This was a fun evening! Starting off with a quick pint at The Phantom Coach on their way home, the Pandas were disappointed to find out that they’d had to withdraw their student card offer several months early due to people abusing the system. However after a quick chat with the duty manager we were informed that there would be a new, more secure student card system set to be operational next academic year, which we look forward to making use of! For now we satisfied ourselves with a half of Somesby cider for AR while MJ raised of glass of Wells Bombardier to Rick Mayall (a bang on tribute he thought). As usual here the beer was good quality and well looked after, even though they don’t have the widest selection. When we’ve eaten here before we’ve loved the food, so hopefully we’ll be back soon to give an expanded review.
Later on, it was MJ’s night out with the reprobates that stood him up a fortnight ago, and this time they did eventually turn up at the Broomfield Tavern, although only after MJ had enjoyed a very nice pint of Wychwood’s Full Brazilian, which is a light and refreshing seasonal beer brewed in commemoration of the World Cup. The pub was quite busy, having recently acquired a darts team, and they had their usual alternate Thursday evening guitar/banjo entertainment, so we enjoyed sitting outside opposite the park. Sitting here, watching trains go over the viaduct on the Coventry to Nuneaton line with few tall buildings in sight it’s easy to see why the pub bills itself as the Country Pub in the City. Moving through the ale pumps, MJ next had a pint of Summer Lightning by Hop Back Brewery, which is another light hoppy beer, packed full of dry bitterness. Then it was on to Guzzler by York brewery, which is unusual to find in the Midlands, and again is a pale ale with stronger malty taste balanced well against hops.
After exhausting the selection at the Broomfield it was on to the Hearsall Inn for a couple more. First off the bat at this Irish themed pub was their own microbrew – Chapelfields Bitter. This beer is a very nice, standard bitter with slightly fruity taste, and it’s always nice to see pubs branching out and trying their own beers. After this there was just time for a quick pint of Bass (named after the original brewer, although now owned by Anheuser-Busch of Budweiser fame), which needs no description being available in one form or another since 1777 and now found in pubs across the country. It’s smooth taste was just what was needed to finish the night off, all that was left to do was stagger home (via the chippy of course)…
MJ
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