Am going to the Pickering Traction Engine Rally next week, are there any good pubs near the showground or in Pickering itself and what beers may they have on? Location would be a help ie street/road name etc.
Peter
A subject close to my heart. I visit Pickering frequently for steam railway and gateway to Moors and cannot understand why Pickering has such crap pubs.
The GBG lists Royal Oak at Eastgate YO18 7DW (roundabout at edge of town centre when arriving from show ground). I'm not impressed. Often found it with no guest (only John Smith) and quality on occasions has been, er, interesting. Food is very basic pub grub, if you like chips and that sort of thing. If the guest is on and drinkable it could be from interesting micro.
I would drink in White Swan, Market Place, YO18 7AA (main shopping street right in centre). Not yer basic boozer! The tiny bar is the cocktail bar of the expensive hotel, but casual beer drinkers are welcome. It will have two or three local beers (e.g. Black Sheep, Cropton, Hambleton) in good condition and not at too silly prices you would expect for such an environment. Food is good, but at a price you would expect for such a hotel.
Other pubs offer national brands, but the quality is very variable.
It's a 20 to 30 minute walk from centre, but I often head to Middleton (first village towards Helmsley). The no-smoking pub:
The other problem in this region is the tradition to knock the shit out of the beer and present you with a glass of foam. Perseverance can get you something approaching a pint.
David
Assuming it hasn't moved, the showground is some way out of town - it is walkable, but a bit of a trek. I've never really found an exciting pub in Pickering.
The other problem in this region is people from regions that don't have beers brewed to be served with a foamy head asking for a pint that is served "flat" and then bitching that it tastes funny.
While I personally tend to go for the non-head pint I do appreciate that some beers taste naff when served without the device to "knock the shit out of the beer" - Tetley bitter being one such.
In message , Steven Pampling wrote
If a beer tastes naff then it is probably naff irrespective of the method of dispense.
Often the judgement on a beer is down to personal taste. I have recently attended a festival where, within a small group of friends, the same beer has been described as crap or superb.
I now personally reserve the description of crap to beer that has gone off rather than one that is not to my taste.
I often visit my local pub and after being warned by one of the regulars that the beer tastes unpleasant I will buy a pint knowing that he doesn't like those 'funny beers with American hops.'
I have yet to be convinced on my tasting of any beer that serving it with a large head does anything to enhance the flavour. Artificial large heads are more to do with obtaining money for short measure from gullible drinkers than improving the taste of the beer.
A long walk or a short car ride from the showground............................
School House Inn, LOW MARISHES, YO17 6RJ The Beers Black Sheep Best Bitter; Hambleton Stallion, Nightmare; Tetley Bitter; guest beers The Pub Cosy, multi-roomed pub offering excellent food. This wonderful unspoilt inn is a little off the beaten track but well worth finding. Eat in the dining room or conservatory and take drinks out onto the patio. Pool and darts are available in the games room, along with three on-line computers. Children (and dogs) are welcome here.
In message , whitelee writes
Last time I went , there was a beer tent at the , however they used Illegal Plastic glasses.
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