Pub Of The Month - October 2014

[ROBCamra]

[Mobyduck]

Have been lucky enough to visit a good few excellent pubs in the past month,and several would have taken the prize in a different month and may do so in the future, but the one that really turned my head this month was The Masons Arms, a good looking pub inside and out and and ticked all the boxes including the beer, will certainly be revisited.

[Bucking Fastard]

Organ Grinder,Loughborough

Beeston has some great pubs ,but this place managed to top them.Excellent ale quality,friendly and lively I find it very hard to leave,and will be back shortly.There is a sign on the door saying "No pub crawls and no fancy dress " but I cant believe they would turn away a PuG visitation .It may just have been more PC that having a sign saying "No students" !

[Aqualung]

Despite my visit to Wales nothing (apart from the Wolverhampton Great Western on the way back) topped the Rising Sun in Berkhamsted. This is a great unspoilt pub away from the town centre on the banks of the canal. Although it's away from the centre it is still quite close to the Railway Station. It only sells up to six beers so may be better described as a cider house as I think the geezer behind the bar said they had over twenty.
I gave it a ten and wish I had left more time to stay but will definitely return giving Milton Keynes a miss and maybe trying the ciders.


POTM The Rising Sun Berkhamsted

[ROBCamra]

A difficult choice this month with visits to Sheffield & Newcastle the KIT, Fat Cat & Shakespeare in Sheffield excelled as usual.

The Crown Posada, Bridge (both of them) and the City Tavern in Newcastle were very good.

I'm going for one of two newly visited bars in Newcastle.

The Trent House was great if you like student pubs.

But the winner is going to be The Hop & Cleaver. A brand new bar getting everything right.

I had 4 pints in here over our 2 days in Newcastle and given the competition that's a testament to how much I liked it.

[Thuck Phat]

I completely agree with Mr Fastard on The Organ Grinder but to add variety, POTM goes to The Star in Beeston.
Refurbished and reopened earlier this year it offers a great range of ales and combined with The Victoria and The Crown makes Beeston well worth a visit.

[oldboots]

Unlike some a fairly easy choice: The Beer Engine visited a few days after Will L'. Tiny but perfectly formed.

[aleandhearty]

Wonder of wonders, I actually went into 12 pubs last month, some more than once. From such a feast,I commend two:The Old Hill Inn, and this pub-http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/42647/ (The Chequers, Ledsham).
Both are fine pubs, but my vote goes to the Chequers, if only because it stocked a Yorkshire grown green hop ale.

Glad you got to The Chequers Inn in the end and enjoyed it. Your nomination is a timely reminder that we haven't been in a while.