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Craven Arms (Black Country Ales)

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Hopcraft (experimental side of Pixie Spring) - Going to AustraliaExcellent1
Wood Street - Golden LarchExcellent1
Magic Rock - Dark ArtsExcellent1
Pixie Spring - Tidy - Bang 3Excellent1
Tiny Rebel - Stay PuftExcellent1
Grain - OakGood1
Keltek - LanceGood1
Howling Hops (Former brewery at Cock Tavern) - Old London Victorian StoutGood1
Long Itch - Seven Year ItchGood1
Revolutions - Into Your ArmsNot Tried0
Mulberry Duck - Copper BottomNot Tried0
Black Country - BFG Bradley's Finest GoldenNot Tried0
Black Country - Fireside BitterNot Tried0
Black Country - Pig on the Wall MildNot Tried0
Grainstore - Ten Fifty (1050)Not Tried0
Plain Ales - InncognitoNot Tried0
Colchester - DrizzleNot Tried0
Quartz - InauguralNot Tried0
Swannay (formerly Highland) - Pale AleNot Tried0
XT Brewing - No. 9 Black VelvetNot Tried0
Magic Rock - Punch Line: Chocolate & Chipotle PorterNot Tried0
Picture 1. Craven Arms, Birmingham, West Midlands

Visits Details

17 May 2016 (Blair)
Great little pub, and we were especially happy to find a dark beer festival going on. Great line-up of beer available. Disappointed there were no cheese cobs left though!
BeerABVScoreNotes
Magic Rock - Dark Arts6.00ExcellentFantastic stout from what is probably my favourite brewery.
Tiny Rebel - Stay Puft5.20ExcellentVery enjoyable, but obviously a bit on the sweet side. One is enough for me.
Howling Hops (Former brewery at Cock Tavern) - Old London Victorian Stout6.50GoodSlightly warm but pleasant with intense roasted flavour.
14 Oct 2015 (Mitch)
Fairly busy, nice range of customers young, old, male female. Staff frosty to say the least, but I am not local. 9 beers on. 1 stout, 1 dark, 6 pale even described as lagerish! God help us. Only 1 Amber trad bitter, so I only stayed for 1. That 1 was good. Well kept, good flavour, nice colour so that drags the score up a point. When will pubs and Brewers realise that there is still a need to provide decent English bitters and not an overwhelming flood of American pale, citrus lagerish ale?
BeerABVScoreNotes
Grain - Oak3.80GoodNice pint of English traditional bitter,
22 Mar 2014 (Stephen Harris)
I was first through the door after noon opening, shortly to be followed by some serious local beer-spotter types. Very nice pub.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Pixie Spring - Tidy - Bang 34.10ExcellentInteresting. A regular, brown-coloured bitter, boosted by a big pile of Cascade hops. It works well.
Hopcraft (experimental side of Pixie Spring) - Going to Australia4.90ExcellentLovely, as you might expect from this brewery. Full of down-under hop tastes.
Long Itch - Seven Year Itch4.00GoodAmber-coloured. Quite hoppy, with citrus tastes. Not as full-blown as I really like though.
Black Country - BFG Bradley's Finest Golden4.20Not Tried
Black Country - Fireside Bitter5.00Not Tried
Black Country - Pig on the Wall Mild4.30Not Tried
Swannay (formerly Highland) - Pale Ale4.70Not Tried
XT Brewing - No. 9 Black Velvet5.50Not Tried
Magic Rock - Punch Line: Chocolate & Chipotle Porter5.40Not Tried
Revolutions - Into Your Arms6.90Not Tried
Mulberry Duck - Copper Bottom4.60Not Tried
07 Sep 2013 (Stephen Harris)
Instantly my new favourite Birmingham pub.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Wood Street - Golden Larch4.50ExcellentGolden in colour. Initially a little sweet, but then reveals a depth of flavour.
Keltek - Lance4.00GoodAmber/gold in colour. Nicely rounded and balanced.
Black Country - BFG Bradley's Finest Golden4.20Not Tried
Black Country - Fireside Bitter5.00Not Tried
Black Country - Pig on the Wall Mild4.30Not Tried
Grainstore - Ten Fifty (1050)5.00Not Tried
Plain Ales - Inncognito4.80Not Tried
Colchester - Drizzle4.20Not Tried
Quartz - Inaugural4.80Not Tried

About the Craven Arms

The pub sign. Craven Arms, Birmingham, West Midlands

Summary of Beer Scores

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Good4
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Website.

The pub is found in Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 1JL.

A beautifully-preserved exterior to this pub, the extensive tiling displaying its former ownership by Holders Brewery. It is a fairly small, street-corner pub with a single bar area. Typically sells the three Black Country Ales beers, plus a free choice of up to six guest beers. Quite handy for New Street Railway Station.

We have visited this pub 4 times, seen 21 different beers and tried 9 of them.

Map location

Postcode: B1 1JL