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The Bottle of Sack (Lloyds No. 1 {Wetherspoon sub-brand})

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Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Banks's - Saint Archer Brewery Pale AleExcellent2
Davenport's - Red BaronGood1
Wadworth - Fat Head's Rocket ManGood1
Wolf - Woild MoildGood2
Batemans - Cervecería Fort Barcelona Pale AleGood1
Ramsbury - Chalk StreamGood1
Harviestoun - SchiehallionAcceptable1
Greene King - AbbotAcceptable1
Beowulf - Finn's Hall PorterNot Tried0
Beowulf - Dragonsmoke StoutNot Tried0

Visits Details

30 Jul 2016 (Dosser)
Dirty un clean wetherspoons. And a lot more expensive than Margate. Bar staff totally disinterested tonight.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Harviestoun - Schiehallion4.80AcceptableSecond pint without sparkler better
31 Dec 2015 (Dosser)
Busy
BeerABVScoreNotes
Davenport's - Red Baron4.80GoodNot bad. Not many decent beers on tonight. Too many not available
22 Jun 2015 (Dosser)
Prices up here.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Batemans - Cervecería Fort Barcelona Pale Ale5.00Good
09 Mar 2015 (Dosser)
Afternoon visit. Outside it said beers £2.20 to £2.30 but inside the beowulf beers, a local brewery had prices of £2.60 to £2.90 and all at 5% or less. Decided not to try one.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Beowulf - Dragonsmoke Stout4.70Not Tried
Beowulf - Finn's Hall Porter4.70Not Tried
20 Nov 2014 (Dosser)
Not a great selection
BeerABVScoreNotes
Greene King - Abbot5.00AcceptableTired
11 Jun 2014 (Dosser)
Chicken club Same boring beers. Charged me 1.95 instead of the 2.20 yesterday
BeerABVScoreNotes
Wolf - Woild Moild4.80GoodTasted better as it was cheaper!!
10 Jun 2014 (Dosser)
Lots of kids in bar.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Wolf - Woild Moild4.80Good
03 May 2014 (Dosser)
Too many available soon. The other wetherspoon is the potential.learn from them please
BeerABVScoreNotes
Banks's - Saint Archer Brewery Pale Ale5.50ExcellentNice beer
01 May 2014 (Dosser)
Few good beers and mixed crowd
BeerABVScoreNotes
Banks's - Saint Archer Brewery Pale Ale5.50ExcellentQuality beer at 1'70 a pint with voucher
Wadworth - Fat Head's Rocket Man5.20GoodNot my sort of beer
06 May 2013 (Dosser)
Busy. Lots of available soon. The beer I had ran out and instead of turning the pump clip around they added an available soon sign. So wrong!!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Ramsbury - Chalk Stream5.00Good

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About The Bottle of Sack

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional-
Excellent13
Good17
Acceptable5
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1QG.

In Birmingham Road, the name of this Wetherspoon pub comes from a quote in Shakespeare's play Henry IV, 'fill me a bottle of sack: our soldiers shall march through; we'll to Sutton Co'fil' tonight'. Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, was a member of a leading local family.

We have visited this pub 25 times, seen 28 different beers and tried 26 of them.

Map location

Postcode: B72 1QG