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Beer in Hand, Hereford
Hereford
HR4 0AP
Served areas
Beer In Hand
PIZZA THURSDAY
3:23 PM Jun 8th from Twitter for Android
Reviews of Beer in Hand (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
Quinno _ left this review about Beer in Hand
Long and narrow Crafty-meets-Micro mash-up (is *really* a micropub?) located away from the immediate town centre on the other side of the thundering ring road. Interior isn’t much to write home about bar the impressive fan effect created by the mounting of old pump clips on the ceiling. Four cask from a wall linked to the impressive purpose-built, glass-fronted, chilled racking system behind the bar. My Silver Linings Stout by Good Chemistry Brewing was fair though slightly over-vented (NBSS 3). Perhaps of more useful note is the large range of cider and perry. Nice atmosphere inside, accompanied by a ‘seen it all before’ pub dog. Worth putting on the crawl list but doesn’t feel like a place to linger. GBG listed, as you’d expect.
On 7th May 2024
- rating: 7
[User has posted 5121 recommendations about 5104 pubs]
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Real Ale Ray left this review about Beer in Hand
Definitely the largest micro I have visited. You enter the premises into a long narrow drinking area at the front and at the rear you will find a good sized bar and a further seating area, along with a small kitchen that produces artisan pizzas at weekends. All the beers were racked up on stillage, four ales on our visit, but the majority of their beers were craft keg, ten in all, plus the equivalent amount of ciders and perries. We went for the Bristol Beer Factory and Arbor Pocket Rocket, both were in good condition, but served too cold for me. I can only presume that the cask and craft beers are all served by the same temperate cooling system, which meant I had to sit there for several minutes, freezing my hands off trying to raise the temperature of the beer. At one point I also had to put my pint on the radiator behind me. So if the beer was on handpump and had better temps, I would have definitely scored higher, plus the beer choices were good and the owner was most welcoming.
On 14th January 2019
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3382 recommendations about 3381 pubs]
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Will Larter left this review about Beer In Hand
A larger than average micropub in a stand alone building that goes deeper than expected. The bar counter is to the rear on the right, with an impressive chilled stillage cabinet behind. There is room for up to ten casks to be racked, with five usually available at any one time. Mindful of the suggestions made to me by Camra members on their Discourse forum, I decided to try a quality beer, in an attempt to open my mind to the possibility that my slogan "cask ale good, keg beer bad" may have been a little too non-inclusive. My half of Lucky 7 Cascadian Black IPA was a little stronger than I tend to go for when cycling, but at least I wasn't likely to drink it too quickly, bearing in mind how cold and gassy it was. I've had quite a few examples of the black IPA style, some cask, some bottled, but this is the only one I have been unable to form an opinion of, on account of it being so cold and gassy. Now that the Revitalisation campaign is a thing of the past, perhaps I'll go back to drinking beers that I think I might like, rather than bothering about what other people think. This is an excellent pub, with a vast range of beers and ciders, available in many different containers. Get yourselves down here and try for yourselves!
Date of visit: 12th May 2018
On 1st June 2018
- rating: 7
[User has posted 3752 recommendations about 3487 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Beer Garden : Yes - Patio - last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 10p/pint discount on draught real ale and real cider - last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Car Park : No last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Darts : No last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Function Room : No last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Hot Food : Yes - Thurs - last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Jukebox : No last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Karaoke : No last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Live Music : Yes last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Micropub : Yes last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Pinball : No last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Pool Table : No last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Quiz Night : Yes - 1st Weds - last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 07 May 2024 by Quinno _
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 17 July 2014 by ROB Camra
