Peacock Reopens

Aug 21, 2003 2 Replies
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The former GBG and Pub of the Year winning Peacock Inn at Forhill, Worcestershire which lies close to the Birmingham border has reopened after an extended period of closure. Fully refurbished as a "Chef and Brewer" the interior has been done up without spoiling the layout. The public bar along with the tiled floor remains though everything is much smarter with candles on every table. A big improvement is the removal of dining only areas though food is served throughout. Beers are Enville Ale, Hobsons BB and Pedigree plus two guests (Eagle IPA and Cains on my last visit). The sting however comes in the prices...



Eagle IPA 3.6% £2.12 Pedigree 4.5% £2.40 Cains FA 5% £2.56 Enville Ale 4.5% £2.40 Hobsons BB 3.8% £2.24



No doubt a bargain for some here but much higher than the local average including the GBG listed Coach & Horses down the road (Weatheroak Ales).


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I have fond memories of an afternoon my wife and I spent at the Peacock back in 1999. We were heading from Horndean to Cambridge for the beer festival in May that year. I decided we would take a convoluted way of getting there so that we could check out the pub of the year. When we arrived we almost immediately struck up conversation with some locals. We had a lovely afternoon of pints, food and chatting (there was even a black dog who did tricks). One of the locals was even nice enough to let us follow him home and gave us directions from there to get to our accomodations that night (the Forrest Hotel in Dorridge, West Midlands).

In fact thank you very much Bret as it was your posting to the group then that tipped me off to the Peacock.

Cheers, Bruce CAMRA member from New Jersey

P.S. Has the Forrest Hotel gone downhill? It's no longer listed in the GBG. Had great pints of Bass the night I stayed there but it was way too smokey for my wife.

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Dogs are now banned from the "bar" and also the garden as well!

Sorry Bruce, the only Forrest I know, lies at junction 1 of the M42 and has never been in the GBG.

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