The Crafty Crow on Friar Lane in sight of Nottingham Castle is one of the newer pubs on the Real Ale and Craft Beer scene in Nottingham. We have been in for a beer on a few occasions over the last couple of weeks and it is fair to say that they have a decent selection of real…
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Waiting for our Prescriptions at the Doctor’s Orders Micropub
The Doctor’s Orders on Mansfield road is a pub or rather ‘micropub’ set in an old Doctors Surgery. This last Friday we found ourselves inside by the prescription window for our weekly dose of ale served in the waiting room alongside the other ‘patients’. OK enough of the doctors practice references now. It is not…
Pulled Pork Sandwich at Langtrys
Langtrys Pub in Nottingham is up on South Sherwood Street right next to the Cornerhouse Centre and across the road from the Royal Centre. It is another of those pubs that we use as a regular meeting point before a Friday night food or beer hunt and for some bizarre reason have never got around…
The Salutation Inn – ‘a quick stop along the Route to Real Ale’
The Salutation Inn on Maid Marian Way in Nottingham City Centre is described in the NET “Discover the Route to Real Ale” guide as “An historical white two story multi-roomed building dating from around 1240 AD“. I did use to frequent this pub quite a bit on a Friday or Saturday night in my younger…
“All Hail the Ale!” The Ye Olde Trip Real Ale Festival
Over this weekend the Olde Trip to Jerusalem pub in Nottingham is hosting a Beer Festival featuring 23 different beers and a few ciders from a number of the local breweries. Notable inclusions from Nottinghamshire are from the Nottingham, Magpie, Milestone, Mallard, Maypole, and the Blue Monkey Breweries. Together with other offerings from a little…
Fellows for a pint before the football
It all started off so well, I arrived at the Fellows, Morton, and Clayton Pub just before 7pm, got myself a pint, and settled down to peruse the food specials board. I was genuinely surprised to see some really quite tempting options on there, the two that stood out were an “8hr slow cooked ox…