Wishlist #7: One pub in every city that's as good as the Grove
Eighteen cask beers, including one continental. Two ciders/perrys. Ten draught lager/weiss/fruit beers. 200+ bottles from around the world. Pork pies. Pickled duck eggs. Rabbit jerky. Bar and lounge and taproom. T-shirts and glasses illustrated by famous cartoonist. Hard working bar staff. Beer geeks and locals sharing drinks. Close to the railway and bus stations.
No, not another attempt at my Moon Under Water. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Grove Inn, Huddersfield. Not Leeds, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham... Huddersfield. If the UK's 39th largest urban area can host such an excellent pub, why can't others? The custom must be there. Where's the vision and passion required to do likewise across the UK? Indeed, where else in the UK is there a pub that offers anything remotely similar to the Grove? Answers on a beermat, please...
No, not another attempt at my Moon Under Water. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Grove Inn, Huddersfield. Not Leeds, Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham... Huddersfield. If the UK's 39th largest urban area can host such an excellent pub, why can't others? The custom must be there. Where's the vision and passion required to do likewise across the UK? Indeed, where else in the UK is there a pub that offers anything remotely similar to the Grove? Answers on a beermat, please...
Huddersfield.... Largest Town in the UK..... Notwithstanding The Grove, there's The King's Head (nee The Station Tavern) and The Sportsman both within minutes of the railway station. Not forgetting The Star Inn, a few minutes walk away (to get there you have to pass the Rat & Ratchet which would have got a mention before it was taken over by Ossett Brewery)
ReplyDeleteHuddersfield... at the moment it's Real Ale Heaven
I'd better find a map.
ReplyDeleteWhat a place! I really need to travel further north than Camden Tube Station some time to drink properly.
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