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Submitted on Tuesday, 4th December 2018
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Newsroom, Matlock
Matlock
DE4 3FQ
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Reviews of Newsroom (Average Rating: 7½ of 10) see review guidelines
ROB Camra left this review about Newsroom
A very good micropub up the extremely steep Bank Road. This one is worth the climb up on its own unlike the nearby Farmacy. No coaches during our Sunday afternoon visit, but there wouldn't have been any room for them anyway. Ms CAMRA grabbed the last table for two whilst I went to the bar. Four handpumps, all with beer on. I went for the Nailmaker Citra which was excellent, Ms CAMRA had a half of the same. I also enjoyed a half of Lenton Lane Watson which was also in good nick. A busy and buzzy micropub with friendly and efficient staff and loads of dogs. What's not to like?
On 5th July 2023
- rating: 8
[User has posted 3224 recommendations about 3135 pubs]
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Ian Mapp left this review about Newsroom (Armitts)
Smaller Micro pub, which was winner of drink of the night.
An excellent New Bristol Brewery Twice Upon a Time IPA. A heavy 8.5%.
GBG 2022.... notable for the range of bottles/cans on shelves - making it part offlicence, part pub.
Obviously run by enthusiasts.
On 27th September 2022
- rating: 7
[User has posted 1338 recommendations about 1324 pubs]
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Will Larter left this review about Newsroom (Armitts)
Developed from a newsagents and off licence, whose headboard still adorns the front of the building, and now sporting a large bar counter with four hand pumps. A board on the back wall has six keg fonts ("craft", lager and cider) and there are shelves of bottles and cans too. The friendly owner is pleasantly surprised at how busy it's been, with not just locals and regulars but coachloads of beer trippers pulling up and frequent emergency dashes to find more chairs. My first visit, on a quiet, dank Tuesday when a temperature inversion had shrouded the whole dale in dense mist, I went for Sarah Hughes Surprise 5%, which was in superb condition although not really to my taste. Later in the week I was here on a busy Saturday afternoon with a couple of drinking mates, and we all enjoyed the beers that we had here; my Burton Bridge Bitter 4.2% could not have been better. The pub has a slightly rough, unfinished feel to it, with patches of bare brick intermingled with freshly painted plasterwork, but this gives it character in my view, and I like it. (Those who are not into climbing steep hills are advised to catch the X17 bus from Chesterfield - stopping at the eastern end of Smedley Street - rather than coming by train up the valley.)
On 14th December 2018
- rating: 8
[User has posted 3745 recommendations about 3482 pubs]
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- Accommodation : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Bar Billiards : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Beer Festivals : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Beer Garden : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- CAMRA Discount : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Car Park : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Child Friendly : Yes last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Darts : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Dog Friendly : Yes last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Function Room : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Hot Food : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Jukebox : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Karaoke : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Live Music : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Live TV Sports : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Micropub : Yes last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Pinball : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Pool Table : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Quiz Night : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Real Ale : Yes last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Real Cider : No last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- Wheelchair Access : Yes last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
- WiFi : Yes last updated 30 March 2023 by ROB Camra
