Horse & Groom (Bartsch Inns)



Visits Details
29 Oct 2015 (HSB)
17:00 My first visit here. Very impressed. Lovely bar back. We sat in the snug.
Castle Rock - Harvest Pale | 3.80 |  | |
Batemans - XB | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Everards (see entries against Joule's & Robinsons from now on) - Beacon Hill (was Beacon) | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Timothy Taylor - Golden Best | 3.50 | Not Tried | |
Wadworth - Cooper's Vice | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
21 Aug 2015 (ChrisE)
We found out the hard way that this pub now opens at 4pm (one of the problems of using a 2011 local guide book) so we went up the road to the Lion and returned once the pub was open. A good welcoming pub. The full beer list was as already entered by Jason.
Wentworth - Lincoln Imperial Ale | 3.80 |  | Superb session beer. I am becoming quite a fan of Wentworth ales. |
21 Aug 2015 (Magnus Greel)
Mid afternoon one other customer. Friendly comfortable and welcoming.
Castle Rock - Screech Owl | 5.50 |  | Malty and frothy. |
Castle Rock - Harvest Pale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
St Austell - Tribute | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Thwaites - Nutty Black | 3.30 | Not Tried | |
Wentworth - Lincoln Imperial Ale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Fuggle Bunny - Hazy Sumner Days | 4.30 | Not Tried | |
29 Mar 2014 (ChrisE)
I had read in a new edition of the local CAMRA magazine that Shipstone's Nottingham Bitter was being brewed by former Shippo's brewer Colin Brown at the Belvoir Brewery, and I thought that this would be a good place to try and find it. Fortunately I guessed correctly and was told that he may start brewing in part of the old Shipstone's Brewery next door. It will be interesting to see if this happens, I hope it does.
Belvoir - Shipstone's Original Amber Bitter | 3.80 |  | A good tasty proper bitter that I would have thought was a I am sure it is a good match for the old Shippo's but it very many years since I last drank it that I can't say for certain. |
Kelham Island - Pale Rider | 5.20 | Not Tried | |
Castle Rock - Harvest Pale | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Caythorpe - Stout Fellow | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Bradfield - Brown Cow | 4.20 | Not Tried | |
Marston's - Hallertau Mittelfruh | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
Flipside - Flipping Best | 4.60 | Not Tried | |
28 Apr 2012 (Martin the Mildman)
A big party going on in the function room, but rest of pub was quiet on a Saturday afternoon.
Nottingham - Rock Mild | 3.80 |  | A good sample here of this black mild. Intense roast and chocolate malt flavours giving quite a bitter kick to the beer, but a little caramel to take the edge off. A little hop in the finish. My score 16/20. |
15 Mar 2011 (ChrisE)
I really enjoyed this place, but it was sad to see the old Shipstone's Brewery no longer used for its intended purpose.
Grainstore - BBB (Bunny Brown's Bitter) | 4.20 |  | |
Caledonian - Deuchars IPA | 3.80 | Not Tried | |
Springhead - Roaring Meg | 5.50 | Not Tried | |
Titanic - New World | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Brains - Bitter | 3.70 | Not Tried | |
Castle Rock - Preservation Fine Ale | 4.40 | Not Tried | |
Magpie - Midnight Porter | 5.00 | Not Tried | |
Flipside - Denomination | 4.00 | Not Tried | |
22 May 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Oldershaw - Grantham Dark | 3.60 |  | Excellent quality here, giving a smooth well rounded taste to this ruby mild. Sweetish caramel and toffee malt flavours are tempered by a little hoppiness in the finish. My score 16/20. |
10 May 2010 (Martin the Mildman)
Belvoir - Dark Horse | 3.40 |  | Very bitter from roast/burnt malt flavours. Not normally as bitter as this so hope it's just a one off. My score 14/20 (normally gets 16-17). |