Pubs Galore Activity for Saturday, 23 March 2019

Activity for 23^rd March 2019

10 recommendations submitted on the day.

	The Walnut Tree (JD Wetherspoon) E11 › London (Greater) Recommended by Moby Duck	Formulaic Spoons, what you see is what you get, although my ELB Peacock was decent enough, the only reason I found myself here was born of the convenience of being open before other nearby pubs, ordinarily I wouldn't bother.
	Bradford Arms Bolton › Manchester (Greater) Recommended by ROB Camra	Tried to visit last night, but it's closed with rubbish strewn all over the car park. The regulars next door in the Bridgewater tell me that it's been bought and is to be converted into flats.
	The Birds E11 › London (Greater) Recommended by Moby Duck	This pub is of course perfectly described by Rex below and unchanged a year on. It tries to do "quirky" but doesn't quite manage to pull it off.Just the two cask beers on, Five Points XPA and Railway Porter,despite the former being in good form the p... [more>]
	The Red Lion E11 › London (Greater) Recommended by Moby Duck	Large corner pub, opened out inside with a bit of a gastro feel. Ten handpumps on the go and my Five points Pale was decent enough. The pub itself was ,on my visit far to rammed to enjoy.
	The Leyton Star E15 › London (Greater) Recommended by Moby Duck	A single large room, hockey stick shaped, several TV screens were showing the Leyton Orient home game taking place just up the road, at this point I realised my school boy error and soon the early kick off finished and the pub very quickly got mobbed... [more>]
	Shinfield Arms Reading › Berkshire Recommended by Moby Duck	Modernised foody pub, Greene King owned so I was prepared for disappointment on the ale front, it was good prep as the four handpumps offered up GK IPA, Belhaven Grand Slam , Yardbird and the intriguing (not) Black Boy Bitter 3.9 %, I had Guinness. N... [more>]
	The Shovel Inn Stourbridge › West Midlands Recommended by Real Ale Ray	Twelve pumps, with 11 ales and one cider on our Sunday Lunchtime visit. I went for the Salopian Kangaroo, whilst Mrs A went for the Elementary, a collaboration between Ambridge John & Shovel Inn Steve. Both of which were excellent beers and in top co... [more>]
	Dept. of Meat & Social Affairs Northampton › Northamptonshire Recommended by Komakino .	A great name for a bar-cum-restaurant whose menu is chock-a-block full of burgers, hotdogs, wings and ribs, with appropriate sides to match (the Mighty Meat Trays look to be Man vs Food-esque). Opposite the Albion Brewery Bar, this has a small "again... [more>]
	Hero of Switzerland SW9 › London (Greater) Recommended by Rex Rattus	There's no real ale here, notwithstanding two unused handpumps in both the saloon and public bars. There was no sign of any food on Saturday afternoon. I had a half of keg Yardbird Pale, at £2.20. This pub is now on CAMRA's Regional Inventory of pub... [more>]
	London Beer Lab Tap SW9 › London (Greater) Recommended by Rex Rattus	CARD ONLY PAYMENT. This is a craft beer micro-brewery tap tucked away under a railway arch near Brixton Rd, thus doesn't sell real ale. The beers are still helpfully listed on a chalkboard behind the "servery". But unfortunately I didn't have a way o... [more>]