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The Newsroom (Free House)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Brass Castle - Misfit (Centennial & Chinook)Excellent1
Alter Ego - IncognitoNot Tried0
Marble - Manchester BitterNot Tried0
Wilde Child - Insatiable CircumstanceNot Tried0

Visits Details

25 Mar 2022 (Magnus Greel)
Mid evening busy but with a couple of free tables dotted about we opted for the one by the bar. Friendly welcome and despite busy serving folk the owner found time to chat to us.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Brass Castle - Misfit (Centennial & Chinook)4.30ExcellentThe dry hoppy and fruitiness flavours of the combined Centennial and Chinook hops worked really well.
Marble - Manchester Bitter4.20Not Tried
Wilde Child - Insatiable Circumstance5.10Not Tried
Alter Ego - Incognito5.80Not Tried

About The Newsroom

Summary of Beer Scores

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Website.

The pub is found in Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3FQ.

This smart conversion from a newsagent to a micropub in Smedley Street East opened in July 2018. An L-shaped room with some exposed brickwork and renovated sash windows. There are four real ales from interesting local and sometimes national micro-breweries. There are plans to introduce a real cider. A half a dozen craft ales normally feature a stout and a lager - at least one will be KeyKeg but you will need to confirm with the bar staff. Mark (the owner) is also building the bottled beer side of the business back to the levels when he was a newsagent/off-licence and currently stocks upwards of 60 different beers for drink in or take away.

We have visited this pub once, seen 4 different beers and tried 1 of them.

Map location

Postcode: DE4 3FQ