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Beer of the Week (w/e 6th October 2024) with Thuck Phat
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Corn Dolly, Bradford
Bradford
BD1 4DE
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Reviews of Corn Dolly (Average Rating: 8 of 10) see review guidelines
Moby Duck left this review about Corn Dolly
A wonderful traditional pub and of course still unchanged internally from Old Boots recent description below. The eight handpumps offered up Moorhouse White Witch and Pendles Witch, Saltaire Harlequin, Maxim Maximum Reward, Abbeydale Moonshine and Splendor, T.T Boltmaker and Orkney Dark Island. A little trek from the City centre and annoying to arrive twenty minutes before opening but more than worth the effort.
On 14th July 2024
- rating: 8
[User has posted 2036 recommendations about 2006 pubs]
Old Boots left this review about Corn Dolly
One of my favourite Bradford pubs so I was surprised I hadn’t reviewed it before. It’s roughly two rooms partly separated by a wall running three quarters of the way across the pub, oddly for an internal wall it has a window in it. The counter runs along the back wall and is home to eight hand pulls spread in pairs along the counter with various solos and trios of interesting and mundane beers between them, the cask choice is mostly Yorkshire beers similar in range to that found by other reviewers and in excellent condition. The walls are in a mock half timber and are covered in much Bradford City F.C. stuff, Camra awards from this year and also dating back many years, the rest is humorous signs and of course pump clips on the ceiling. Banquette seating all round and there’s carpet, music is fairly constant when busy from a juke box on the wall and there’s a games machine. The right hand side has a pool table and darts otherwise pretty similar to the left side. Very handy for Foster Square station although up a couple of flights of steps, and not it’s that far from the city centre via the newish Broadway shopping centre. It’s a classic.
On 10th December 2023
- no rating submitted
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Quinno _ left this review about Corn Dolly
Unchanged from my visit several years back bar a new beer garden and more Bradford City stuff than I recall from previous. Six cask on over three banks of two. Boltmaker is the standard whilst smaller breweries make up the rest. My Selby American Pale was passable (NBSS 2.5) but throughput was lacking on a hot day outside the Boltmaker. It’s a nice traditional old pub, but a shame that the beer wasn’t really up to snuff. Hot days sort the sheep from the goats on the ale front. GBG'22 listed.
November 2015
An old school two room (knocked through a little but ostensibly separated) boozer. Fairly untouched 70s refurb with ye olde black beams and plaster wattle walls. Copper topped bar and tables add to the effect. The left side was more quiet (look out for Bradford City memorabilia here), whilst the right had pool, a collection of trophies and a telly, tuned to Rugby World Cup on my visit. Hundreds of old pump clips everywhere, a testament to their ale range. Whilst we’re on the subject, there were eight on the go, I tried Moorhouse Ruby, Tim Taylor Boltmaker and Durham White Gold which were in very good nick. Friendly, mature clientèle who we got chatting to and one of them was good enough to return my keys which I had somehow left on the bar. As mentioned, it’s 10 mins uphill from Forster Square but well-worth the schlep. Taxis are also dirt cheap in Bradford. Rated 8
On 25th June 2022
- rating: 7
[User has posted 5391 recommendations about 5374 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Car Park : Yes last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : Yes last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Live Music : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : Yes - Terrestrial only - last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Micropub : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : Yes last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes - Not via main entrance!! - last updated 29 October 2019 by Aqualung .
- WiFi : No last updated 25 June 2022 by Quinno _
