Bloxwich North, 3.73 miles, 1 hr 12 min walk (show)
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- Beer Festivals : Yes - May - last updated 29 July 2013 by Dave McNally
- Darts : Yes last updated 20 January 2011 by Moby Duck
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 20 January 2011 by Moby Duck
