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The Wight Bear Ale House, Southbourne, Bournemouth
Bournemouth
BH6 3QU
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Reviews of The Wight Bear Ale House (Average Rating: 6½ of 10) see review guidelines
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paulof horsham left this review about The Wight Bear Ale House
The Wight Bear is a compact micropub at the eastern end of central Southbourne. 2 ales are offered and they appear from the cool room, obviously served direct from the cask, and devoid of anything even vaguely resembling a head. There's also 8 or so mainstream craft keg from the taps behind the bar.
Internally, the boarded floor and wooden seats and tables give a traditional feel, though comfort is at a premium, as is space, given its not a large room and a fair old crowd was in when I visited.
The regulars clearly like it, though the so-so pint means that I wouldn't fancy it as a regular haunt.
On 22nd May 2024
- rating: 6
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Delboy 20 left this review about The Wight Bear Ale House
Friendly little micro with a decent selection of craft ales and ciders. 2 cask options - Wild Card Brew Pale and Gritchie Brewing English Lore. I went for the Wild Card which was excellent. Well worth a visit.
On 18th December 2023
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Blue Scrumpy left this review about The Wight Bear Ale House
Small, single-room micropub on the main drag through Southborne.
There are just a couple of real ales. These were Wantsum Imperium & Dark Revolution So La. The emphasis appears to be more on ciders and the craft beer selection. Ciders were Purbeck Joe's Dry, Katy Perry & Bushey Berry, Thistly Cross Whisky Cask, Iford New Tradition, Bumble Bee Jungel, SeaCider Lemon Meringue & Farmer Jim's Rhubarb Bob. Craft beers were Ora N17, Wild Beer Nanola, Anspach & Hobday Sticke Bier, Double-Barrelled Have Your Heard About the Brindle Whippet & Vault City Strawberry Sundae, with Bumble Bee Craft Somerset Cider also on keg.
Bench seating can be found along either side, stretching back beyond the bar into the far right-hand corner, with the bar itself being to the rear left. The barmaid couldn't locate the one cider I ordered from the cold room, but she seemed friendly enough, whilst customers also were happy to engage in conversation.
On 10th November 2022
- rating: 7
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- Accommodation : No last updated 20 June 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 07 July 2024 by paulof horsham
- CAMRA Discount : Yes - 30p per pint - last updated 18 October 2015 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 20 June 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Hot Food : No last updated 20 June 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Jukebox : No last updated 20 June 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 20 June 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Micropub : Yes last updated 20 June 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Pool Table : No last updated 07 July 2024 by paulof horsham
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 20 June 2015 by Pub SignMan
- Real Cider : Yes last updated 20 June 2015 by Pub SignMan
