Nice pubs in Leicester

[Trav Le Bleu]

Are there any pubs offering a free pint every time we score this Saturday?

[Lako42]

11 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Are there any pubs offering a free pint every time we score this Saturday?

Yes all of them 

[Stadt]

Ale Wagon was great today. Cask selection as strong as ever, the Charnwood guest ale was tasty (not blue fox).

Edited 15 February by Stadt

[CosbehFox]

10 hours ago, Stadt said:

Ale Wagon was great today. Cask selection as strong as ever, the Charnwood guest ale was tasty (not blue fox).

Well, the Wagon had Bathams on! Sadly being with the missus, I wasn’t going to bring her into 1954 time warp that is the Wagon but what an opportunity missed to drink the Black Country nectar 
 

 

[UniFox21]

On 11/02/2025 at 12:22, SemperEadem said:

The Rutland & Derby is having a refurb.

Interested what they'll do to it. Wasn't a big fan of the vibe of the place

[accessory]

On 11/02/2025 at 13:18, RoboFox said:

In fact, the area around DMU seems completely devoid of any pubs and bars at all now.

Swan and Rushes, Bowling Green, The Charlotte, The Quay, that weird Glo bar that used to be there. All gone. 

 

Seems to be just Riley's sports bar and Soar Point left. 

 

The fvck are students doing nowadays? Studying?

 

 

The Robert Peel's still about, though.

 

It was my venue of choice for a lunchtime tipple while working at DMU back in the day.

[SemperEadem]

The Hind has had another paint job outside.

[westernpark]

13 hours ago, Stadt said:

Ale Wagon was great today. Cask selection as strong as ever, the Charnwood guest ale was tasty (not blue fox).

I go there quite often as opposite my office. Some people don’t like the beer but I think they’re just not big fans of cask. They always have something new on and that’s a bonus if you’re a keen ticker like myself.

[Stadt]

1 hour ago, westernpark said:

I go there quite often as opposite my office. Some people don’t like the beer but I think they’re just not big fans of cask. They always have something new on and that’s a bonus if you’re a keen ticker like myself.

Welcome break from the swathe of big standard selection pubs. Even the two BCA pubs don’t have as wide a range and I’m not bothered by craft either so I enjoy it a lot.

[westernpark]

4 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Welcome break from the swathe of big standard selection pubs. Even the two BCA pubs don’t have as wide a range and I’m not bothered by craft either so I enjoy it a lot.

I do like craft but I never get a pint of it. I can savour a pint for forty minutes after work, decompress and go home. Ale wagon is perfect for that. Some outstanding scenes in midweek also, quite often they’ll be about 6/7 blokes all there by themselves, reading their papers in a row. Unique in the city.

[Wolfox]

5 hours ago, Stadt said:

Welcome break from the swathe of big standard selection pubs. Even the two BCA pubs don’t have as wide a range and I’m not bothered by craft either so I enjoy it a lot.

 

5 hours ago, westernpark said:

I do like craft but I never get a pint of it. I can savour a pint for forty minutes after work, decompress and go home. Ale wagon is perfect for that. Some outstanding scenes in midweek also, quite often they’ll be about 6/7 blokes all there by themselves, reading their papers in a row. Unique in the city.

Interesting…. It’s not just me then!

 

The classroom is my local and my lad works there occasionally…. Lovely place, but I can’t get on with the beers and finding myself drinking lager….

Overly sweet craft beer can be totally undrinkable to my pallet…. Anything beyond a couple of sips and I’m done…

 

I’ve also found myself drifting to darker ales…. My default is a nice golden beer, but I’m enjoying amber more and more….  3.8% - 4.2% is my sweet spot…. 
 

Langton Brewery does stunning beer and I just got a crate of Abbeydale Moonshine in cans delivered - nectar!

[CosbehFox]

Braybrooke Taproom opens Friday - looks like 11am till 6pm, supplemented by food vendors 

[SemperEadem]

Will aim to do Black Horse, Castle, Cherry Tree before onto Duffy's on Friday afternoon with a lad over from Bochum.

[Finnaldo]

10 minutes ago, SemperEadem said:

Will aim to do Black Horse, Castle, Cherry Tree before onto Duffy's on Friday afternoon with a lad over from Bochum.

Did exactly did run (well, in order Cherry Tree, Castle, Black Horse then Duffy’s due shenanigans) on Saturday  

 

Considered doing a summer crawl this year, minus Duffy’s and then Ale Wagon, the Marquis and finishing off at the Old Horse.

[CosbehFox]

Don't think I published the Leicester crawl we did Man City at home 

 

The Globe

Wygston House 

Salmon 

The Castle 

Black Horse

 

Queens Road Tap 

Clarendon

Black Horse

Marquis

Kings Head

Katie O'B

Tonne 

 

Being a Sunday, the pickings were slim towards the end in town 

Edited 17 February by CosbehFox

[westernpark]

Looks like The Friary has closed down. 
And Brewdog building looks it’s being turned into a Bar/Lounge according to the signage.

Edited 17 February by westernpark
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[SemperEadem]

The Castle is magnificent.

 

I always seem to time a visit to the Cherry Tree badly with the bass being off.

[Wolfox]

31 minutes ago, SemperEadem said:

The Castle is magnificent.

 

I always seem to time a visit to the Cherry Tree badly with the bass being off.

When it’s good it’s very good…. But I’ve had a couple of iffy pints and the odd occasion when it’s run out 

[westernpark]

Moving to Stoneygate this week. Looking forward to being in very walkable distance to The Cradock, real ale classroom, Queens Road Tap and The Clarendon. Not to forget The Offie. Nearest ‘acceptable’ boozer to Western Park has always been the Black Horse- still a thirty minute walk.

[RonnieTodger]

Black Horse in Aylestone is a cracker 

[boots60]

1 hour ago, westernpark said:

Moving to Stoneygate this week. Looking forward to being in very walkable distance to The Cradock, real ale classroom, Queens Road Tap and The Clarendon. Not to forget The Offie. Nearest ‘acceptable’ boozer to Western Park has always been the Black Horse- still a thirty minute walk.

Dos Hermanos for a 'Latin' vibe

[Soar Fox]

1 hour ago, RonnieTodger said:

Black Horse in Aylestone is a cracker 

Lovely in the summer and do some cracking food. 

[Stadt]

Black Horse feels very unlike a Leicester pub imo and it’s all the better for it. Unique exterior and interior with the Toby jugs and other ornamental knick-knacks, old school toilets, comedy venue and food.

[Stadt]

When did the Kings Heqd get the standard BCA refurb? Not as garish as the Salmon but the busy wallpaper, upholstery and carpet is too much.

[accessory]

On 23/02/2025 at 18:57, SemperEadem said:

The Castle is magnificent.

 

I always seem to time a visit to the Cherry Tree badly with the bass being off.

It's been happening there since the 1980s at least.

 

One of the reasons why I head for the Salmon when I'm in that part of town.