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Vine (Bull & Bladder) (Batham's)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Batham - Best BitterExcellent4
Batham - Mild AleExcellent4
Batham - XXXNot Tried0
Picture 1. Vine (Bull & Bladder), Brierley Hill, West Midlands

Visits Details

10 Sep 2021 (Magnus Greel)
Just after lunchtime opening busy in the left side bar so we occupied the empty small room along the corridor. Top marks to the purple rinse barmaid 'you want a pint of crap then'.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Batham - Best Bitter4.30GoodTraditional cooking bitter
Batham - Mild Ale3.50Not Tried
27 Nov 2014 (ChrisE)
Stopped here for some lunch (faggots, chips and mushy peas for £3.50)the pub was busy and welcoming as usual.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Batham - Mild Ale3.50ExcellentSuperb traditional Black Country mild.
Batham - Best Bitter4.30Not Tried
Batham - XXX6.30Not Tried
14 Jul 2014 (Philip Pirrip)
Evening. Has to be visited periodically just to remind oneself how a traditional Black Country boozer can be. A pint of bitter, a pork pie with home made chutney and a double handful sized cheese and onion cob roll for £4.95 - almost the archetypal change from a fiver for the tram home!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Batham - Best Bitter4.30ExcellentOne to drown in
Batham - Mild Ale3.50GoodMuch more bitter than I expected
24 Apr 2013 (Bear & Ragged Staff)
Must be one of the most iconic pubs in the country. Lots of visitors,surprisingly reluctant to venture into the bar. Cracking pork pies.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Batham - Best Bitter4.30ExceptionalSimply the best beer of its type. A traditional black country bitter, malty and bitter / sweet. Crystal clear, well presented, thin head, good body, perfectly balanced. Absolutely superb.
Batham - Mild Ale3.50ExcellentEasy going mild with outstanding flavours.
05 May 2011 (ChrisE)
I just love this place, it is everything a pub should be. We visited early on a Thursday evening and enjoyed a pre-booked faggots and peas supper which was washed down with several pints of good ale.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Batham - Best Bitter4.30Excellent
Batham - Mild Ale3.50Excellent

About the Vine (Bull & Bladder)

Summary of Beer Scores

 Total
Exceptional1
Excellent5
Good2
Acceptable-
Poor-

Website.

The pub is found in Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 2TN.

A superb traditional multi-roomed Black Country boozer adjacent to Batham's Brewery in Delph Road. Good value traditional Black Country lunches are served on weekdays. Pies, pasties and enormous cob rolls always available. Atmospheric front bar has 4 handpumps. There is a back bar with 3 handpumps. Other rooms are off the central corridor which leads to the garden at the rear.

We have visited this pub 5 times, seen 3 different beers and tried 2 of them.

Map location

Postcode: DY5 2TN