点评:This was a difficult one for me to give a rating to as I wasn’t that enamoured by the pub itself. Although there has been a pub on this site since the mid-19th century the current outside vista is pretty unimpressive as it is a modern estate-style rebuild of c.1957, with the exception of the outside wall mural by the bike racks that depicts the inside of the public bar on the outside. And inside the main public bar gives the feeling of a bland estate pub room, even despite the impressive Maypole mural on the far wall and the large beer chalk board on another. And then the separate lounge bar round the back reminded me more of a media company works canteen with its gaudy coloured seating all set for dining. The one bit of the pub I did like was ironically the covered outside section with its grey tables and chairs seating, which I can imagine is a good spot for a pint on a late evening when all the assorted fairy lights are in use.
What I was very enamoured with however was the impressive drinks offerings and the congenial landlord, who was just about everything you could want in a “mine host”.
On the beer front the bar supports 8 ale pumps and some 12 craft keg taps, and behind the serving bar was one of the most impressive selections of available gins I have ever seen. The available ales for our visit were New River Brewery Blind Poet Porter, Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde Mild, Old Brown Mouse Best Bitter from the Three Blind Mice Brewery, Nene Valley Brewing Chestnut Bitter, Tydd Steam Piston Bob best Bitter, Grain Brewing Oak light Bitter and Oakham’s Citra and Mompessons Gold Amber Ale. So, a good selection of different beer styles handily arranged from dark to golden as you go from right to left on the pumps. This was my first visit here so not sure if that was a permanent thing or I was just lucky, but it was a bloody convenient way of presenting a decent line up.
This free house is family run and the current landlord has taken over the running from his father (of Italian origin, hence the slant of the food menu) and is already grooming his son and daughter for succession. A very good host who informed us that our next pub (The Champion of the Thames) had just been awarded the local CAMRA branch POTY award.
I struggled to score this one but think I should overcome my dislike of the pub interior itself and give it the five stars it’s drinks selection and congenial family ownership probably deserves.
翻译:对我来说,给这家酒吧打分有点困难,因为我对这家酒吧本身并不怎么着迷。虽然自 19 世纪中叶以来,这里就有一家酒吧,但目前外面的景色相当不起眼,因为它是 1957 年左右的现代庄园风格重建,除了自行车架旁的外墙壁画,描绘了外面公共酒吧的内部。主公共酒吧内部给人一种平淡无奇的庄园酒吧的感觉,尽管远处墙上有令人印象深刻的五月花柱壁画,另一面墙上有一块巨大的啤酒黑板。然后,后面的独立酒廊让我想起了一家媒体公司的工作食堂,里面摆满了色彩鲜艳的座位,供用餐。酒吧里唯一让我喜欢的部分具有讽刺意味的是,有顶棚的室外区域有灰色的桌椅座位,我可以想象,当深夜里各种各样的仙女灯都亮着时,这里是喝杯啤酒的好地方。
然而,让我非常着迷的是令人印象深刻的饮料供应和和蔼可亲的店主,他几乎是您对“矿场主人”的所有期望。
在啤酒方面,酒吧支持 8 个啤酒泵和大约 12 个精酿啤酒桶龙头,服务吧台后面是我见过的最令人印象深刻的杜松子酒选择之一。我们访问时可用的啤酒有 New River Brewery Blind Poet Porter、Mighty Oak Oscar Wilde Mild、来自 Three Blind Mice Brewery 的 Old Brown Mouse Best Bitter、Nene Valley Brewing Chestnut Bitter、Tydd Steam Piston Bob best Bitter、Grain Brewing Oak light Bitter 和 Oakham’s Citra 和 Mompessons Gold Amber Ale。因此,从右到左,从深色到金色,各种不同风格的啤酒可供选择。这是我第一次来这里,所以不确定这是永久性的还是我只是运气好,但这是一种非常方便的方式来展示一个不错的阵容。
这家免费的房子是家庭经营的,现任房东从他的父亲(意大利裔,因此菜单偏向意大利)手中接过了经营权,并已经在培养他的儿子和女儿接班。一位非常好的主人告诉我们,我们下一家酒吧(泰晤士河冠军)刚刚获得了当地 CAMRA 分会 POTY 奖。
我很难给这家酒吧打分,但我想我应该克服对酒吧内部装饰的厌恶,给它五颗星,因为它的饮品选择和和蔼可亲的家庭经营可能值得。