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Wheelwrights Arms (Free House)

We believe this pub is CLOSED

Beer (sort)Average Score (sort)No. Samples (sort)
Adnams - Broadside - BottledExcellent1
Picture 1. Wheelwrights Arms, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk
Michael Croxford

Visits Details

25 Oct 2014 (HSB)
15:00 Busy around the bar with one other couple in the other seating area. No cask beer but a board offered Real Ale in bottle. This list comprised Abbot, Old Speckled Hen, Broadside, Southwold Bitter and Old Peculier. None of these are, to my knowledge, bottle conditioned. I blame CAMRA for the confusion with their use of the Real Ale in Bottle tag, rather than the more descriptive bottle conditioned, used when the Campaign started. The uninformed make the assumption that any beer available in cask is still Real ale when bottled.
BeerABVScoreNotes
Adnams - Broadside - Bottled6.40ExcellentGiven the lack of cask beer I had a bottle of Broadside straight from the cellar. A superb beer. Completely different from the cask version. Nearly 2% stronger, with a deep red colour and rich flavour rather than sweet. A good sipping beer.

About the Wheelwrights Arms

The pub sign. Wheelwrights Arms, Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk

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The pub is found in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, NR31 0PS.

With a central core dating from 1856 this pub in Beccles Road was extended forwards in 1928 with the rebuild date prominent over the former front door. The interior is spacious with two distinct seating areas and a covered patio. A former Landlord in the 1950s was a retired Admiral. Unusually the sign has a different design each side. No real ale.

We have visited this pub once, seen 1 beer and tried it.

Map location

Postcode: NR31 0PS